
Last night, 14-time GRAMMY, Oscar and Emmy Award winner Lady Gaga kicked off her highly anticipated The MAYHEM Ball Tour at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Opening night of the sold-out tour featured a powerful setlist blending hits from her critically acclaimed album MAYHEM with fan favorites that span her expansive catalog. Highlights from the show include Abracadabra, Killah, Vanish Into You, How Bad Do You Want Me, Love Drug, Summerboy, Just Dance, Judas, Born This Way, Shallow, Die With a Smile and more. Produced by Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky via their company Morningview, The MAYHEM Ball expands on the visual and conceptual world Gaga introduced at Coachella and evolved throughout her festival run. Continuing her collaboration with acclaimed choreographer Parris Goebel, she enlisted Ben Dalgleish of Human Person as show director. The production also features brand new costumes, styled by Hunter Clem and Gaga’s sister Natali Germanotta, under her design house Topo Studio.
Earning rave reviews from critics, Rolling Stone highlighted Gaga’s creative evolution, writing that she “didn’t just revisit [Coachella]—she expanded it, sharpened it, sprinkled in some nostalgia, and fully realized the gothic dream she had only just introduced.” Variety called the show a “breathless, finely-tuned spectacular,” and “a welcome reminder of her many, many talents.” Billboard hailed the night as “a theatrical, electric and delicious live affair,” emphasising the charged performances of MAYHEM’s standout tracks and past dancefloor staples. USA Today noted that Gaga “was singing like the powerhouse that has earned her 14 Grammys” and “smoldering with the chameleonic intensity that has secured her respect as an actress,” with every movement “choreographed to perfection.”
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