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Lady Gaga’s Chromatica Ball Brings the Spectacle to Dodger Stadium but Really Soars With Solo Segment: Concert Review

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Freddie Freeman was hitting homers down in San Diego, so it was up to visiting superstar Lady Gaga to keep the on-base percentage exceptionally high Saturday night at Dodger Stadium, site of one of the last stops on her “Chromatica Ball” outing. Surprises were few, this many weeks into a mega-tour whose production values were already known among the legions of Little Monsters who’d long since put curious paws to Googling Gaga’s setlists and setpieces.

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Once those three introductory hits were out of the way and Gaga regained full control of her life and limbs for the next hour and 45 minutes, title cards periodically appeared on screen, establishing “Act I” through “Act V” and subsequent finales and denouements. Unlike her long-running “Enigma” show in Las Vegas, this tour has none of those scripted, philosophical monologues, so it’s not easy to suss whether there’s a real narrative arc at play in her mind or whether the ”act” business just provides cover for costume changes. There was undeniably an element of the momentum going into stall mode every time Gaga disappeared from sight for four or five minutes. But, as costuming spectacle goes, you’d be hard-pressed to argue it wasn’t worth the lull when the singer would suddenly reappeared in a bodysuit made out of what looked like innards-revealing, torso-hugging plexiglas, or better still, all masked up as a lovely, if intimidating, purple mantis.

She and her dozen or so dancers worked hard for the money for the first two-thirds of the show, working up enough monsoonal moisture to breathe sweaty life into “Chromatica” album tracks that might’ve slipped a fan’s mind, like the very pandemic-premonitory-feeling “911.” The set warmed up, eventually, after being established in the show’s beginnings with a monochromatic feel Gaga herself has said was inspired by architectual brutalism. (Gaga could sound a little Germanic herself in the early going as she repeatedly commanded the audience to “get your fucking hands in the air,” with a commandeering scowl and harsh make-up that was its own kind of brutal.)

But then, past the halfway point, the crowd of 52,000 saw that platform at second base pay off with an extended solo segment that gave the audience the unmitigated, uninterrupted Gaga that would form a solid basis for a fine one-woman stadium show, should she ever want to attempt that ballsy a gambit. Sitting at a piano that had been formulated to appear as something growing organically out of gnarly forest limbs and trunks, the queen of poker faces smiled for the first time all evening (not counting a sinister giggle earlier) and turned Dodger Stadium into an enchanted pop forest with a clinching series of solo ballads and, yes, motivational speeches.

For some of us, no show Gaga ever does will outdo her “Jazz and Piano” residency in Vegas, where she was more parts Rosemary Clooney than Grace Jones. But, of course, you’re not getting the full Gaga if you’re getting her in Irving Berlin mode. And in this show, the affected but still affecting intimacy of the solo segment made for a dynamic setup to a final stretch back on the main stage that made her dance-teria mode seem like her best mode after all.

Coming after a quieter, more thoughtful segment, “Stupid Love,” an up-tempo track that seemed kind of underwhelming when it was introduced as “Chromatica’s” first single two and a half years ago, suddenly weirdly felt like a visceral kick in the pants. And “Rain on Me,” too, finally felt as cathartic as Gaga meant it to. (After the crowd had just narrowly dodged an unseasonable L.A. precipitation bullet, it’s a good thing being an actual rainmaker is not among Gaga’s talents.)

The most interesting superstars are the ones that walk fine lines, and Gaga certainly continues to do that. After “Joanne,” and especially after the world discovered — via “A Star Is Born” — that she’s conventionally pretty, she could have further played the authenticity card for all it’s worth. But in the spirit of those “Keep Austin weird” bumper stickers Texans used to brandish, Gaga has determined to keep herself weird — or just weird enough to provide necessarily ballast to her more earnest inclinations. It’s clear, by the end of a show, that she just wants to give the disenfranchised world a hug. But with costuming that include jagged shoulder cones, it’s not clear how that’s going to happen without blood involved.

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Lady Gaga Chromatica Ball tour setlist 2022 in full: What will Gaga sing at Japan and North American stadium shows, what time is she on stage, can I buy tickets and merch and who is her support act?

It's finally here, Little Monsters. After some pandemic-induced postponement, Lady Gaga has kicked off The Chromatica Ball tour.

Having released her UK Number 1, house-inspired album Chromatica back in 2020, Gaga's finally taking her new show on the road month; having kicked things off at Düsseldorf, Germany's Merkur Spiel-Arena on July 17.

Here, we’ve chucked together everything you need to know know about The Chromatica Ball; from the setlist to the staging.

Lady Gaga's next stop on The Chromatica Ball?  Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas, USA on September 13 2022.

Everything we know about Lady Gaga's The Chromatica Ball tour so far:

Lady gaga's the chromatica ball tour setlist: what songs will she sing at 2022 show at minute maid park, houston, texas, usa on september 13, 1. bad romance, 2. poker face, 3. just dance, 4. chromatica i, 8. chromatica ii, 10. sour candy (featuring blackpink), 11. telephone, 12. lovegame, 13. chromatica iii, 14. babylon, 15. free woman, 16. born this way (piano + studio), 17. shallow, 18. always remember us this way, 19. the edge of glory (interlude), 20. enigma  , 21. stupid love, 22. rain on me, 23. hold my hand, lady gaga performed a piano version of joanne album track angel down at globe life field, arlington, texas on august 23., after teasing ‘surprises’ ahead of night 2 in stockholm, gaga added fun tonight (piano + studio) and 1000 doves (piano demo version debut) to the chromatica ball setlist., why was lady gaga's date at the chromatica ball la filmed.

It's emerged that Gaga's most recent US visit on the Chromatica Ball, to the LA Dodgers Stadium, was recorded.

Following the concert, Gaga tweeted: " 52,000 people. Sold out. 30 cameras pointed at you and one take." 

Is this confirmation we'll see the official release of a Chromatica Ball tour DVD? Keep your eyes peeled...

52,000 people. Sold out. 30 cameras pointed at you and one take 🖤 #monster #ChromaticaBallLA I LOVE YOU🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/NbAQxMItj8 — Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) September 11, 2022

Is Lady Gaga coming to the UK? What are The Chromatica Ball tour dates?

Gaga returned to the UK July 29-30 2022. Check out her UK and Europe tour dates below:

July 17 - Dusseldorf Merkur Spiel-Arena

July 21 - stockholm friends arena, july 24 - paris stade de france, july 26 - arnhem gelredome, july 29 & 30 - london tottenham hotspur stadium, what are lady gaga's chromatica ball north american tour dates.

Check out Gaga's North American tour dates below:

August 6 - Rogers Centre, Toronto, Canada

August 8 - nationals park, washington d.c, usa, august 11 - metlife stadium, east rutherford, usa, august 15 - wrigley field, chicago, usa, august 19 - fenway park, boston, usa, august 23 - globe life field, arlington, usa, august 26 - truist park, cumberland, usa, august 28 - hersheypark stadium, hershey, usa, what are lady gaga's chromatica ball japan and north american tour dates in september 2022, september 3 - belluna dome, tokorozawa nr tokyo, japan, september 4 - belluna dome, tokorozawa nr tokyo, japan, september 8 - oracle park, san francisco, california usa, september 10 - dodger stadium, los angeles, california, usa, september 13 - minute maid park, houston, texas, usa, september 17 - hard rock stadium, miami gardens, florida, usa.

