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The Chromatica Ball
Tour by Lady Gaga
Location
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
Associated albumChromatica
Start dateJuly 17, 2022 (2022-07-17)
End dateSeptember 17, 2022 (2022-09-17)
Legs4
No. of shows20
Lady Gaga concert chronology

The Chromatica Ball is the sixth headlining concert tour by American singer Lady Gaga, in support of her sixth studio album, Chromatica (2020). The all-stadium tour began on July 17, 2022, in Düsseldorf, and is set to conclude on September 17, 2022, in Miami Gardens.

Background and development

The tour was originally announced via Gaga's social media on March 5, 2020, as a six-date-long, limited concert series for the summer of that year, in support of her sixth studio album, Chromatica (2020). The announcement was accompanied by a dual-sided graphic, one side an extreme closeup of Gaga's face, sporting the 'Chromatica symbol' on her cheek, mostly covered with a long, straightened, pink wig. The other side of the graphic featured the tour's limited itenerary surrounded by imagery from the music video and promotional campaign for "Stupid Love", the lead single from Chromatica. When announced, the tour was set to be the singer's first all-stadium tour, with every date scheduled for a multi-purpose stadium, such as MetLife Stadium.[1] Due to safety concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, it was first posponed to summer 2021, before its second postponement to summer 2022.[2][3]

New dates with additional venues in Europe and North America were scheduled and officially announced on March 7, 2022, making the once limited tour a 15-date engagement advertised as "The Chromatica Ball Summer Stadium Tour".[4] On April 14, 2022, two dates in Tokorozawa were announced, marking the singer's first show in Japan in eight years.[5] Three additional North American shows in Hershey, Houston, and Miami were added later on May 16, bringing the tour's total number of shows to 20.[6] During Gaga's last tour, the Joanne World Tour (2017–2018), the singer was forced to cancel the majority of the European leg of the concert series, due to severe pain caused by fibromyalgia.[7] Shortly before The Chromatica Ball began, Gaga admitted that there "was a time I thought I’d never be on stage again", while adding that she feels "more pain-free than I have in ages."[8]

Production

Conception

On the day of the first tour date, Gaga posted a video on her Instagram account, giving an explanation behind the show: "The stage was inspired by brutalist architecture, materials, textures, crudity, transparency. A real savage and hard look at yourself, what you've been through. 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."[9] She also added that the show "documents the many different stages and sides of grief and the manic energy of grief that I feel that I've experienced in my life."[10]

Costume design

Throughout the show, Gaga dons outfits by Gareth Pugh, Alexander McQueen, Christian Lacroix, Topo Studio NY, and Vex Latex.[11] During the piano ballad section of the concert, the singer wears a headpiece that prompted journalist descriptions such as "insect cosplay" and "a very glamorous bug".[12][13]

Christian Allaire of Vogue took note of Gaga omitting her pink, cyberpunk look from the music video of "Stupid Love", and instead "reviving her signature 'Mother Monster' style, which favors a darker, edgier aesthetic". She called The Chromatica Ball "a glorious return to freaky-deaky dressing", and compared her outfits to those at her Monster Ball (2009–2011) and Born This Way Ball (2012–2013) concert tours, which were "ominously sci-fi (but high-fashion)."[11]

Commercial performance

As of June 16, 2022, Billboard reports the tour has surpassed $80 million dollars in ticket sales across its 20 shows. According to Arthur Fogel, the CEO of Live Nation's Global Touring Division, the shows in London, Paris, Boston, Tokyo, Toronto, Chicago, and Düsseldorf were sold out with over a month left until the tour's kickoff in July. Fogel spoke very highly of the commercial response to the tour's dates on sale, adding his only source of disappointment is "that we don't have more time to add more shows." He cited that Gaga's schedule, which includes her ongoing Las Vegas residency, Enigma + Jazz & Piano, simply didn't allow time for more tour dates to be scheduled.[14]

