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Celeb News: 'The Born This Way Ball Tour' Starring Lady Gaga
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I say this with love, but I have a few issues with the BTW Ball:
-Born This Way and Judas are cut short at the end, which are THE BEST PART of each song. Usually her vocal harmonies slay at the end of these songs, but she just walks off stage  (and Judas's second verse is skipped over too)
-Marry The Night is cut short. I understand that it's a long show, but it's the finale and one of the best songs of her career--it deserves to be sung in full. Most nights she doesn't even sing the "COME ON AND RUN, TURN THE CAR ON AND RUN" part and is instead trying to put on her keytar 
-Electric Chapel sounds awful live. It just does...and I don't understand...and is she actually playing guitar? She makes her voice sound really gritty on purpose and it sounds so different from the studio version.
-Paparazzi. Why the hell does Mother GOAT "sing" the first half of the song for her?! It's one of her best tracks and it gets paid dust.
I know she's trying to fit in as many songs as possible, but it sucks that she has to shorten most of the songs. Most of the shortenings I'm okay with--most of her singles from TF and TFM have been played to death and were "showcased" at past Balls, but at the BTW Ball, standout tracks from Born This Way like Judas and Marry The Night deserve a full performance.
That being said, everything else about the show absolutely slays. It's impressive how long her show and how she still manages to sing the **** out of The Edge of Glory acoustic every night. I've watched videos from most of the dates from this tour and the standout performances for me are: Scheiße, Bloody Mary, Americano, The Edge of Glory, Fashion of His Love, Black Jesus, and Princess Die. |
The only bit I had a problem with was the "Marry The Night" performance for the reasons you've stated! It's the the final song of the Encore and one of her best of her career!!! But other than that, I thought it was flawless!
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Born This Way Ball - London Review
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First up were supporters The Darkness who were chosen by GaGa herself, no doubt for their '80s-inspired glam-rock sound which features (in parts, at least) on her own LP. The task of entertaining a supersize crowd interested in one thing only is by no means easy, but it was one Justin Hawkins and Co. seemed effortlessly well-equipped for.
Their short-but-sweet 30-minute set encapsulated their best so far; spanning from old, in-yer-face favourites 'I Believe in a Thing Called Love' and 'Love on the Rocks with No Ice' from their multi-platinum debut Permission To Land, to the brilliant 'Nothin's Gonna Stop Us' from their impressive comeback LP Hot Cakes.
Of course it was no match for GaGa, who revealed an expensive fortress setting before entering the stage singing 'Highway Unicorn (Road To Love)' whilst riding a mechanical horse dressed like something out of Alien. A confusing concept about the show taking place in a Government Owned Alien Territory (G.O.A.T) followed, though it didn't always mesh well with every songs' subject material - not that anyone cared.
Still, the eye-popping moments arrived thick and fast. In between countless costume changes, she gave birth to herself between a pair of giant inflatable legs before 'Born This Way', moulded herself into a cyborg motorbike and was ridden by a scantily clad female dancer on 'Heavy Metal Lover', and even simulated oral sex much to the crowd's delight on 'Government Hooker'.
Offsetting the slick and tight choreography was an old-fashioned sing-song and show 'n' tell segment in which she wore a fanmade t-shirt emblazoned with her new album title ARTPOP. The non die-hard fans winced as she performed a new song about Princess Diana, Whitney Houston et al called 'Princess Die', proving both awkwardly embarrassing and perfectly fitting for an artist whose appeal lies in her genuine gawkiness.
Regardless, it was GaGa who ultimately had the last laugh. Recalling a record label exec who dubbed Born This Way's lyrical content as "too niche", she replied to her captivated audience: "This is a f**king big niche."
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'Born This Way Ball' Setlist
Highway Unicorn (Road To Love)
Government Hooker
Born This Way
Black Jesus + Amen Fashion
Bloody Mary
Bad Romance
Judas
Fashion Of His Love
Just Dance
LoveGame
Telephone
Heavy Metal Lover
Bad Kids
Hair
Princess Die
Imagine
You and I
Electric Chapel
Paparazzi
Scheisse
Encore
The Edge Of Glory
Marry The Night
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Glowing report as usual. 
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Does anyone have the video of the TEOG from last night? (sunday)
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Lady GaGa, The Darkness at 'Born This Way Ball' - Review
4/5 stars
It is only as 55,000 people descend on Twickenham stadium for the first of Lady GaGa's three sold-out shows that you realise just how much of an effect she's had on pop music in the last four years.
But unlike an arena gig from say, Katy Perry or Kasabian, the crowd is as diverse as the album we're all here to celebrate; the genre-bending, hectic and, at times, scarily freakish Born This Way.
