On The Opening Night of ‘The Chromatica Ball,’ Lady Gaga Debuted ‘Free Woman,’ ‘Sour Candy’ And Other Songs
At the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany, Lady Gaga debuted her new stage show to nearly 54,000 fans as part of the formal opening of ‘The Chromatica Ball’ on 17th July. She also gave the first live performance of her 2009 hit song ‘Monster’ in eight years.
It follows a long series of postponements that were put on the tour, which was originally scheduled to begin in 2020 before being delayed to last July and then again to this month. Back in March, the final schedule was set.
At the first ‘Chromatica Ball’ concert, Gaga performed 20 songs, nine of which were from the album it was supporting (which landed back in May of 2020). In addition to the hits ‘Stupid Love,’ ‘Rain On Me’ and ‘911,’ Gaga made her live debut with ‘Alice,’ ‘Replay,’ ‘Sour Candy,’ ‘Babylon,’ ‘Free Woman’ and ‘Enigma.’
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According to setlist.fm, the latter two songs had prolonged outros, while ‘911’ had an extended intro and both ‘Babylon’ and ‘Stupid Love’ had various extensions.
Additionally, Gaga included parts of ‘John Wayne’ (from 2016’s ‘Joanne’ album) into a performance of ‘LoveGame’ (from her 2008 debut, ‘The Fame’), and she played her 2009 hit ‘Monster’ for the first time in eight years after previously including it in her set in April of 2014. The actual set was divided into four acts, each of which had a prelude and a conclusion.
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