We take a look at what is being said about the singer’s eighth tour which las now landed in the UK.
The Guardian: ***** “None of it makes any sense whatsoever, but you soon stop worrying about meaning and give yourself over to its lurid sense of spectacle. Better not to wonder why Lady Gaga is singing Paparazzi on a pair of chrome crutches, in a crash helmet and a dress with an enormous train that eventually drags her backwards across the stage while she shouts “No! Please! No!” in mock-distress, and simply enjoy the fact that she is.”
The Independent: ***** “No set piece is too elaborate, no framing device too ludicrous, for this show of wall-to-wall bangers that suggests Gaga isn’t ready to give up her pop crown just yet.”
The Standard: ***** “Monsters never die, and as the audience solemnly swore we’ll be with Gaga until the end. “If I come back in 20 years from now, will you all come to the show?” she teased the screaming crowd. She could play this show for 20 years and you wouldn’t get bored.”
Metro.co.uk: ***** “Thrilling, utterly artistic, and completely captivating — nobody in the music industry right now is doing it quite like the singer-turned-actor.”
The Telegraph: ***** “US star summons gothic chaos on the first UK date of her Mayhem Ball tour at the O2.”
attitude.co.uk: ***** “Seriously – why has it taken until a show this supernaturally good for us realise Lady Gaga is to Halloween what Mariah Carey is to Christmas?”
The i Paper: ***** “She closed out the night with a showstopping “Bad Romance”, flames erupting at the back of the stage: it’s impossible at moments like these to forget that Lady Gaga is one of the greats, a pop revolutionary. The Mayhem Ball is utterly magnificent.”