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What time do doors open for lady gaga's chromatica ball at hersheypark stadium, hershey, usa .

Venue doors open at 6.00pm for early entry ticket holders. Regular entry opens at 6.15pm.

What time is Lady Gaga on stage at Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey , USA?

The arena states a show start time of 7.30pm, with Gaga expected on stage at around 8.30pm.

Who's Lady Gaga's Chromatica Ball tour support act?

Gaga did not have a support act at the opening night in Germany. However, Rina Sawayama 's name has been heavily rumoured among the fandom for a while, following her appearance on the Dawn of Chromatica version of Free Woman.

What did Rina Sawayama said about a possible Lady Gaga support slot?

Earlier this year, Rina explained she'd 'love' to support Gaga on tour and seemingly suggested conversations were active.

She said: " I have tried my hardest. My team have tried their hardest. It is completely up to Miss Lady Gaga herself and what she wants to do with her tour.

"As much as I can try and wink at Bobby Campbell [Lady Gaga’s manager], you know what I mean, there’s only a certain – Gaga, I respect her so much, so whatever she does is up to her, but I would love to, I’m willing and game!"

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Are tickets available to buy for lady gaga's chromatica ball tour.

If you fancy catching Gaga live this summer, tickets are still available . But be quick!

Has Lady Gaga launched her Chromatica Ball tour merch yet?

Chromatica Ball merch is not currently available to buy online, but will be on sale at the concert venues.

What does Lady Gaga's Chromatica Ball stage look like?

Ahead of her first performance in Düsseldorf, Gaga teased the show's incredible staging; which she described as her 'museum of brutality.'

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It's hilarious how she thinks she's some massive touring juggernaut in the same vein as Coldplay, U2 and Metallica. Some of those dates (announced two years ago) haven't even sold out yet and it starts in a week. I'm guessing we'll see thousands of cheap tickets suddenly start appearing in a few days time to make it look like it's a "sellout", and even if they can't flog those to some poor unfortunate souls they'll try to cover up the large empty spots with tarpaulin or block them off entirely in a desperate bid to hide the truth from the GP. Not sure why she's even touring with that awful flop album in the first place, but I guess we'll get some laughs out of this tour if nothing else. Fact is, no one but her ever decreasing fanbase cares about Lady Gaga in 2022 and haven't for a very long time.

Lol why so bitter babe? Did she kill off all your family or something? Relax, take a deep breath. Lady Gaga is doing just fine.

That person just wrote what they thought about Gaga. She isn't popular like in 2009, so no need to compare her to big acts.

Mad that you think she compares herself to Coldplay and Metallica…..fact is she sets a standard when it comes to her tour production and has done so since her first big tour ( Fame Monster) ball. Subsequently her fans have come to expect not just a concert but a “show” …..and Lady Gaga is not one artist who is going to short change those fans. btw …..does anyone apart from Metallica and U2’s loyal fanbase care about them in 2022 ? ……no, i thought not

Well your standards are very low if you think using inflatables as stage props, wearing terrible costumes and stomping around and squealing like a demented hog is "setting a standard". It doesn't give the impression you're getting value for money, quite the opposite. The fact that she's only touring stadiums this time around gives the impression she thinks she's bigger than she actually is, and yes, she does think about Metallica's numbers considering she used an image from one of their dates to fool people into believing the huge audience was from one of her ARTRAVE dates, LOL and completely hilarious watching her scrambling for excuses when she was called out for lying, but Lady Gaga once said that lies are more interesting than the truth, so is anyone surprised by her constant stream of verbal Diarrhea?

The radical fans refuse to see the truth, bad show, terrible last album, just pandering to easily manipulated fans, let them enjoy that mediocrity

Oh shut up. Go take your meds and go to sleep. Lady Gaga is one of the biggest pop artists and best entertainers today and her ticket prices are expensive for that very reason, lol!

You sound like an obsessed weirdo by the way you talk about her in a deranged manner and seem to keep tabs on her every move. The mental facilities are open 24/7, feel free to check in any time.

and you're acting like a sunburnt snowflake the way you're carrying on. It's funny how Little Monsters always react in a similar way whenever she gets the slightest bit of criticism from non fans. Mental facilities are also open 24/7 for you too, which you'll probably need this week when the news of her choreographer starts spreading like wildfire. The onslaught of negativity of her continuing to work with sexual predators and hypocrisy to preach about "mental illness" will be deafening. The one star tour reviews will be the cherry on the cake. lol

Sounds like you're the one that needs to take their meds, Lady Gaga hasn't been successful as a solo artist since 2009. Her career was a car-crash circa Born This Way and it took Bradley Cooper to pull her from the wreckage for ASIB. Everyone thought she would build on that sound and then she released...Chromatica. lol First (solo) single turned out to be a monumental flop and the album dropped down the charts quicker than a lead balloon. She can't get a #1 single these days without collaborations. Oh and the cheap tickets sold first and the expensive ones still remain - some of those tickets have been on sale for months. Hardly impressive for (what you call) one of the best entertainers today. lol Pretty sure Adele and Taylor Swift aren't quaking in their boots over this 20 date tour that no one's interested in.

What criticism? Don't shroud deranged behavior and twisting of reality under "criticism". But hey keep yelling to the clouds, hoping someone will hear your prayer! Rofl! You WISH Lady Gaga got canceled but she'll stick around and haunt your worst nightmares forever!

You just made all of that up ! I can see why her success is keeping you up and bothered like this.

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Cloudbuster you are a hater. Real fans of Lady Gaga will always go to her concerts. And support her. She is as talented as Coldplay, U2 and Metallica. I am fan of these bands as well. She is a very talented singer, songwriter, piano player and actress.

why are you so agressive? Do you not agree that GAga isn't that popualr anymore? Then how come her albums aren't charting that long like The Fame? It's not a bad thing, it's how it goes in pop world. Pop stars turn 30 , they aren't fresh and hot and only their fans want them. Just accept it

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Lady Gaga Kicks Off Her Chromatica Ball Summer Stadium Tour! See Her Dramatic Performance Looks

The world tour, delayed for two years by the pandemic, is Lady Gaga's first since 2018

Lady Gaga returned to the stage on Sunday for the first show in her long-awaited Chromatica Ball Summer Stadium tour .

After a two-year delay, the tour — which was originally postponed in June 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic — kicked off with a sold-out show in front of 54,000 people at the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany.

The concert was the the first ever public live performance of Gaga's No. 1 selling, sixth studio album, Chromatica . Fan favorite tracks from the LP were among the 20-song set list, including "Rain on Me," "Stupid Love," "Replay," "Free Woman," "911" and "Alice."

Other songs included hits from the songstress' massive discography such as "Bad Romance," "Poker Face," "Shallow," and more (though songs from Gaga's 2013 album Artpop and her 2016 album Joanne appeared to be skipped). The show capped with "Hold My Hand," a single which dropped in May and was written for Top Gun: Maverick .

