The Monster Ball Tour
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| The Monster Ball Tour | ||
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| Tour by Lady Gaga | ||
| Associated album | The Fame Monster | |
| Start date | November 27, 2009 | |
| End date | May 6, 2011 | |
| Legs | 8 | |
| Shows | 119 in North America 15 in Oceania 7 in Asia 63 in Europe 201 total | |
| Lady Gaga tour chronology | ||
| The Fame Ball Tour (2009) | The Monster Ball Tour (2009-2011) | The Born This Way Ball Tour (2012-2013) |
The Monster Ball is the second concert tour by Lady Gaga to promote The Fame Monster, her sophomore album. The tour was officially announced on October 15, 2009, after her joint concert tour with rapper Kanye West, titled "Fame Kills", was suddenly canceled. Described by Gaga as "the first-ever 'pop electro opera'", The Monster Ball Tour began four days after the release of The Fame Monster.
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Background 
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Initially, hip-hop artist Kanye West and Lady Gaga had plans to launch a joint tour together. Fame Kills: Starring Lady Gaga and Kanye West was confirmed in September, 2009, as a concert tour that West and Gaga would co-headline. In the aftermath of the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, West made a public statement that he would take a break from the music industry following the media and public reaction to his outburst during Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for winning the moonman for "Best Female Video". Nevertheless, the complete schedule for the tour was released, with the tour set to begin on November 10, 2009, in Phoenix, Arizona. Shortly afterwards, the tour was officially canceled without any explanation. Gaga addressed the situation at Billboard's annual Women in Music luncheon where she cited creative differences as the reason for the tour's cancellation. In an interview she stated, "[Kanye] is going to take a break, but the good news is, I am not."
After ensuring the public that she would be embarking on a solo tour in lieu of the defunct tour, Gaga officially announced The Monster Ball Tour on October 15, 2009. The tour had originally been planned to debut in London in early 2010, but was rescheduled, and launched on November 27, 2009, in Montreal, QC. Rapper, Kid Cudi, and singer, Jason Derülo, were confirmed as the supporting act for the tour. While Cudi was confirmed to be supporting Gaga from the beginning of the tour, it was reported that Derülo would join the tour beginning on December 16, 2009. Cudi was kicked off of the tour after the December 14th show due to inappropriate behavior towards a fan. The official poster for the tour features Gaga in her signature Versace 676 sunglasses and what she has dubbed "The Orbit", which she first wore on the October 3, 2009 edition of Saturday Night Live. The contraption was designed by Nasir Mazhar in collaboration with Gaga's own creative production company, Haus of Gaga.
Monster Ball 1.0 — Theater VersionEdit
- Main article: Monster Ball: Theater Version
Added by MiKaelMonster Ball 2.0 — Arena VersionEdit
- Main article: Monster Ball: Arena Version
Added by Rasool AlipoorBroadcast and recordingsEdit
Fans who met Gaga after various shows confirmed that she will be releasing a 3D movie of the tour. This is one of the reasons behind the 3-D glasses included in the Super Deluxe version of The Fame Monster. On March 4, 2010, GagaDaily announced via Twitter: “The Monster Ball DVD is going to be released and it will be in 3D!” On March 8, 2010, a rep from Interscope Records released the following statement to MTV News: “there are talks about a 3D concert and DVD in the near future.” On Febuary 14, 2011, while on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Gaga announced that there will be an HBO special of the concert. The program was filmed during Gaga's February 21-22 shows at Madison Square Garden and will be titled "Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden." HBO confirmed that the special will air on May 7, 2011 and will be directed by Laurieann Gibson.[1]
Lady Gaga x Terry RichardsonEdit
- Main article: Lady Gaga x Terry Richardson
Gaga teamed up with Terry Richardson after the photoshoot for Vogue magazine. Richardson wanted to photograph Gaga during her offstage presence, document what she did when she wasn't performing.
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[Terry] wanted to do a book about the 'Monster Ball.'He wanted to shoot me backstage, not onstage, and look at who I am offstage. He's on the bus with me. He just follows me everywhere. He'll photograph me when I'm changing - those quick changes during the show. And sometimes I'll have to pee during the show, and I'm always screaming, 'Terry, get out!' And he'll be saying, 'It's so beautiful. You're so punk!' If only my fans knew I was peeing in a beer cup backstage. | ” |
| —Lady Gaga | ||
OuttakesEdit
SHOWstudio released on October 7 and 18, 2011 backdrops cut from the show for undisclosed reasons. These backdrops were probably intented for the Arena Version as these particular songs did not have any.
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MediaEdit
Android Inc. created five phone commercials released in Japan in late November of 2010, sampling the Jumping Film video merged with images of the phone.
A screenshot of the Little Monsters Film was featured in Vogue Hommes Japan Vol. 5 in 2010.
