31 May 2010
The re-vamped Monster Ball tour is part performance art explosion, part fashion installation and part electro-pop opera! - and it tastes like glitter mixed with rock and roll...
Lady Gaga and her creative team bring the glittering - and often scary - Monster Ball to the O2. Matthew "Matty Dada" Williams takes creative control of the Haus of Gaga and in the process spins out an awesome surreal nugget of pure show-biz brilliance. The hits came thick and fast - between beautifully shot segments of projection - allowing Gaga to change in and out of her amazing collection of outfits. The show stopper had to be the 'living dress' - inspired by Hussein Chalayan, as a fashion moment - it came to life as the Lady performed 'so happy I could die'.
Lady Gaga is the savior of pop... a heady mix of Prince, Grace Jones, and David Bowie - long may she reign !
"It's still called Monster Ball, but it's more of a musical and less of a concert. It has a New York theme, it's a story, and the story is that me and my friends are in New York and we're going to the Monster Ball, and we get lost."
10 out of 10