Of course, this being Gaga, the Chomatica Ball tour was littered with over-the-top theatrical moments and avant-garde outfits, including a striking headdress she paired with a black latex bodysuit.

Her piano was set inside a gorgeous sculpture of thorns.

She was also photographed in a red ensemble that include a jacket with dramatic puff sleeves and a painted bodysuit with duck-tape x's over her nipples. Another look dressed Gaga in a head-to-toe grey look with high-waisted, belted pants.

In a video Gaga posted to Instagram earlier Sunday, the entertainer gave fans a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the show, nothing that she had not been on tour since 2018.

"The stage was inspired by brutalist architecture, materials, textures, crudity, transparency. A real savage and hard look at yourself, what you've been through," she said. "I wanted to tell a story with abstraction and art, so the show celebrates things that I have always loved like art and fashion and dance and music and technology, poetry, and the way all of those things work together."

She continued, "Everybody has worked so hard on this show and we love you so much. We're so grateful … I want to thank you for sticking it out with me and loving me through the different iterations of my artistry as well as me as a person."

Chromatica was released in May 2020. The Chromatica Ball Tour, produced by Live Nation, will continued across Europe, Asia, and North America for 19 more shows with stadium stops in Sweden, France, the Netherlands, England, Canada, the U.S. and Japan.

Fans can access VIP Packages , may of which include premium tickets, VIP parking, special entry and exclusive access to a pre-show lounge.

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Since the release of Chromatica , Gaga released Dawn of Chromatica , a remix album of the original featuring musicians like Charli XCX and Rina Sawayama on Sept. 3. She also released Love for Sale with icon Tony Bennett, a Cole Porter tribute album on Sept. 30.

She also returned to the big screen, with an acclaimed performance in House of Gucci .

This May, Gaga wrote on Instagram that her recent single "Hold My Hand" was a "love letter" to them.

"When I wrote this song for Top Gun: Maverick , I didn't even realize the multiple layers it spanned across the film's heart, my own psyche, and the nature of the world we've been living in. I've been working on it for years, perfecting it, trying to make it ours," she wrote. "I wanted to make music into a song where we share our deep need to both be understood and try to understand each other — a longing to be close when we feel so far away and an ability to celebrate life's heroes."

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A curious thing is happening online: Out of seemingly nowhere, Lady Gaga ’s 2009 VMA performance of “Paparazzi” is a trending sound on TikTok. If you watched it live 13 years ago, it always stuck with you. It was one of the most shocking and sensational star-making performances of any pop artist’s career.

Onstage at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium Thursday night, Gaga performed the song in a palace-like setting. After performing an extended, dramatic piano interlude, she emerged with fake blood covering her white bodysuit, belting the chorus like her life depended on it.

Death, rebirth, blood, sweat, and tears have always been essential parts of Gaga’s ethos. She’s always been obsessed with how art interacts with and responds to tragedy. All of that comes together at Chromatica Ball, Gaga’s twice-postponed show in support of her 2020 release, Chromatica . The album dives into one of Gaga’s darkest periods (the lyrics are truly heart-wrenching … under the house-inspired beats), which came out during the world’s worst moments. But at her show on Thursday, there was only space for joy.

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Gaga’s set looks like some type of Berlin nightclub: imposing and ominous. She took inspiration from brutalist architecture, as she wrote on Instagram before launching the tour last month. The Ball itself is split into distinct parts, each separated by lengthy interludes of Gaga posing in various high-fashion outfits. The prelude is a tour de force and a flex, kicking off the show with three of her earliest hits: “Bad Romance,” “Just Dance,” and “Poker Face.” One right after the other, the run of smashes comes swinging in like a hammer, with Gaga performing the first two from some type of cape-like shell, from which she slowly emerges. Her dancers (and the crowd) do the long-memorized video choreography for each, moves laid deep in our muscle memories.

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The ensuing four acts are then structured around Chromatica itself, interspersed with songs from The Fame , The Fame Monster, and Born This Way mostly (sorry to the Artpop or Joanne devotees: Cuts from those albums were left off the set list entirely). One pleasant surprise was “Monster,” a Fame Monster deep cut that she hadn’t played live since 2014 before this tour. The moments when the old merged with the new were deeply satisfying, like the transition from “Sour Candy” to “Telephone” during Act Two.

Gaga is at her best when she’s at her absolute, most unbridled weirdest. The interludes make little to no sense and only some of them seem to be related to what’s about to happen onstage (like the brutalist hospital pictured before Act One that leads way to Gaga singing “Alice” from what appears to be some type of stone slab). The best of the interludes was before the finale, with Gaga at her most melodramatic. She recites a creepy sonnet about art and the responsibility of the artist: “This life is only art on life support, and nature is a knight. No king, no court,” she says as the vocals chaotically layer. If we found out later she was teasing her part in Joker 2 , I’d buy it.

Gaga puts on one of the best productions in pop, but she’s just as good letting her immense voice shine. She took to the B stage in the middle of the floor for a large portion of the concert, and it was one of the most cleansing, and longest, acts of the show. Seated behind a piano that resembled a fallen tree, with branches jutting out, she performed a pair of A Star Is Born cuts. Her voice on “Shallow” was probably echoing all the way back to Manhattan. She dedicated “Always Remember Us This Way” to her friend Tony Bennett, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2016.

Later, before her stripped-down take on “Edge of Glory,” she shouted out Bruce Springsteen for inspiring the single, as well as the late E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons, who played on it. She reminded the audience that Clemons died the day the video came out. She’s one of the rare artists to come through MetLife and not solely claim it as a New York show, giving props to some personal history she’s had in Jersey while growing up in NYC. “A lot of good things have happened to me here and a lot of bad things,” she said at one point behind the piano. “Let’s focus on the good tonight.”

Gaga used the piano moment to highlight the true sadness she was delving into on Chromatica . The album was largely celebrated for Gaga’s return to full dance pop, but beneath the surface is some of her finest and most personal songwriting. She stripped down “1000 Doves” and “Fun Tonight” to their raw cores. She could — and maybe should — have done a deconstructed take on the album instead of the remixed version she put out last year.

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The finale was quick and high-energy after the piano portion, with Gaga running through extended versions of singles “Stupid Love” and “Rain on Me.” The latter was such a jolt of optimism and energy in 2020, when the world was faced with both incredible pain and confusion. It’s a celebration of life that feels even more prescient now that we can at least leave the house and experience moments like these.

Surprisingly, she didn’t end the show there. Instead, she put on an encore with the silliest encore selection possible: her Top Gun: Maverick soundtrack single “Hold My Hand.” It’s not the best or biggest Gaga song, just the most recent. Sure, there’s not a single power ballad in the world not worth paying to see Gaga sing. But it fell a little flat as the way to end the night when “Rain on Me” provided the show closure we needed.

Even 13 years after that VMA performance, Gaga is still breaking new ground for herself and the genre of pop music. Thankfully for us, she’s the type of artist who almost makes you impatient wanting to know what the next 13 will bring.

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Lada Gaga might have been snubbed by Oscar for her non-nominated role in House of Gucci , but her legions of fans will have ample opportunities to show their love this summer: Gaga’s long-postponed Chromatica Ball stadium tour is back on, with more than a dozen dates just announced.

