Short Biography
MARCH 13 VECTOR ARENA SHOW SOLD-OUT
SECOND SHOW ANNOUNCED
You little monsters - are you ready for the fame????
Lady Gaga returns to New Zealand in March 2010 for a much-demanded headline tour.
Her March 13 Vector Arena show sold-out last week in a matter of hours resulting in the announcement of a second show on;
SUNDAY MARCH 14 - AUCKLAND - VECTOR ARENA
On November 27 Lady Gaga kicked off her North American and European "Monster Ball" tour before heading our way. The New Zealand tour will feature a spectacular new arena production and full band, and follows her high-octane performance with The Pussycat Dolls in Auckland earlier this year.
2009 has been hailed the Year of Gaga as the enigmatic superstar breaks records and tops charts around the globe.
With the announcement of Lady Gaga's first headline New Zealand tour comes a freshly repackaged version of her huge debut album, called The Fame Monster. Featuring the original tracks from The Fame along with 8 brand new tracks, including the current top 10 hit ‘Bad Romance', the arrival of The Fame Monster is further evidence that there's just no stopping Lady Gaga.
While Lady Gaga sets the charts alight, it's on stage where her story truly comes to life. A shifting artscape of the past, present and future, a live performance by Lady Gaga leaves you wondering how music survived without her.
With an ever-growing legion of fans and an unpredictable, perplexing principal, the return of The Haus of Gaga will be the DO NOT MISS event of summer 2010.
In-depth Biography
Lady Gaga is a theatrical dance-pop performer whose debut single, the international chart-topping hit "Just Dance," established her as an up-and-coming superstar upon its release in 2008. Born Stefani Germanotta on March 28, 1986, the New York native attended Convent of the Sacred Heart, a private all-girl Catholic school in Manhattan, before proceeding to study music at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts at age 17. Influenced by flamboyant glam rockers such as David Bowie and Freddie Mercury (she would later draw her stage name from the Queen song "Radio Ga-Ga") as well as '80s dance-poppers such as Madonna and Michael Jackson, she began playing the piano at a young age and started writing original material as a teenager.
In 2007, she began to make a name for herself on the downtown Manhattan club scene with a performance art show billed as Lady Gaga and the Starlight Revue (co-featuring Lady Starlight; born Colleen Martin, a DJ and makeup professional), and music industry insiders began to take note. While Lady Gaga was initially signed to Def Jam in 2007, nothing came of that association, and ultimately it was pop-rap superstar Akon who took her under his wing, signing her to his vanity label Kon Live in association with Interscope Records.
In addition to working for Interscope as an in-house songwriter, Lady Gaga began preparing the launch of her solo career. Her debut single, "Just Dance," was released to radio in April 2008, and her full-length album debut, The Fame, followed in August. Featuring fellow Akon affiliate Colby O'Donis, "Just Dance" slowly gathered momentum throughout 2008's latter half. The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in August, at which time it had already become a massive club hit, but it didn't reach number one until January 2009. Internationally, the song proved similarly popular, reaching the Top Ten throughout much of Western Europe and beyond.
In the wake of Lady Gaga's international breakthrough success with "Just Dance," the follow-up single "Poker Face" was an even larger hit, topping singles charts across the board with its combination of pop melodicism and club-worthy production. Two additional tracks -- "LoveGame" and "Paparazzi" -- also cracked the Top Ten, and The Fame was still enjoying a spot on the Billboard Top 40 when its follow-up, The Fame Monster, appeared in November 2009. Although originally planned as a bonus disc (to be packaged alongside The Fame in a deluxe edition of Lady Gaga's debut), The Fame Monster was quickly expanded to eight tracks, thus warranting its own release. Meanwhile, the leadoff single "Bad Romance" became Gaga's fifth consecutive Top Ten single.
Lady Gaga continued to dominate pop culture discourse throughout 2010 with "Alejandro" and the Beyoncé duet "Telephone" turning into international hits while she worked on her sophomore album. Gaga announced the May release of that second album, Born This Way, on New Year's Day 2011. Prior to its unveiling in late May, Lady Gaga released the singles "Born This Way," "Judas," and "The Edge of Glory," all to build anticipation for the actual release of her sophomore effort. Also in 2011, Lady Gaga released Born This Way: The Remix, featuring remixed dance versions of tracks from her 2011 studio album. Included were remixes by such artists as house music DJ Gregori Klosman and Norwegian electronic duo Röyksopp, as well as Two Door Cinema Club, Goldfrapp, the Horrors, and others. ~ Jason Birchmeier, Rovi
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