July 18, 2022
Lady Gaga Unveils Dramatic Performance Looks on 'Chromatica Ball' Summer Tour
Emell Adolphus READ TIME: 2 MIN.
Mother Monster has returned to the stage, and she was serving multiple looks for her little Monsters.
As reported by People, Gaga kicked off her "Chromatica Ball" summer stadium tour at the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany.
The tour continues after a two-year delay as Gaga played a sold-out show in front of 54,000 people.
"The concert was the the first ever public live performance of Gaga's No. 1 selling, sixth studio album, Chromatica," People reports. The show included performances of "Rain on Me," "Stupid Love," "Replay," "Free Woman," "911" and "Alice."
But just as important as the setlist were the outfits.
"Of course, this being Gaga, the Chomatica Ball tour was littered with over-the-top theatrical moments and avant-garde outfits, including a striking headdress she paired with a black latex bodysuit," People reports. "She was also photographed in a red ensemble that include a jacket with dramatic puff sleeves and a painted bodysuit with duck-tape x's over her nipples. Another look dressed Gaga in a head-to-toe grey look with high-waisted, belted pants."
Even Gaga's piano was set inside a gorgeous sculpture of thorns.
"WELCOME TO MY MUSEUM OF BRUTALITY #chromaticaball" Gaga posted on Instagram about the tour.
Earlier Sunday, Gaga posted a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the show and seemed nervous because she had not been on tour since 2018.
"The stage was inspired by brutalist architecture, materials, textures, crudity, transparency. A real savage and hard look at yourself, what you've been through," she said. "I wanted to tell a story with abstraction and art, so the show celebrates things that I have always loved like art and fashion and dance and music and technology, poetry, and the way all of those things work together."
She continued, "Everybody has worked so hard on this show and we love you so much. We're so grateful ... I want to thank you for sticking it out with me and loving me through the different iterations of my artistry as well as me as a person."
"Chromatica" was released in May 2020. The "Chromatica Ball" tour will take place across Europe, Asia, and North America for 19 more shows with stadium stops in Sweden, France, the Netherlands, England, Canada, the U.S. and Japan.