Included on the itinerary: Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium (Sept. 10) and, for the New York area, East Rutherford, New Jersey’s Metlife Stadium (Aug. 11). See the complete tour schedule below.

The tour had originally been set for 2020 but was postponed due to the Covid pandemic shutdown. Gaga’s album Chromatica, which includes collaborations with Elton John, Ariana Grande and others, was released in May 2020, with the remix album Dawn of Chromatica released last September. “Rain On Me,” the album’s Gaga-Grande collaboration, was a #1 hit.

Gaga announced the tour on Instagram today.

The Lady Gaga Chromatica Ball tour itinerary is:

July 17 — Düsseldorf. Germany, Merkur Spiel-Arena July 21 — Stockholm, Sweden, Friends Arena July 24 — Paris, Stade de France July 26 — Arnhem, Netherlands, GelreDome July 29 and 30 — London, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Aug. 6 — Toronto, Rogers Centre Aug. 8 — Washington, D.C., Nationals Park Aug. 11 — East Rutherford, Metlife Stadium Aug. 15 — Chicago, Wrigley Field Aug. 19 — Boston, Fenway Park Aug. 23 — Dallas, Globe Life Field Aug. 26— Atlanta, Truist Park Sept. 8 — San Francisco, Oracle Park Sept. 10 — Los Angeles, Dodger Stadium

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Lady Gaga says she thought she’d never perform on stage again: 'I couldn’t even dream anything but a painful nightmare'

Lady Gaga expressed her past fears about never returning to the stage in a candid post on social media.

Two days before the start of her highly-anticipated Chromatica Ball tour — which will run from July 17 to September 17 this year — the singer penned an emotional note on Twitter about her feelings of performing on stage.

“There was a time I thought I’d never be on stage again,” the 36-year-old wrote. “I was so sad I couldn’t even dream anything but a painful nightmare. I’ve overcome my nightmare with love, support, trust, truth, bravery, talent and dedication. I am so grateful. I’ll see you in BABYLON.”

The Chromatica Ball tour

The Chromatica Ball tour was initially announced on March 5, 2020 to support her studio album “Chromatica” but was ultimately postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She released the rescheduled dates for her summer tour in March 2022, which will kick-off in Düsseldorf, Germany on Sunday and end in Miami, Florida.

Her last tour was the Joanne World Tour to support her 2016 studio album “Joanne,” running from August 2017 through the beginning of February 2018. 

In the years between, Lady Gaga has balanced multiple projects and career milestones.

She starred in the 2018 movie “A Star Is Born" alongside Bradley Cooper, earning multiple nominations and accolades for her performance. Lady Gaga received an Academy Award nomination for best actress in a leading role, as well as a Grammy, Oscar and Golden Globe for the song “Shallow” from the film.

Her other acting endeavors includ starring in the 2021 film “House of Gucci” opposite Adam Driver where she portrayed the role of Patrizia Reggiani in the crime drama.

When it came to her music, in addition to releasing her new album in 2020, she continued her Las Vegas residency at the Park Theater at Park MGM called Enigma + Jazz & Piano, which kicked off in December 2018, was put on pause because of the pandemic before concluding in May 2022.

She also performed the national anthem at the inauguration of President Joe Biden in January 2021. Later that year on August 3 and August 5, Lady Gaga reunited with her frequent collaboration Tony Bennett for two shows at Radio City Music Hall, which was documented in the live concert special “One Last Time: an Evening With Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga ” and are regarded as their final performances together.

Lady Gaga then made an appearance at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards in April 2022, where she was sweetly introduced by Bennett to sing a medley of two of their songs from their album, “Love for Sale.”

Francesca Gariano is a New York City-based freelance journalist reporting on culture, entertainment, beauty, lifestyle and wellness. She is a freelance contributor to TODAY.com, where she covers pop culture and breaking news.

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Lady Gaga, The Chromatica Ball tour, Stockholm, review: One of pop’s greatest performers lights up Europe

On stage, gaga burns up like a star in the sky: the uk should prepare itself for an astonishing show in london next week.

The first glimpse we got of Lady Gaga at Stockholm’s Friends Arena was a throwback. On the big screen, before she emerged onstage proper, Gaga was shown in shadow, more four-legged creature than human, wearing bulbous heels and a tall, imposing crown.

This was the Gaga of years gone by – of the era-defining single “Bad Romance” and her wildly successful 2009 release The Fame Monster . Recently, however, we have had so many iterations of Lady Gaga – jazz singer Gaga, Haus Labs makeup guru Gaga, A Star Is Born ingenue Gaga, rock star Gaga, and most recently spoke-in-an-Italian-accent-for-about-a-year-for- House of Gucci Gaga – that it is sometimes easy to forget who she is, or at least who she was when she emerged in the cultural imagination.

Lady Gaga, born Stefani Germanotta, an Italian girl from New York City (as she is so fond of saying), began her career as a musical theatre-trained singer-songwriter who named herself after a Queen single. After developing a following with hair bows (were we ever so young?) and just-left-of-centre tracks like “Just Dance” and “Poker Face”, Gaga – and her output – grew stranger and more daring, as her grip on mainstream pop became unavoidable. She was Mother Monster, a cult leader bleeding from the eyes at the VMAs and arriving at the Grammys in an incubator.

It is this image of Gaga – the provocateur, always willing to surprise or subvert – that is most associated with her as a live performer. But from the time she released her country-adjacent album Joanne in 2016, she seemed to go AWOL for a while, leaving in her place a bona fide superstar who found herself nominated for Oscars and making records with legends like Tony Bennett , with no need for the shock tactics or, indeed, the agenda-setting pop music of yore.

But 2020 proved the perfect time for a return to pop – this time inflected by the hefty pump of house music – just to show that, having mastered the big screen, she really could still do it all. Her fifth album, Chromatica , was what fans had been longing for for years: it featured a concept (Chromatica, she said, was a new world of her invention), bangers aplenty, rarely a downtempo moment, and a frightfully camp Elton John cameo, lest we forgot what a big deal she is these days.

If Chromatica was a glimpse at the ways in which Lady Gaga could still innovate within pop, then the much delayed (due to Covid) and much anticipated Chromatica Ball – which made its second ever stop in Sweden – would also be a new interpretation of the Gaga stage persona of her pop tours past.

She has always been a ferocious rock star whose onstage idiosyncrasies make her one of the best performers in the world to watch live, and that remained true: when we finally glimpsed Gaga for real, she of course performed “Bad Romance” from inside a leather sarcophagus-type garment, and even when she took to her piano to give beautiful, stripped-back renditions of A Star Is Born tracks “Shallow” and “Always Remember Us This Way,” as well as “Edge of Glory” and “1000 Doves,” she did so dressed as a very glamorous bug, decorative headpiece and all.

Despite the mask, however, as usual, there are few vocalists who do better when it’s just their voice and the keys; many would simply not be good enough to let rip the way Gaga has always been able to, and tonight, these tracks accounted for her best vocals, swelling to fill the arena, her voice rich and familiar.

