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| Lady Gaga in action on stage |
“I don’t speak South African, but
I speak the language of music, and that’s how I will communicate with you
tonight my little monsters.”
Lady Gaga had the 65 000+ strong crowd under
her spell when she spoke those words on
Friday evening at the FNB Stadium,
Soweto, Johannesburg on the first gig of her
Born This Way Ball Tour of South
Africa.
We’ve never seen Lady Gaga live
before – this was her first time in South Africa and she promised to return
after the overwhelming “outpour of love for me and my music”.
We sure hope she sticks to her promise because
watching her show is like watching an Cirque du Soleil extravaganza – it’s
spectacular! From Mamma Monster arriving on stage on a horse, the Gothic medieval
castle replica on stage to all her costume changes. She went from alien to
fashion doll to dominatrix to rock chick in the two hour concert. And yes, she
pushes the boundaries with simulating oral sex performed on her, speaking her
mind (“I don’t give a f**k what people say about me”), giving birth to herself
on stage and to wearing the now much talked about meat dress and inviting drag
queens onto the stage for a “Queen off to find the Queen of the ball”. We were
captivated by the splendour of the stage and the sets, the pumping music (she
sings ALL her hits!) and her hyper active back-up dancers. And Cape Town , be
warned – Mamma Monster wants to party! She told the Johannesburg crowd, “I don’t
give a damn if you’re working tomorrow. I want to party and so you have to
drink, get drunk and puke on your best friend sitting next to you.” Nice! The
best part of the show was undoubtedly the giving birth to herself scene as an
intro to her mega hit Born This Way. The downside for us was not the concert at
all, but the drunk as a skunk guy who stood next to us trying to convince us
that he is Rihanna’s best friend and that he’s not “captivated by the show”.
Yeah dude, go try your tricks on someone else, but not on us little monsters!
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