First up were supporters The Darkness who were chosen by GaGa herself, no doubt for their '80s-inspired glam-rock sound which features (in parts, at least) on her own LP. The task of entertaining a supersize crowd interested in one thing only is by no means easy, but it was one Justin Hawkins and Co. seemed effortlessly well-equipped for.
Their short-but-sweet 30-minute set encapsulated their best so far; spanning from old, in-yer-face favourites 'I Believe in a Thing Called Love' and 'Love on the Rocks with No Ice' from their multi-platinum debut Permission To Land, to the brilliant 'Nothin's Gonna Stop Us' from their impressive comeback LP Hot Cakes.
Of course it was no match for GaGa, who revealed an expensive fortress setting before entering the stage singing 'Highway Unicorn (Road To Love)' whilst riding a mechanical horse dressed like something out of Alien. A confusing concept about the show taking place in a Government Owned Alien Territory (G.O.A.T) followed, though it didn't always mesh well with every songs' subject material - not that anyone cared.
Still, the eye-popping moments arrived thick and fast. In between countless costume changes, she gave birth to herself between a pair of giant inflatable legs before 'Born This Way', moulded herself into a cyborg motorbike and was ridden by a scantily clad female dancer on 'Heavy Metal Lover', and even simulated oral sex much to the crowd's delight on 'Government Hooker'.
Offsetting the slick and tight choreography was an old-fashioned sing-song and show 'n' tell segment in which she wore a fanmade t-shirt emblazoned with her new album title ARTPOP. The non die-hard fans winced as she performed a new song about Princess Diana, Whitney Houston et al called 'Princess Die', proving both awkwardly embarrassing and perfectly fitting for an artist whose appeal lies in her genuine gawkiness.
Regardless, it was GaGa who ultimately had the last laugh. Recalling a record label exec who dubbed Born This Way's lyrical content as "too niche", she replied to her captivated audience: "This is a f**king big niche."
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/ne...ll-review.html
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Lady Gaga, Twickenham Stadium, London
4/5 stars
“Space renegade Lady Gaga has escaped,” the hologram Gaga-face floating above a giant fairytale castle informs us. “Mission: to give birth to a new race.”
There are many accusations you can throw at Gaga, but lack of ambition ain’t one. Her gigs are like rock operas, staggering tableaux strung along a loopy narrative thread.
She enters tonight on a black mechanical horse, undercutting the thumping, sparkling, industrialglam energy of “ Highway Unicorn (Road to Love)” with a funereal procession round the circular walkway that fronts the stage, head veiled and bowed like a Ringwraith as styled by HR Giger.
It’s an oddly sombre start to a pop show, as if to let you know that she doesn’t need to wow you with a big entrance. Soon, though, she’s gliding eerily across the stage on wheeled stilts, done up like an android nurse, before flinging herself into that odd, jerking-automaton dance to “Bad Romance” and “Judas”.
Especially considering her flailing fervour, her voice is a remarkable thing, sometimes a harsh bark, sometimes a rich jazzy croon. During “Telephone” she picks up a Barbie thrown on stage by a fan, casually dismembering it.
“I was never a fan of this little blonde bitch anyway, dunno about you...” An acoustic section (on a piano that’s also a cyborg motorbike, of course) is paused as she recounts how record labels told her that her sound was too niche. “Looks like a pretty big niche to me,” she says before leaning hard on the “You may say I’m a dreamer but I’m not the only one” line of (sigh) John Lennon’s “Imagine”.
She lays her outsider-queen shtick on a bit thick (and you can’t help wondering, with a bit less chat, if she might have squeezed in “Poker Face” or “Alejandro”) but if you can question its authenticity, you certainly can’t doubt her sincerity or her love for those who follow her.
The walkway encircles the “Monster Pit”, to which fans gain access not by paying golden-ticket prices but by queuing early. From it, a stream of pale and trembling teens fight back tears as their idol pulls them onstage, promises to meet them afterwards or pores over their gifts. A lucky four even get to close the show with her, romping around the circular catwalk to “ Marry The Night”.
The slavish devotion in their eyes suggests that mission to mother a new race might be near-complete.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...n-8122025.html
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METALHAMMER reviews the Born This Way Ball
I know we have a thread for all BTW ball reviews but I'm making a separate one since it's unusual for a metal magazine to review a pop show let alone praise it. if it's still against the rules pls merge
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So, what happens when one of the best British rock bands of the past twenty years rolls into town supporting one of the biggest pop stars ever, who also happens to be a huge heavy metal fan? We go and get drunk and witness a helluva spectacle, that’s what.
Lady Starlight left a few thousand pop fans looking bemused as hell when she threw out Raining Blood during her set supporting Gaga on her last UK tour, and this time heavy metal’s favourite resident DJ goes one bigger and madder. Dropping Van Der Graaf Generator while throwing a few interpretive dance moves and stalking around the stage in a hooded cloak is never going to instantly win over people who have allegedly been queuing for hours upon hours to see a big-budget pop rock opera, but if the point here was to bemuse, confuse and, yes, actually frighten in equal measure, then it’s job most definitely done.