But it wasn’t all about Gaga’s trademark intimate moments, wherein she turns rooms of thousands into 50-seater dive bars (as she played the opening bars of “Born this Way”, she cooed down the mic: “Just a reminder, this is a ball, and everyone’s welcome here”): the Chromatica Ball was an entire multimedia production, featuring film, live instruments, pyrotechnics and dancers.

The show followed a loose narrative, with the setlist split into Acts, which seemed to take us from Gaga’s inception on the planet of Chromatica to her emergence as a freedom fighter willing to battle for her values of self-expression and love. The format worked well enough, though the crowd’s attention did seem to wane a little during parts.

While some Acts could have been shorter to keep momentum up, particularly strong was the third, ending in “Free Woman”, which saw Gaga effectively moving through the crowd, away from the front stage and onto a smaller one in the middle of the arena, atop which stood her piano.

Across the night, the show felt like as much of a celebration of all of the places that Gaga the Popstar has been, as much as it was a showcase for her newest album, and some of the most exciting moments came as we saw Chromatica brought into Gaga’s established oeuvre.

During album standout “Babylon,” Gaga performed thrilling new choreography informed by the Fosse-influenced style she has adopted throughout her career, while “Sour Candy” was married with the longtime hit “Telephone” in an earlier Act. The costuming constantly referenced previous eras, and particularly cool was the section whereby Gaga was dressed in authoritarian leather and vinyl, recalling her “Alejandro” music video from back in 2009.

Indeed, there was no element of the production that felt accidental, because for Gaga herself, it was clear that being back on tour is deeply meaningful: she suffers from fibromyalgia and has had to cancel live dates in Europe due to illness in the past, (making her return over the last week, beginning in Dusseldorf on 17th July, even more special).

The Chromatica Ball, therefore, seems to have been conceived of as a new way for her to perform live (from 2018 to May this year she performed just over 50 dates in a Vegas residency; on this tour there are fewer dates than ever, and it features filmed sections throughout which provide extended breaks between sections). During “1000 Doves”, a new addition to the already much-shared Chromatica Ball setlist tonight, she emotionally told the audience, “For everybody that believed in me that I could be healthy again, thank you.”

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Seeing her back was wonderful, particularly because it seems that of all her personae, Gaga feels most purposeful of all onstage, burning up like a star in the sky in front of a live audience. Perhaps this is the truest, most real Gaga of them all.

During her first encore (the second saw her in a metallic claw, performing her Top Gun: Maverick soundtrack single “Hold My Hand”, naturally), she played “Stupid Love”, dancing the choreography with the abandon that has always characterised her live show. While she is able to accomplish so much and occupy so many spaces, from acting to jazz singing, that song reveals something of her own desires: “All I ever wanted was love,” she sang tonight, wrapping her arms around herself.

It is onstage, touring a new show, that Lady Gaga is able to finally receive that love. Audiences preparing to see her in the UK next week should get ready for quite a show.

The Chromatica Ball continues to 17 September and is at The London Stadium on 29 and 30 July

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Lady Gaga Presents The Chromatica Ball

2022 SUMMER STADIUM TOUR OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED

The tour includes rescheduled shows in: new york, chicago, boston, toronto, london & paris., with a 2 nd london show added, and new shows announced in: los angeles, san francisco, washington d.c., dallas, atlanta, dusseldorf, stockholm & arnhem., tickets for the newly announced dates on sale march 11 & march 14 at ticketmaster.com, tickets for the rescheduled shows on sale now .

The moment is finally here… Lady Gaga presents The Chromatica Ball summer stadium tour, a special 14-city worldwide limited run of exclusive performances presented by Live Nation. In addition to cities announced before the pandemic, the highly-anticipated tour adds 8 new markets to the schedule. The stadium tour kicks off July 17 th in Dusseldorf , followed by stadium engagements in Stockholm, Paris, Arnhem, London (2 ND Show added), Toronto, Washington, New York (East Rutherford, NJ), Chicago, Boston, Dallas, Atlanta, San Francisco and Los Angeles. This summer’s tour promises to be a full-scale, Lady Gaga pop show featuring fan favorite hits, and the first ever public live performances from the #1 selling, critically-acclaimed, and GRAMMY-winning 2020 album Chromatica .

LADY GAGA THE CHROMATICA BALL TOUR 

7/17 –  Düsseldorf, DE –  Merkur Spiel- Arena

7/21 – Stockholm, SW –  Friends Arena

7/24  – Paris, FR – Stade de France

7/26 – Arnhem, NL – GelreDome

7/29 – London, UK – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

7/30 – London, UK – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

8/06 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre

8/08 –  Washington, DC – Nationals Park

8/11 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium

8/15 – Chicago, IL – Wrigley Field 

8/19 – Boston, MA – Fenway Park 

8/23 – Dallas, TX – Globe Life Field

8/26 –  Atlanta, GA – Truist Park

9/8 – San Francisco, CA – Oracle Park

9/10 – Los Angeles, CA – Dodger Stadium

Tickets for the newly added Lady Gaga presents The Chromatica Ball tour dates go on sale starting Friday, March 11 th in Arnhem and London and on Monday, March 14 h in all additional markets at www.ticketmaster.com . Tickets for the rescheduled shows in Paris (7/24), London (7/29), Toronto (8/06), East Rutherford (8/11), Chicago (8/15) and Boston (8/19) are on sale now with all previously purchased tickets remaining valid for this summer’s events. 

For all shows in the U.S., $1.00 from each ticket sold shall be donated to Born This Way Foundation.  Founded by Lady Gaga and her mother Cynthia Germanotta in 2012, Born This Way Foundation is committed to supporting the wellness of young people and working with them to build a kinder and braver world. We work with young people to build communities that provide approachable resources, foster genuine connections and drive action.

Citi is the official card of the Lady Gaga The Chromatica Ball for all US concert dates. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday, March 8 th at 10AM local time until Friday, March 11 th at 5PM local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit  www.citientertainment.com .

Fans can also access VIP Packages which may include premium tickets, VIP parking and exclusive access to a pre-show lounge, special entry and more. For VIP Package information, visit www.vipnation.com and for all tour and ticket information, visit www.livenation.com . 

For complete tour and ticketing information visit: www.livenation.com and www.ladygaga.com .

ABOUT LADY GAGA

Academy Award, Golden Globe and 12-time Grammy-winner Lady Gaga is a one-of-a kind artist and performer. She has amassed an outstanding 36 million global album sales, 60 billion streams and 393 million in song consumption, making her one of the best-selling musicians of all time. Gaga is also one of the biggest living forces in social media with over 55 million followerd on Facebook, over 84 million followers on Twitter and over 51 million followers on Instagram. 

In 2008, Gaga released her first album The Fame swiftly followed by The Fame Monster (2009). Gaga then went on to release the iconic Born This Way album in 2011. To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of this album, in June 2021 Gaga released a reissue of the original album as Born This Way The Tenth Anniversary , that featured reimagined versions of her classic songs from prominent LGBTQIA+ musicians and advocates. Gaga also received a key to the city of West Hollywood, forever marking May 23 rd as “Born This Way Day.”

