Lady GaGa : The Monster Ball Tour - Bad Romance

The Monster Ball Tour was the second worldwide concert tour by American recording artist Lady Gaga. Staged in support of her album The Fame Monster, the tour visited arenas and stadiums from 2009 through 2011. Officially announced in October 2009 after an intended joint concert tour with rapper Kanye West was suddenly canceled, The Monster Ball Tour commenced four days after the release of The Fame Monster in November 2009. The tour was described by Gaga as "the first-ever pop electro opera" and comprised a set list of songs from The Fame Monster and her debut album The Fame.
Revised after only a few months of performing due to Gaga's concern of the original version being constructed within a very short span of time, the original 2009 version had a stage alike a frame with forced perspectives with everything fitted within it: comparable to that of a hollowed-out television set. Since The Fame Monster dealt with the paranoias Gaga had faced, the main theme of the show became evolution with Gaga portraying her personal growth as the show progressed while elements of the cancelled tour with Kanye West still remained in some parts. The 2009 shows began with Gaga appearing from behind an electric maze of lights; continued with acoustic piano playing, dancing in costumes made of guns, Egyptian style head gears and fairy-tale Rapunzel style hair. From 2010 and onwards, the revamped shows had a New York theme and portrayed a story set in New York where Gaga and her friends got lost and had to find their way to "the Monster Ball." The show was divided into five segments; the last labelled the encore. Each segment featured Gaga in a new dress and was followed by a video interlude, portraying Gaga in Gothic and artsy poses, to the next one.
Contemporary critics praised the show; commending Gaga's singing abilities and sense of style and fashion. They were also impressed by the pompousness and the theatricality of the show, comparing it to the tours of artists like Madonna. At the 2010 Billboard Touring Awards, Gaga won the Breakthrough Performer Award, as well as the Concert Marketing & Promotion Award, the latter being an acknowledgment of her partnership with Virgin Mobile. The tour became the highest grossing tour by a debut headlining artist and depending on other tours in 2011, could be one of the top 10 highest grossing tours of all time.

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