"Lady Gaga is dancing on a human skull. Lady Gaga is buried in a shallow grave. Lady Gaga is serenading a corpse. Lady Gaga is also teetering around on crutches, cavorting with zombies and crossing the River Styx. Welcome to the Mayhem Ball, a magnificent and operatic tour de force; that pitches the star's inner angels and demons in a fight for her very soul."
"The transfer from outdoor festival stage to the confines of an arena only heightened the show's vampy, gothic energy - as Gaga raced through two decades of hits, from her debut single Just Dance to her latest hit The Dead Dance, from the Netflix series Wednesday. The latter came with a star cameo from two of the show's young stars, Emma Myers and Evie Templeton, who pirouetted around Gaga and her dancers in wispy bridal gowns."
"The tour comes hot on the heels of Gaga's latest album, Mayhem, widely regarded as a return to high-concept pop after a spell of method acting and jazz crooning. The album, like the show, is a reckoning with her past. She questions whether her career was really worth sacrificing her privacy, her sanity and even her health, as punishing live shows exacerbated her fibromyalgia, a condition that cause chronic, full-body pain."
Mayhem Ball stages Lady Gaga in macabre, operatic scenes: dancing on a skull, buried in a shallow grave, serenading a corpse, teetering on crutches, cavorting with zombies and crossing the River Styx. The show debuted at Coachella and moved to UK arenas for eight dates, intensifying vampy, gothic energy while spanning two decades of hits from Just Dance to The Dead Dance. The Dead Dance featured cameo dancers Emma Myers and Evie Templeton. The Mayhem album signals a return to high-concept pop and confronts sacrifices of privacy, sanity and health as punishing live shows exacerbated Gaga's fibromyalgia. Staging portrays a struggle between angelic and darker selves.
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