As it happens, The Darkness write songs made for stadium crowds as easily as it takes most people to take a breath, and though new album Hot Cakes isn’t quite at the level of its two near-perfect predecessors, lead single Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us goes down well with a heart-warmingly healthy Twickenham crowd, while Justin Hawkins schools most modern rock frontmen by inciting some outstanding singalongs to modern classics like Get Your Hands Off My Woman and even managing to incite a crowd clap-along with…erm…his legs.
This really is one of the greatest British rock bands of the modern era doing what they do best to the size of crowd that suits them best, and while it’s extremely unlikely that they’ll ever come close to headlining venues like this again, the fact that they’re back in such emphatic fashion really is a joy to see – even if it is a bit echoey in here.
And yes, we do stick around to see what all the fuss is about with Lady Gaga, and yes, despite whatever you may think of her music, we can confirm that she packs a stage show to rival KISS in the OTT stakes. There’s something ever so slightly edgy about her whole persona that many other pop stars just don’t seem to reach – which may explain some of the rather surprising faces we see dotted around the crowd (you know who you are!) – and beyond that, some of the events that unfold on stage are straight-up ******* mental.
From starting the gig on horseback looking like a cross between a Ringwraith and something out of Alien to busting out a keyboard shaped into a Harley Davidson motorcycle and then actually morphing into a motorcycle herself during a song actually called Heavy Metal Lover, it’s unlike anything we’ve ever seen, and with the stage itself formed of a giant medieval castle with multiple layers, trap doors and revolving turrets, you’d have to think Rob Halford would approve. It’s all pulled off with the kind of swagger that precious few mainstream artists have ever really demonstrated, and though she’ll won’t be imposing herself on Gorgoroth or Kreator’s respective territories any time soon, you’d be hard pushed to find this many beards or black t shirts at a Rihanna gig.
Like we said, you know who you are. Fair play, Gags. Fair play.
Coming next week: Our review of the new Katy Perry album! (Not really)
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http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/li...atch-gaga-too/
Also check out the comments to the article on the magazine's facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...5489763&type=1
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Jake Hill Me and the girlfriend went to it last night, and I can honestly say it was really ****ing good. Yea it wasn't slayer but so ****ing what!
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Peter Shortland i have respect for gaga as she treats her fans well and she even parties with them at Maiden shows and she has admitted alot she loves em.
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Ashley Edison Went to see The Darkness. But was left stunned by how good Lady Gaga was. Metal hammer nail it on the head when they say "it rivals kiss" as I thought exactly the same.
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Claire Wraight I saw her Saturday and she was absolutely amazing, one of the best concerts I have ever been to. Some metalheads are so close minded, just because you listen to metal doesnt mean you can't listen to other genres, or go off on one when someone says they like someone of a different genre. Why people get so butthurt is beyond me.
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Derek Warren Gaga true metal goddess,she only chose pop cus she cud make mor money from it,fair play 2 her,but the lyrics in her songs arnt very pop,and she has ellement's of rock n' metal in her music.
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Jason White Good on Metal Hammer for going. Good on Metall Hammer for writing about it.
Gaga is a brilliant performer. She takes a lot from acts like Bowie, Kiss, Elton, Queen and on the album Born This Way, lashings of Judas Priest.
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Continuously praised by various markets
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impressive
the other pop girls could neva
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Universal praise and respect.
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Respect When will the other gurls?
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Originally posted by Coopy
The only bit I had a problem with was the "Marry The Night" performance for the reasons you've stated! It's the the final song of the Encore and one of her best of her career!!! But other than that, I thought it was flawless!
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this. is it because of time??? then no1curr about her story of performing for 30, then 3000 then 30,000 people. lol, but seriously, i dont get why she doesnt do the ALBUM version...the one with the last chorus. now theres only one chorus :\ i was okay with the first cut version...now this :facepalm:
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I love seeing people that you wouldn't expect to praise her reviewing her shows/music
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Now THAT'S really impressive and hard to achieve! Though she already had Ozzy,Rob Halford and many other rock/metal legends' approval. 
Btw I always thought some of Gaga's theatrics,especially the ones like bleeding on stage could be inspired by black metal musicians' theatrics.
And  @ the Katy comment.
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-Marry The Night is cut short. I understand that it's a long show, but it's the finale and one of the best songs of her career--it deserves to be sung in full. Most nights she doesn't even sing the "COME ON AND RUN, TURN THE CAR ON AND RUN" part and is instead trying to put on her keytar |
this.
MTN is absolutely stunning. should not be cut, especially the "Ni-i-i-i-ght" part.
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Metal fans consistently prefer Gaga over any other pop girl. Great taste.
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