Critical reception

Reviewing the first show, Boris Pofalla from Welt compared it to a rock concert, because of the "hands in the air, flashing bracelets around the wrists, several guitarists with trapezoidal instruments on stage booms, twirling dancers and, very impressively, many flamethrowers." He finished stating that the first show was a "return of a performer who can rightly be called one of the greatest pop star alive and perhaps the last."[15] In a five-star review for The Telegraph, Neil McCormick commented that the concert "clearly meant as much to the artist as the audience, adding real emotional impact to an absolutely slam-bang pop spectacular. It is fantastic to have such an immense talent back where she belongs."[16] Lauren O'Neill from i also gave the tour a five star rating. She called Gaga "one of the best performers in the world to watch live", while praising the production, the dancing, and the show, saying it "followed a loose narrative, with the setlist split into acts, which seemed to take us from Gaga's inception on the planet of Chromatica to her emergence as a freedom fighter willing to battle for her values of self-expression and love.[13] Writing for Rolling Stone, Hannah Ewens gave the show a five-star review, praising Gaga as "one of the greatest living musical performers" and pointed out the piano section as the highlight of the night.[17] The Guardian's Michael Cragg described the show as "high camp" and rated it 4 out of 5 stars.[12]

Set list

This set list is from the July 17, 2022, concert in Düsseldorf. It is not intended to represent all concerts for the tour.[8][18][19]

  1. "Bad Romance"
  2. "Just Dance"
  3. "Poker Face"
  4. "Alice" (preceded by an intro containing elements of "Chromatica I")
  5. "Replay"
  6. "Monster"
  7. "911" (preceded by an intro containing elements of "Chromatica II")
  8. "Sour Candy"
  9. "Telephone"
  10. "LoveGame" (contains elements of "John Wayne")
  11. "Babylon" (preceded by an intro containing elements of "Chromatica III")
  12. "Free Woman"
  13. "Born This Way"
  14. "Shallow"
  15. "Always Remember Us This Way"
  16. "The Edge of Glory"
  17. "1000 Doves"
  18. "Fun Tonight"
  19. "Enigma"
  20. "Stupid Love"
  21. "Rain on Me"
Encore
  2. "Hold My Hand"
Notes
  • The piano demo version of "1000 Doves" and "Fun Tonight" were added to the setlist during the Stockholm show on July 21 2022.[20]

Shows

List of European concerts
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
July 17, 2022 Düsseldorf Germany Merkur Spiel-Arena 54,600/54,600 —
July 21, 2022 Stockholm Sweden Friends Arena — —
July 24, 2022[a] Saint-Denis France Stade de France 76,000 / 76,000 —
July 26, 2022 Arnhem Netherlands GelreDome — —
July 29, 2022[b] London England Tottenham Hotspur Stadium — —
July 30, 2022
List of North American concerts
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
August 6, 2022[c] Toronto Canada Rogers Centre — —
August 8, 2022 Washington, D.C. United States Nationals Park — —
August 11, 2022[d] East Rutherford MetLife Stadium — —
August 15, 2022[e] Chicago Wrigley Field — —
August 19, 2022[f] Boston Fenway Park — —
August 23, 2022 Arlington Globe Life Field — —
August 26, 2022 Cumberland Truist Park — —
August 28, 2022 Hershey Hersheypark Stadium — —
List of Asian concerts
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
September 3, 2022 Tokorozawa Japan Belluna Dome — —
September 4, 2022
List of North American concerts
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
September 8, 2022 San Francisco United States Oracle Park — —
September 10, 2022 Los Angeles Dodger Stadium — —
September 13, 2022 Houston Minute Maid Park — —
September 17, 2022 Miami Gardens Hard Rock Stadium — —
Total — —

