Can we talk about something? Lady Gaga's Monster Ball tour is going to be freaking dope. I was already excited when I found out Kid Cudi is opening - now I hear the concept behind her set and I'm dying. Pop-Electro Opera!! Gaga is the queen of the gorgeous and the grotesque and this is going to be both. I absolutely cannot wait.
The tour, which has been billed as the "first ever" pop-electro opera, is "very, very forward, very, very innovative," the singer insists. And that aesthetic, she explains, has been captured in the very design of the show.
"The theatrics and story elements are in the style of an opera. Imagine if you could take the sets of an opera, which are very grand and very beautiful, and put them through a pop-electro lens," she said. "I've been thinking about ways to play with the shape of this stage and change the way that we watch things. So what I've done is I've designed a stage with Haus of Gaga that is essentially a frame with forced perspective, and the frame is put inside the stage."
Plus she's looking out for the fans by keeping ticket prices down!
"I wanted to really put together a show that would be the most beautiful, expensive-looking, delicious show, but that my fans wouldn't have to pay a ton of money to come see," she told Rolling Stone about the tour, which was originally supposed to kick off next year after she finished up her tour with 'Ye. "So we're playing a few nights in a row. I've got super loyal fans, so I feel this tremendous obligation to take care of them."
If you aren't excited yet, here's a little more from the Gaaa:
"The theme of monsters is certainly going to be an influence, as well as the theme of evolution and change. It's going to be a truly artistic experience that is going to take the form of the greatest post-apocalyptic house party that you've ever been to."
Lady Gaga's Monster Ball Tour A 'Post-Apocalyptic House Party' (MTV.com)
-ca (yes, yes, I know I can't stop posting about Lady Gaga)
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