In 2013, Gaga released her third studio album ArtPop (2013) followed by Cheek to Cheek (2014), her collaborative album with Tony Bennett. The album dedicated to the American Songbook debuted at #1 on the Billboard album charts. In 2016, Gaga released her fifth studio album Joanne , earning her a Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance of “Joanne, Where Do You Think You’re Going?” 

In October 2018, Gaga starred alongside Bradley Cooper in the Warner Brothers remake of the classic film, A Star is Born . Her performance led her to an Oscar Nomination for Best Actress, a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, a Critics’ Choice Award and National Board of Review Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture. That same year, Gaga reached her 5 th consecutive #1 album on the Billboard Top 200 chart for the A Star is Born soundtrack. In June 2019, the soundtrack went on to be certified double platinum in the US, has been #1 four times since its release in 2018 and has sold over 6 million copies worldwide. Gaga co-wrote, produced and performed the song “Shallow,” for the film, for which she has won an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a Critics’ Choice award for Best Original Song. She also received two Grammy wins for “Shallow” including Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Song Written for Visual Media and two nominations including Song of the Year and Record of the Year. In 2020, Gaga received two more Grammy wins for the film, including Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media and Song Written for Visual Media for the song “I’ll Never Love Again.” 

In May 2020, Gaga released her sixth studio album Chromatica , which features collaborations with Ariana Grande, Elton John and Blackpink and is executive produced by BloodPop® and Lady Gaga. Chromatica marked Gaga’s 6 th consecutive #1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, making her the first female artist to do so over a ten-year period (2011-2020). Her collaboration with Ariana Grande for “Rain On Me,” marked the biggest Spotify debut of 2020, reaching #1 on the Global and US Spotify Charts upon release and peaking at #1 on the iTunes charts in 29 countries and #1 on the Apple Global Chart. It also set a record for the most single-day streams from an all-female collaboration in Spotify history. The video for “Rain On Me” has amassed over 338 million views, and was nominated for four MTV Video Music Awards, winning Best Cinematography. That same year, Gaga took home the inaugural MTV Tricon Award, for being a triple icon in music, acting, fashion, and activism. USA Today called Chromatica “her best album in a decade,” earning her a Grammy for Best Pop Duo Group Performance for “Rain On Me” with Ariana Grande.

In September 2021, Gaga released the Chromatica remix album, Dawn of Chromatica, executive produced by BloodPop. The album featured new collaborations and remixes of the original Chromatica album tracklist from A. G. Cook, Arca, Ashnikko, Bree Runway, Charli XCX, Chester Lockhart, Clarence Clarity, COUCOU CHLOE, Dorian Electra, Doss, Jimmy Edgar, Lil Texas, LSDXOXO, Mood Killer, Mura Masa, Pabllo Vittar, Planningtorock, Rina Sawayama and Shygirl. Many of the collaborative artists were sourced by publicly asking fans who they would like to see on this project and launched at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart.

In October 2021, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett teamed up again to release their second collaborative jazz album , Love For Sale . The album, celebrating the music of Cole Porter, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Jazz Album charts, Amazon and iTunes in its first week of release, with Apple Music confirming it was also the highest streamed jazz album globally in its first week of release. The album also debuted at #8 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart. The album received six Grammy nominations this year including “Album of the Year,” “Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album,” “Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical,” and single nominations for their duet “I Get a Kick Out of You,” including “Record of the Year,” “Best Pop Duo/Group Performance,” and “Best Music Video.”

Most recently, Gaga starred in Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci as Patrizia Reggiani, the ex-wife of Maurizio Gucci, who was tried and convicted of orchestrating his assassination. For her performance, Gaga has been nominated for a SAG Award in the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, a BAFTA award in the Leading Actress category, a Critics’ Choice award in the Best Actress category, and she has been recognized by the New York Film Critics Circle as their Best Actress this season.

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Little Monsters, Rejoice! The Chromatica Ball is Finally Happening

By James Factora

After two agonizing years without Lady Gaga roaming the planet performing new music, the Chromatica Ball will finally hit stadiums worldwide this summer.

The pop star announced the 15-show tour on Monday, simply writing “LADY GAGA / THE CHROMATICA BALL / SUMMER STADIUM TOUR” in captions across social media accompanying the eye-popping tour flyer (which, if we’re being honest, is a little hard to read.)

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The tour will kick off July 17 at the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany, with the star hitting stadiums across Europe and Canada before landing in the U.S., ultimately concluding at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on September 10.

The tour marks the pop singer’s first all-stadium tour ever, and with the exception of her Las Vegas residency and a few one-offs with her old pal Tony Bennett, her first return to the stage since the conclusion of the Joanne World Tour in 2018. 

Although the tour’s 15 dates may seem a bit truncated for a pop star beloved the world over, it represents a significant expansion from the original run that was announced back in March 2020 , shortly before the release of Chromatica . That tour contained only six dates, with two in Europe, one in Canada, and three in the United States.

While it’s been four years since Gaga last toured and nearly two years since Chromatica dropped, she’s kept plenty busy. For one, Gaga spent 75% of the last two years in character as Patrizia Reggiani, the convicted socialite she portrayed in the deliciously campy House of Gucci.  

Despite her commitment (and an admittedly excellent performance), Gaga was snubbed at the Oscars , failing to secure a nomination for Best Actress. Ever the gracious performer, though, she extended congratulations to Frederic Aspiras, who received a Best Makeup and Hairstyling nomination for his work on House of Gucci , which included the film’s myriad wigs . 

It remains to be seen whether Gaga’s stint of being possessed by the spirit of a social-climbing Italian murderess will have any impact on her forthcoming tour. But if you, like me, miss the unhinged energy of her early performances , one can only hope so. 

Tickets to select dates of the Chromatica Ball are available now , with the rest set to go on sale on March 14.

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Lady Gaga Launches Chromatica Ball: Setlist + Video

Gaga's long-awaited tour finally kicked off in Düsseldorf on Sunday

After an extended wait, Lady Gaga finally launched her “Chromatica Ball” in Düsseldorf, Germany on Sunday, July 17th.

The 20-song setlist contained nine songs from her 2020 album Chromatica , including the first-ever performances of “Alice,” “Replay,” “Sour Candy,” “Babylon,” “Free Woman,” and “Enigma.” Additionally, Gaga dusted off “Monster for the first time since 2014.

The setlist was divided into five acts, opening with a trio of fan favorites in “Bad Romance,” “Just Dance,” and “Poker Face.” She also performed “911,” “Telephone,” “Born This Way,” “The Edge of Glory,” and “Shallow.” For the encore, Gaga debuted “Hold My Hand,” her contribution to the Top Gun: Maverick soundtrack.

Update: Lady Gaga seemed to confirm a fan’s interpretation of the “Chromatica Ball” and its five acts.

🥹🖤 https://t.co/TLh02pc8DO — Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) July 18, 2022

Lady Gaga’s “Chromatica Ball” is a tour almost three years in the making. Originally announced in 2020, the tour was twice postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. In a social media post prior to the tour’s launch, Gaga admitted that there “was a time I thought I’d never be on stage again. I was so sad I couldn’t even dream anything but a painful nightmare. I’ve overcome my nightmare with love, support, trust, truth, bravery, talent and dedication. I am so grateful. I’ll see you in BABYLON.”