Notes

  1. ^ The concert of July 24, 2022, in Saint-Denis was previously scheduled for July 24, 2020, and July 25, 2021.[1][2]
  2. ^ The concert of July 29, 2022, in London was previously scheduled for July 30, 2020, and July 30, 2021.[1][2]
  3. ^ The concert of August 6, 2022, in Toronto was previously scheduled for August 9, 2020, and August 16, 2021.[1][2]
  4. ^ The concert of August 11, 2022, in East Rutherford was previously scheduled for August 19, 2020, and August 19, 2021.[1][2]
  5. ^ The concert of August 15, 2022, in Chicago was previously scheduled for August 14, 2020, and August 27, 2021.[1][2]
  6. ^ The concert of August 19, 2022, in Boston was previously scheduled for August 5, 2020, and August 7, 2021.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Nolfi, Joey (March 5, 2020). "Lady Gaga Unveils 'Chromatica Ball' Tour Dates". Variety. Archived from the original on February 1, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Blistein, Jon (June 26, 2020). "Lady Gaga Details New 2021 Dates for Chromatica Ball Tour". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 27, 2020. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  3. ^ Aswad, Jem (June 2, 2021). "Lady Gaga Postpones 'Chromatica Ball' Tour Until 2022". Variety. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
  4. ^ Nolfi, Joey (March 7, 2022). "Lady Gaga finally revives Chromatica Ball tour with new 2022 concert dates". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on March 7, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  5. ^ Sam (April 14, 2022). "Lady Gaga Expands 'The Chromatica Ball' Tour to Asia". That Grape Juice. United States: Townsquare Music. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
  6. ^ Young, Alex (May 16, 2022). "Lady Gaga Adds New "Chromatica Ball" Tour Dates". Consequence. Archived from the original on June 20, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  7. ^ Daniel Kreps (February 3, 2018). "Lady Gaga Cancels Remainder of Joanne World Tour Due to 'Severe Pain'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 4, 2018. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  8. ^ a b Young, Alex (July 17, 2022). "Lady Gaga Launches Chromatica Ball: Setlist + Video". Consequence. Archived from the original on July 19, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  9. ^ Caplan, Anna Lazarus (July 18, 2022). "Lady Gaga Kicks Off Her Chromatica Ball Summer Stadium Tour! See Her Dramatic Performance Looks". People. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  10. ^ Gariano, Francesca (July 17, 2022). "Lady Gaga gets emotional in video on first night of world tour: 'I was really battling from my life'". Today. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  11. ^ a b Allaire, Christian (July 18, 2022). "Lady Gaga Revives "Mother Monster" Style for Her Chromatica Ball Tour". Vogue. Archived from the original on July 21, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  12. ^ a b Cragg, Michael (July 21, 2022). "Lady Gaga: The Chromatica Ball review – a spectacular show of high camp and insect cosplay". The Guardian. Archived from the original on July 24, 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  13. ^ a b O'Neill, Lauren (July 21, 2022). "Lady Gaga, The Chromatica Ball, Stockholm, review: one of pop's great performers continues her European return". i. Archived from the original on July 24, 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  14. ^ Brooks, Dave (June 16, 2022). "Lady Gaga's Fast-Selling Chromatica Ball World Tour Tops $80M Gross". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 17, 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  15. ^ Pofalla, Boris (July 18, 2022). "Lady Gaga Konzert: Aus dem Weltall auf die Erdenbühne gefallen" [Lady Gaga Concert: Fallen from space onto the earth stage] (in German). Welt. Archived from the original on July 20, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  16. ^ McCormick, Neil (July 21, 2022). "Lady Gaga review: Spectacular freak show from a superheroine of pop". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on July 22, 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  17. ^ Ewans, Hannah (July 21, 2022). "Lady Gaga's Chromatica Ball live in Stockholm: the party we waited for". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on July 24, 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  18. ^ Robinson, Ellie (July 17, 2022). "Lady Gaga debuts 'Free Woman,' 'Sour Candy' and more during first night of 'The Chromatica Ball'". NME. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  19. ^ Gariano, Francesca (July 17, 2022). "See the setlist for the Chromatica Ball — Lady Gaga's highly-anticipated 2022 world tour". Today. Archived from the original on July 19, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  20. ^ Smith, Carl (July 21, 2022). "Lady Gaga Chromatica Ball tour setlist 2022 in full: What will Gaga sing at stadium shows, what time is she on stage and who is her support act?". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
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