Fan FilmEdit
In a unique step, Lady Gaga, image-maker, Nick Knight, and fashion-filmmaker, Ruth Hogben launched a one-off collaborative project, inviting Gaga's fans to submit their own video imagery for inclusion in the interlude. The inspiration is sharp, simple, and brutal: the Apocalypse, symbolic of both destruction and rebirth. Gaga, Knight, and Hobgen selected imagery from the submissions, and the videos were then spliced together and reinvented as exclusive imagery, played alongside Gaga's live performances.
During the first version of the tour, the video was shown during her performance on the piano. The last version is shown at the very end of the show.
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Virgin Call GagEdit
The Virgin Call Gag is a part of The Monster Ball (North American dates only) where Lady Gaga call one of her fans from the audience. Fans have to fill the form available on the Lady Virgin website and the winner will be selected during the show.
PersonnelEdit
- Promoter – Live Nation Global Touring (Worldwide), AEG Live (UK)
- Tour Sponsor – Virgin Mobile (US), MAC Cosmetics (Worldwide)
- Show Director – Arthur Fogel
- Creative Director – Matthew "Dada" Williams, Willo Perron, Laurieann Gibson
- Choreographer– Laurieann Gibson, Richard Jackson
- Fashion director – Nicola Formichetti
- Stylist Assistant – Anna Trevelyon
- Finances – TMI Productions
- Legal – Ziffren Brittenham LLP
- Lighting Company – Production Resource Group (PRG) - LV
- Live Video – Nocturne Video
- Management – Troy Carter
- Management assistants – Allison Streuter, Amanda Velez
- Day-to-day manger – Wendi Morris
- Tour manager – Florence Tse
- Hair stylist for Lady Gaga - Frederic Aspiras
- Make up artist for Lady Gaga – Tara Savelo
- Main Make Up Artist for Dancers – Sarah Nicole Tanno, Marissa Jade Willinsky
- Personal assistant Jennifer O'Neill
- Assistant – Sonja Durham
- Dance Captain – Vincent Asiel Hardison
- Dancers – Michael Silas, Ian McKenzie, Graham Breitenstein, Montana Efaw, Sloan Taylor-Rabinor, Amanda Balen, Molly d'Amour, Mark Kanemura (2009-2010, 2011), Jeremy Hudson (2009-2010), Cassidy Noblett (2010), Victor Rojas (2010-2011)
Interludes and backdropsEdit
- For the fashion credits, see each video on the synopsis of Theater or Arena version.
- Concept and Direction – Nick Knight and Ruth Hogben (SHOWstudio)
- Creative Direction – Matthew Williams and the Haus of Gaga
- Styling – Nicola Formichetti and the Haus of Gaga
- Hair – Sam McKnight
- Make-up – Val Garland
- Nails – Marian Newman
- Edit – Ruth Hogben
- Production – Sarah Podesta (Gainsbury & Whiting)
- 3D animation – Kevin Stenning (Rapido3D), BURSTvisual
- Video Programmer – Matt Shimamoto
Theater VersionEdit
- Musical Director – Jeff Bhasker
- Set Design – Es Devlin
- Set built – Tait Towers
- The Orbit by Nasir Mazhar and Haus of GaGa
- Lighting Design – Willie Williams
- Lighting Director – Ethan Weber
BandEdit
- Guitar – Adam Smirnoff
- Drums – Charles Haynes
- Keyboards – Pete Kuzma
- Keytar – Lady Gaga ("Just Dance")
- Keyboards/Bass – Mitch Cohn (after the concert in Boston in December, 2009)
Arena VersionEdit
- Musical Director – Joe "Flip" Wilson
- Lighting/Set/Scenic Designer – Leroy Bennett
- Set built – Tait Towers
- Set Sculptures – Nick Knight and Kevin Stenning (Rapido3D)
BandEdit
- Keyboards – Brockett Parsons
- Electric Violin – Judy Mickey Kang
- Drums – George "Spanky" McCurdy
- Bass – Lanar “Kern” Brantley
- Guitars – Ricky Tillo, Kareem "Jesus" Devlin Byrne
- Harp – Rashida Jolley
- Emma – Lady Gaga (in "The Fame")
- Keytar – Lady Gaga (in "Money Honey")
- Backing Vocals – Posh! The Prince (Tambourine, until 2011), Charity Davis (until July 2010), Ameera Perkins (until July 2010), Lenesha Randolph (Until May 17, 2010), Taneka Samone Duggan (since May 2010-2011), Chevonne Ianuzzi (since August 2010-2011), Jasmine Morrow (since August 2010-2011)
ReferencesEdit
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Singles · Booklet · List of editions · The Monster Ball Tour · List of performances · The Remix · The Singles
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