She further elaborated in an Instagram video posted hours ahead of Sunday’s concert. “I want to really thank you for sticking it out with me, and loving me through all the different iterations of my artistry, as well as me as a person,” Gaga said. “I feel more clear today than I have in a long time, and more pain-free than I have in ages.” (In 2018, Gaga was forced to cancel tour dates due to fibromyalgia, a condition that causes chronic pain.)

“Being free of pain on stage is a real healing experience because I’m able to dance and sing and enjoy the audience, enjoy the show…and really tell a story. I just want to thank you. I’m going to thank you in another way, and it’s through this performance. And it will be through every performance. I don’t know that I’ve been as speechless as I am today, knowing what we’re about to do.”

Gaga’s “Chromatica Ball” hits Stockholm, Paris, Arnhem, and London before making its way to North America in August. Tickets are available here .

Lady Gaga’s “Chromatica Ball” Photos:

Lady Gaga’s “Chromatica Ball” Setlist: Bad Romance Just Dance Poker Face

Act I The Treatment Alice (Live debut) Replay (Live debut) Monster (First time since 2014)

Act II The Garden 911 Sour Candy (Live debut) Telephone LoveGame

Act III The Universe Video Babylon (Live debut) Free Woman (Live debut) Born This Way

Act IV Flower Queen Shallow Always Remember Us This Way The Edge of Glory Enigma (Live debut)

Finale Veils Stupid Love Rain on Me

Encore Hold My Hand

replay – chromatica ball pic.twitter.com/0bTd9xrOUn — renato (@gagaledger) July 17, 2022

“This not a tour .. it’s a ball gays put your hands up” i love her. 🥹 #ChromaticaBall #TheChromaticaBall pic.twitter.com/v9D01XfgNW — 💗CHROMATICA⚔️ (@GAGAholiicc) July 17, 2022

we used to pray for moments like this 🥹🥹🥹 #CHROMATICABALL pic.twitter.com/PUKKr7Zsf8 — irenellaaa (@actuallyiree) July 17, 2022

That boy is a monster M-M-M-Monster #ChromaticaBall pic.twitter.com/3Q9ApDnc0K — GRINTHAL ⚔️💗 (@iamgrinthal) July 17, 2022

YOU HAD THE GUN, YOU HAD THE GUUN, YOU HAD THE GUUUUUUN #ChromaticaBall pic.twitter.com/8sFGi8Se5N — isadora. (@freewxman) July 17, 2022

Lady Gaga – Shallow #ChromaticaBall pic.twitter.com/7wD4Pz6c7H — 𝕃𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕄𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 🇮🇹 (@LMonstersITA) July 17, 2022

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Lady Gaga shares how meaningful 'The Chromatica Ball' tour is to her

The singer began her tour on Sunday in Germany.

Lady Gaga has officially launched her long-awaited world tour -- but she admits she once thought she'd never be able to tour again.

On Sunday, the singer took to Twitter to explain how meaningful "The Chromatica Ball" tour -- which opened in Germany over the weekend -- is to her.

"There was a time I thought I’d never be on stage again. I was so sad I couldn’t even dream anything but a painful nightmare," she said. "I’ve overcome my nightmare with love, support, trust, truth, bravery, talent and dedication. I am so grateful."

Gaga later shared her excitement ahead of the opening show, saying on Instagram that she was nervous to tour again after a multi-year pause.

MORE: Tony Bennett shares sweet video for Lady Gaga's birthday: 'You have truly changed my life in so many ways'

"I feel more clear today than I have in a long time and more pain-free than I have in ages," she said. "Being free of pain, on stage, is a real healing experience because I am able to dance and sing and enjoy the audience and enjoy the show."

Lady Gaga has openly struggled with her mental health , telling fans of her battles with depression, anxiety and PTSD. The Grammy winner was also diagnosed with fibromyalgia, a condition that causes pain all over the body, sleep problems, fatigue and emotional and mental distress, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .

"To anyone that doesn’t believe in fibromyalgia: I dare you to spend five minutes in my body on a day when I’m in pain, and then try and say it again," she told Variety in 2018 of her diagnosis.

The "Rain on Me" singer's twice-pandemic-delayed "The Chromatica Ball" tour is on its European leg and will be coming to North America on Aug. 6. The multi-date trek wraps Sept. 17 in Miami, Florida.

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Lady Gaga Confirms ‘Chromatica Ball’ Film in Personal Message to Little Monsters

"I can't WAIT for you to experience it," the singer and actress wrote to fans.

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Lady Gaga “can’t wait” for Little Monsters to experience her upcoming Chromatica Ball film.

The pop superstar and Oscar-winning actress confirmed in an Instagram post on Friday (June 16) that she is working hard on numerous artistic projects, including an edit for a movie based on her 2022 headlining concert tour .

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“I prepared for months developing my character for Joker , I filmed [ Joker: Folie à Deux ] for many months (a very introspective time),” Gaga wrote in a lengthy message. “I have been running my start-up Haus Labs, doing philanthropic work, and additionally have been working on The Chromatica Ball film edit.”

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The 2022 Chromatica Ball grossed $112.4 million and sold 834,000 tickets from 20 concerts, according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore. It marked her first outing since the Joanne World Tour in 2017.

Initially slated for summer 2020, the trans-continental Chromatica Ball was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tour — which visited North America, Europe and Asia — was in support of Gaga’s sixth album, Chromatica , which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 2020.

The 13-time Grammy winner recently partnered with pharmaceutical company Pfizer for a new commercial in an effort to raise migraine awareness. The clip features some of the first professional footage of her Chromatica Ball tour, which wrapped in September.

Gaga also teased on Instagram that she “wrote and produced music for a special project,” without revealing additional details. “I’ve been experiencing my creativity ever since last summer in a really special and private way,” she wrote.

“Thank you for being willing to grow with me so that I can change and transform with the community I love so much,” Gaga concluded her post. “I hope you love all the things I’ve been creating for you and I hope this is a small reminder to you of my deep passion and commitment to art.”

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Lady Gaga just kicked off her Chromatica Ball Summer Stadium Tour in Düsseldorf, Germany, channeling her music into a theatrical performance brimming with avant-garde fashion. Notably, two of the looks chosen by Gaga for the two-month tour are custom Alexander McQueen creations, which isn’t unexpected due to the 36-year-old singer’s affinity for the designer brand. Yet the two McQueen designs donned by Gaga during the Chromatica Tour couldn’t be more different, with one dripping in molten gold metallics and the other crafted with matte black leather and chunky crystals.

While performing her song “Babylon” during her 2022 tour debut, Gaga wore a metallic gold moiré McQueen outfit consisting of a sleeveless button-down collared shirt and high-waisted wide-leg trousers. She paired the two pieces with a coordinating gold moiré cropped jacket featuring statement shoulder pads and a large lapel, tying the button-up shirt into a cinched-waist crop top. For footwear, the singer wore a pair of matching gold boots, pulling together the monochrome look.

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Another striking look included a leather and latex McQueen outfit she wore to perform “Stupid Love.” Gaga had on a cropped black biker jacket decorated with silver eyelets on the lapel paired with a black latex bodysuit featuring a crystal-embellished collar. The singer styled a matching crystal-embellished harness over the top, which added a dose of camp and glamour. Gaga coordinated the outfit with thigh-high black leather biker boots worn over black fishnet stockings.

