Lady Gaga and Cyndi Lauper attended the launch at Salon Bordello to reveal that they were the latest faces to the newest campaign, dubbed “From Our Lips” which began on February 11, 2010. For the event, a select group of members of the press were invited to meet the new ambassadors. Each spokesperson had a lipstick being MAC Viva Glam Gaga Lipstick and Viva Glam Cyndi Lipstick with 100 percent of the proceeds being donated to the MAC AIDS Fund. The visual for the campaign shot by Ellen von Unwerth nearly 7 months before was also revealed during the event.
Gaga attended the event at Cipriani to receive the Stylemaker Award. It was Marc Jacobs who presented her the awards and she was also wearing his creation to the event. In her speech, Gaga thanked Marc Jacobs, Hedi Slimane, Stephen Gan, David LaChapelle, Araki ("for photographing my soul, not my image"), and Nasir Mazhar, designer of the Orbit hat she wore on Ellen and "which has now become an experience." Gaga made a vow on behalf of her style team—"We will never do a line; we are not an economy"—and closed the proceedings with an unexpected fashion tip: "The most important fashion accessory is the condom."
Lady Gaga met Nick Knight to discuss plans for a special video piece to be created with Nick and Ruth Hogben, for inclusion in the Monster Ball. The shoot was scheduled for the weekend.
For the even, Gaga performed "Ballet Russe Italian Style (The Shortest Musical You Will Never See Again)". The piece by Francesco Vezzoli was presented during the dinner.
Lady Gaga appeared at club Voyeur in West Hollywood following the American Music Awards, spoke to the crowd, and sang a little bit of "Telephone" acapella before playing the album version.
Gaga did a signing at Best Buy for the release of The Fame Monster and the Heartbeats in Los Angeles. She debuted two new piece by Zaldy including the bodysuit that would be used on the Monster Ball. The signing took place from 7PM to 9PM. Limited tickets for the signing were given to any fans that purchased either The Fame Monster or Heartbeats beginning on 9:00AM that day.
Gaga sent pizzas to the fans waiting.
Opening night of The Monster Ball with Perez and Gaga's dad in attendance. During the show, the Apocalyptic Film was played instead of the "Manifesto of Little Monsters". She also wore a wig during the encore that wasn't used on the rest of the tour.