Girl Gaga Launches Chromatica Ball: Setlist, Images + Video
After an prolonged wait, Girl Gaga lastly launched her “Chromatica Ball” in Düsseldorf, Germany on Sunday, July seventeenth.
The 20-song setlist contained 9 songs from her 2020 album Chromatica, together with the first-ever performances of “Alice,” “Replay,” “Bitter Sweet,” “Babylon,” “Free Lady,” and “Enigma.” Moreover, Gaga dusted off “Monster for the primary time since 2014.
The setlist was divided into 5 acts, opening with a trio of fan favorites in “Dangerous Romance,” “Simply Dance,” and “Poker Face.” She additionally carried out “911,” “Phone,” “Born This Means,” “The Fringe of Glory,” and “Shallow.” For the encore, Gaga debuted “Maintain My Hand,” her contribution to the High Gun: Maverick soundtrack.
Girl Gaga’s “Chromatica Ball” is a tour virtually three years within the making. Initially introduced in 2020, the tour was twice postponed as a result of coronavirus pandemic. In a social media put up previous to the tour’s launch, Gaga admitted that there “was a time I assumed I’d by no means be on stage once more. I used to be so unhappy I couldn’t even dream something however a painful nightmare. I’ve overcome my nightmare with love, assist, belief, reality, bravery, expertise and dedication. I’m so grateful. I’ll see you in BABYLON.”
She additional elaborated in an Instagram video posted hours forward of Sunday’s live performance. “I need to actually thanks for sticking it out with me, and loving me by way of all of the totally different iterations of my artistry, in addition to me as an individual,” Gaga stated. “I really feel extra clear right this moment than I’ve in a very long time, and extra pain-free than I’ve in ages.” (In 2018, Gaga was compelled to cancel tour dates attributable to fibromyalgia, a situation that causes persistent ache.)
“Being freed from ache on stage is an actual therapeutic expertise as a result of I’m in a position to dance and sing and benefit from the viewers, benefit from the present…and actually inform a narrative. I simply need to thanks. I’m going to thanks in one other method, and it’s by way of this efficiency. And it is going to be by way of each efficiency. I don’t know that I’ve been as speechless as I’m right this moment, figuring out what we’re about to do.”
Gaga’s “Chromatica Ball” hits Stockholm, Paris, Arnhem, and London earlier than making its technique to North America in August. Tickets can be found right here.
Girl Gaga’s “Chromatica Ball” Images:
Girl Gaga’s The Chromatica Ball Tour, picture by Kevin Mazur / Getty Photos
Girl Gaga’s The Chromatica Ball Tour, picture by Kevin Mazur / Getty Photos
Girl Gaga’s “Chromatica Ball” Setlist:
Dangerous Romance
Simply Dance
Poker Face
Act I
The Remedy
Alice (Dwell debut)
Replay (Dwell debut)
Monster (First time since 2014)
Act II
The Backyard
911
Bitter Sweet (Dwell debut)
Phone
LoveGame
Act III
The Universe Video
Babylon (Dwell debut)
Free Lady (Dwell debut)
Born This Means
Act IV
Flower Queen
Shallow
At all times Bear in mind Us This Means
The Fringe of Glory
Enigma (Dwell debut)
Finale
Veils
Silly Love
Rain on Me
Encore
Maintain My Hand
replay – chromatica ball pic.twitter.com/0bTd9xrOUn
— renato (@gagaledger) July 17, 2022
“This not a tour .. it’s a ball gays put your fingers up” i really like her. 🥹#ChromaticaBall #TheChromaticaBall pic.twitter.com/v9D01XfgNW
— 💗CHROMATICA⚔️ (@GAGAholiicc) July 17, 2022
we used to hope for moments like this 🥹🥹🥹 #CHROMATICABALL pic.twitter.com/PUKKr7Zsf8
— irenellaaa (@actuallyiree) July 17, 2022
That boy is a monster M-M-M-Monster #ChromaticaBall pic.twitter.com/3Q9ApDnc0K
— GRINTHAL ⚔️💗 (@iamgrinthal) July 17, 2022
YOU HAD THE GUN, YOU HAD THE GUUN, YOU HAD THE GUUUUUUN #ChromaticaBall pic.twitter.com/8sFGi8Se5N
— isadora. (@freewxman) July 17, 2022
Girl Gaga – Shallow #ChromaticaBall pic.twitter.com/7wD4Pz6c7H
— 𝕃𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕄𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 🇮🇹 (@LMonstersITA) July 17, 2022