Along with her McQueen looks, Lady Gaga wore several custom Gareth Pugh designs, including an archival piece from Pugh’s spring 2007 collection. She also wore an ethereal blood red gown by Topo Studio, which was deconstructed to reveal a Vex Latex bloodstain bodysuit. Concert blogger Toti Martinez captured the debut costumes on the Ticketoti Instagram account.

Lady Gaga’s Chromatica Ball Tour runs to Sept. 17, hitting major cities including Paris, London, Toronto, Tokyo, New York City, Los Angeles, Houston, Miami and more. Prior to her debut tour performance in Germany, Gaga took to Instagram Live to share some of her inspiration for the tour, including the thought given to her experimental wardrobe.

“I wanted to tell a story with abstractions and art,” she told fans on the Live. “This show celebrates things I have always loved like art and fashion and dance and music and technology and poetry and the way all of these things work together.”

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Lady Gaga Revives “Mother Monster” Style for Her Chromatica Ball Tour

By Christian Allaire

Lady Gaga kicked off her much-anticipated Chromatica Ball world tour last night in Dusseldorf, Germany, and she certainly didn’t disappoint in terms of the fashion. (But does she ever?) On her stark stage inspired by brutalist architecture, the pop star emerged from fog and opened with her smash hit “Bad Romance” while wearing an equally-austere look: The shapely, extraterrestrial-like number —complete with spiked arms and shoulders—is an archival look from Gareth Pugh’s spring 2007 collection , finished off with her death-defying Pleaser platforms of course. Later in the show, she then changes into a new custom Pugh creation, this one complete with a conical harness .

Gaga’s Chromatica Ball tour fashion is the brainchild of her three go-to stylists: Nicola Formichetti, Tom Eerebout, and Sandra Amador. While the Chromatica album’s debut single, “Stupid Love,” saw Gaga embrace more of a futuristic pink vibe , the new tour sees Gaga reviving her signature “Mother Monster” style, which favors a darker, edgier aesthetic. The “Mother Monster” look is ominously sci-fi (but high-fashion), as evidenced by the outfits in her Monster Ball tour—where she wore exoskeletal Olima dresses —and Born This Way Ball tour—where she wore Alien -esque Armani . It's the look that Gaga is best known for. Though she's experimented with country western style for her Joanne album era, and Old Hollywood style for her A Star Is Born press tour, the Chromatica Ball is a glorious return to freaky-deaky dressing. The theatrical looks are filled with lots of latex and leather, avant-garde silhouettes, and even fake blood ; During a performance of “Replay,” for instance, Gaga wears a nude latex bodysuit by Vex Latex that has the effect of being splattered in faux red goo—punctuated by taped X’s over the bust, and a gigantic spiked necklace that’s dangerous to the touch.

Gaga’s stage style is, of course, always connected back to the music. The singer has said the Chromatica Ball tour is a journey around trauma and healing, so the clothes play an integral role in telling that story. While her songs deal with a grappling of her inner demons, the fashion also appears ready for combat. One that certainly does is the cropped biker jacket with silver metal eyelets by Alexander McQueen, complete with a crystal harness from the label’s resort 2023 collection. There are also more upbeat, celebratory style moments in the show that represent a sense of overcoming—like the custom, gold moiré Alexander McQueen suit she wears for the campy house track “Babylon.” A glorious ending note? The fall 2007 couture gown from Christian Lacroix she wears in an interlude video for the tour, directed by Nick Knight.

As the new tour continues to develop and tour across the globe, time will only tell if even more dramatic Gaga looks are on their way (it is only night one, after all!). But for the Chromatica Ball debut, Gaga has already brought forward some of her best tour fashion yet, fusing a mixture of custom and archival numbers for a one-of-a-kind wardrobe. We’d expect nothing less from her.

Below, a closer look at Gaga’s new Chromatica Ball tour style.

In Gareth Pugh

In Vex Latex

In Alexander McQueen

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Lady Gaga Revives “Mother Monster” Style For Her Chromatica Ball Tour

By Christian Allaire

This week, Lady Gaga kicked off her much-anticipated Chromatica Ball world tour in Dusseldorf, Germany, and she certainly didn’t disappoint in terms of the fashion. (But does she ever?) On her stark stage inspired by brutalist architecture, the pop star emerged from fog and opened with her smash hit “Bad Romance” while wearing an equally-austere look.

The shapely, extraterrestrial-like number – complete with spiked arms and shoulders – is an archival look from Gareth Pugh’s spring/summer 2007 collection, finished off with her death-defying Pleaser platforms of course. Later in the show, she then changes into a new custom Pugh creation, this one complete with a conical harness .

By Giles Hattersley

Gaga’s Chromatica Ball tour fashion is the brainchild of her three go-to stylists: Nicola Formichetti, Tom Eerebout and Sandra Amador. While the Chromatica album’s debut single, “Stupid Love,” saw Gaga embrace more of a futuristic pink vibe , the new tour sees Gaga reviving her signature “Mother Monster” style, which favours a darker, edgier aesthetic. The “Mother Monster” look is ominously sci-fi (but high-fashion), as evidenced by the outfits in her Monster Ball tour – where she wore exoskeletal Olima dresses – and Born This Way Ball tour – where she wore Alien -esque Armani . It’s the look that Gaga is best known for. 

Though she’s experimented with country western style for her Joanne album era, and Old Hollywood style for her A Star Is Born press tour, the Chromatica Ball is a glorious return to freaky-deaky dressing. The theatrical looks are filled with lots of Latex and leather, avant-garde silhouettes and even fake blood . During a performance of “Replay,” for instance, Gaga wears a nude Latex bodysuit by Vex Latex that has the effect of being splattered in faux red goo – punctuated by taped X’s over the bust, and a gigantic spiked necklace that’s dangerous to the touch.

Gaga’s stage style is, of course, always connected back to the music. The singer has said the Chromatica Ball tour is a journey around trauma and healing, so the clothes play an integral role in telling that story. While her songs deal with a grappling of her inner demons, the fashion also appears ready for combat. One that certainly does is the cropped biker jacket with silver metal eyelets by Alexander McQueen, complete with a crystal harness from the label’s resort 2023 collection. There are also more upbeat, celebratory style moments in the show that represent a sense of overcoming – like the custom, gold moiré Alexander McQueen suit she wears for the campy house track “Babylon.” A glorious ending note? The autumn/winter 2007 couture gown from Christian Lacroix she wears in an interlude video for the tour, directed by Nick Knight.

As the new tour continues to develop and tour across the globe, time will only tell if even more dramatic Gaga looks are on their way (it is only night one, after all!). But for the Chromatica Ball debut, Gaga has already brought forward some of her best tour fashion yet, fusing a mixture of custom and archival numbers for a one-of-a-kind wardrobe. We’d expect nothing less from her.

Below, a closer look at Gaga’s new Chromatica Ball tour style.

In Gareth Pugh

In Vex Latex and Paula Rowan gloves

In Alexander McQueen

In Topo Studio and Paula Rowan gloves

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