Lady GaGa’s latest album, ‘The Fame Monster,’ is dropping in less than two weeks! Set for release on November 23, we’re so looking forward to it. Being the musical prodigy that she is, GaGa learned to play the piano by ear at age four, but ever since her accomplishments have been increasingly impressive:
By age 13, she had written her first piano ballad. At 14, she played open mike nights at clubs such as New York’s the Bitter End by night and was teased for her quirky, eccentric style by her Convent of the Sacred Heart School (the Manhattan private school Nicky and Paris Hilton attended) classmates by day. At age 17, she became was one of 20 kids in the world to get early admission to Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. Signed by her 20th birthday and writing songs for other artists (such as the Pussycat Dolls, and has been asked to write for a series of Interscope artists) before her debut album was even released, Lady GaGa has earned the right to reach for the sky.
Some words from GaGa herself:
“I was always an entertainer. I was a ham as a little girl and I’m a ham today,” says Lady GaGa, 22, who made a name for herself on the Lower East Side club scene with the infectious dance-pop party song “Beautiful Dirty Rich,” and wild, theatrical, and often tongue-in-cheek “shock art” performances where GaGa – who designs and makes many of her stage outfits — would strip down to her hand-crafted hot pants and bikini top, light cans of hairspray on fire, and strike a pose as a disco ball lowered from the ceiling to the orchestral sounds of A Clockwork Orange.
“I always loved rock and pop and theater. When I discovered Queen and David Bowie is when it really came together for me and I realized I could do all three,” says GaGa, who nicked her name from Queen’s song “Radio Gaga” and who cites rock star girlfriends, Peggy Bundy, and Donatella Versace as her fashion icons. “I look at those artists as icons in art. It’s not just about the music. It’s about the performance, the attitude, the look; it’s everything. And, that is where I live as an artist and that is what I want to accomplish.”
Here’s an exclusive premiere of the music video for the song “Bad Romance,” from The Fame Monster record:
:: The MONSTER BALL Tour ::
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
* 11/27 – Montreal
* 11/28 – Toronto
* 11/29 – Ottawa
* 12/1 – Boston
* 12/2 – Boston
* 12/3 – Camden
* 12/9 – Vancouver
* 12/10 – Vancouver
* 12/11 – Vancouver
* 12/13 – San Francisco
* 12/14 – San Francisco
* 12/18 – Las Vegas
* 12/19 – San Diego
* 12/21 – Los Angeles
* 12/22 – Los Angeles
* 12/23 – Los Angeles
* 12/28 – Atlanta
* 12/29 – Atlanta
* 12/31 – Miami
* 1/2 – Miami
* 1/3 – Orlando
* 1/7 – St. Louis
* 1/8 – Chicago
* 1/9 – Chicago
* 1/10 – Chicago
* 1/12 – Detroit
* 1/13 – Detroit
* 1/14 – West Lafayette, IN
* 1/16 – Atlantic City
* 1/17 – Wallingford, CT
* 1/18 – Uncasville, CT
EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
* 2/18 – Manchester, UK
* 2/20 – Dublin, Ireland
* 2/22 – Belfast, UK
* 2/24 – Liverpool, UK
* 2/26 – London, UK
* 2/27 – London, UK
* 3/01 – Glasgow, UK
* 3/03 – Cardiff, UK
* 3/04 – Newcastle, UK
* 3/05 – Birmingham, UK
* 3/07 – Sheffield, UK
* 3/08 – Nottingham, UK
To preorder your copy of ‘The Fame Monster’ now or to book VIP tickets for The MONSTER BALL Tour, with special guest KiD CuDi, visit ladygaga.com.
