Lady Gaga

EVENTS CALENDAR

Feb. 19, Boardwalk Hall

Lady Gaga will return to North America in 2011, including her opening concert at Boardwalk Hall on Feb. 19, 8pm. Tickets are $65.85, $108.05 and $213.10. Semi Precious Weapons will again be her opening act.

About the first leg of The Monster Ball Tour, Gaga described it as “the first-ever pop-electro opera.” Lady Gaga is touring in support of The Fame Monster. The album is the follow-up to 2008’s Grammy Award-winning album The Fame, which spawned the No. 1 singles “Just Dance” and “Poker Face.” Lady Gaga’s singles, “Just Dance,” “Poker Face,” “Lovegame,” “Paparazzi,” “Bad Romance” and “Telephone” have combined sales over 40 million worldwide.

“I was always an entertainer. I was a ham as a little girl and I’m a ham today,” says Lady Gaga, who made a name for herself on the Lower East Side club scene with the infectious dance-pop party song “Beautiful Dirty Rich.” “I always loved rock and pop and theater. When I discovered Queen and David Bowie is when it really came together for me and I realized I could do all three,” says Gaga, who created her name from Queen’s song “Radio Gaga” and who cites rock star girlfriends Peggy Bundy, and Donatella Versace as her fashion icons. “I look at those artists as icons in art. It’s not just about the music. It’s about the performance, the attitude, the look; it’s everything. And, that is where I live as an artist and that is what I want to accomplish. My goal as an artist is to funnel a pop record to a world in a very interesting way.”