In support of her third studio album, Lady Gaga is bringing the ArtPop experience to her fans with a 77-date concert, artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball, sponsored by Absolut Vodka. The tour, which will crisscross across North America before going overseas in mid-August, is Gaga's most frenetic live experience yet.
In what she described to Out magazine as a '90s warehouse party, Gaga and her team of backup dancers bounce on catwalks that stretch over a wave of fans throwing everything imaginable at the singer.
Because it's hard to appreciate just how much goes into pulling off such an event, we break down the concert experience by the numbers:
21,346 labor hours went into the design and construction of the stage, which includes catwalks, an intergrated Absolut ARTPOP lounge in the middle of the floor, and pods with additional props and rooms for costume changes.
478 feet of air hosing, which inflates a garden on stage during the show.
110 feet of runway spanning from the main stage over the audience on the arena floor. The runways connect to several platforms leaving fans guessing just where to stand on the floor. All the runways are visible from underneath.
26 people, who get to sit in Absolut Vodka's ARTPOP lounge, which is situated in the middle of the arena floor just below Gaga's piano and features a full-service bar during the show. Among those who get to sit in the lounge are two fans chosen by the sponsor for "daring to transform."
21 trucks, which hauls everything from the stage to the costumes from venue to venue.
15 inflatable trees, which sprout up on stage during "Venus" creating a bouncy garden in the middle of the show.
14 dancers, including several shirtless men, who do everything from voguing to shooting canons of teddybears out into the audience.
14 wardrobe changes — one of which happens on stage — with the fastest outfit swap taking only 30 seconds.
3 hours to break down the stage, which is carted in less than two days to the next tour stop.
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BREAKING; Lady Gaga’s artRAVE The ARTPOP BALL concert in Vancouver is postponed as a result of severe bronchitis. Friday at Rogers Arena.
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Lady Gaga's concerts in Seattle and Vancouver are postponed. More details with Kiss FM News on the way at 4 PM. Melanie O'Hara.
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Lady Gaga's concerts in Seattle and Vancouver are postponed. More details with Kiss FM News on the way at 4 PM. Melanie O'Hara.
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BREAKING; Lady Gaga’s artRAVE The ARTPOP BALL concert in Vancouver is postponed as a result of severe bronchitis. Friday at Rogers Arena.
Mine wasn't either of those but it was next Tuesday on June 3rd so im worried that she won't be totally healed by then
oh, well it wasn't mentioned, so i imagine they're assuming she'll be better by then, if she's not there'll be an announcement closer to the time I suppose
oh, well it wasn't mentioned, so i imagine they're assuming she'll be better by then, if she's not there'll be an announcement closer to the time I suppose
omg
Monsters are so talented
