Lady Gaga to Kick Off Another Tour Early Next Year
So it's no big surprise that Gaga is already planning her return to the road, having just wrapped up her extensive international Monster Ball Tour. When asked about her return to the stage, Gaga told MTV UK, "I do have plans, it will be at the top of next year but I have to begin rehearsing by the end of this year. That's what I do. It's time for another marathon."
She explained that there's no time for a break, saying, "If you're running a marathon, and you're about to cross the finish line, you don't stop and say, 'Oh, once I cross it, it's over.' You run as fast as you can to get there as quickly as you can."
"So I guess, for me, it's about how many marathons I can run? how many dreams can I make true? Now, not for me, but for my fans."
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem likely that Gaga will be joined on future tours with her Born This Way collaborator Clarence Clemons, the legendary saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. This week, it was confirmed that he'd suffered a stroke at home in Florida on Sunday. On Monday, Gaga tweeted to her fans, "Little monsters, my very close friend +musician on The Edge of Glory, Clarence Clemons is very sick. Can we all make some get well videos?"
Video of the Day: The Secret Lady Gaga Never Told Beyonce
Lady Gaga opened up to MTV about her life before she was a superstar. Apparently, Beyonce was her inspiration when she was younger! Watch below:
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Super Catchy Tune: Lady Gaga's 'The Edge of Glory'
Leave it to Lady Gaga to hit No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 without really trying.
A few weeks ago, Gaga released the anthemic number "The Edge of Glory" as a promotional single to pump fans up over the release of Born This Way, her second full-length studio album. But the track proved so popular the powers that be released it as the third official single from the album—and it subsequently debuted in the top 3. Because Gaga's got it like that.
So what is it about this track that people love so much?
Well, "Edge of Glory" epitomizes the Springsteen-esque power balladry that pops up all overBorn This Way, with a familiar belt-it-out chorus that'll find favor with anyone who loved listening to the radio late '80s. It even features a saxophone solo by Clarence Clemons of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.
It's also one of Gaga's personal favorites on the album. In an interview with Google, she explained, "[My] grandpa died about five months ago, and my dad and I were going to say goodbye to him at the hospital, and I got out a big thing of agave tequila and my dad sat next to me at the piano and we started doing shots back and forth, and I wrote 'Edge of Glory' on the piano and my dad and I cried. The song's about your last moment on Earth, the moment of truth, the edge of glory is that moment right before you leave earth."
Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake Were Shy About Asking Lady Gaga to Do '3-Way'
The Digital Short was a highlight on Saturday Night Live over the weekend, but Gaga revealed to Detroit radio show Mojo in the Morning that Andy and J.T. were shy in asking her to do the skit.
"Justin was like, 'Umm so umm, we have a skit idea and umm, well, I’m not really good at this I’ll have Andy tell you.' Then Andy came and was like, 'Well, umm bluh blah we have this skit idea.'
"Then they both came in finally and they told me the story and I’m like, ‘Guys I get it.’ They’re like, 'We really like each other.'"
Gaga, who revealed in the interview that she has indeed participated in a few three-ways in the past, said it was an endearing experience. "I just said OK finally. I finally got it out of them," she said. "It was so cute."
Lady Gaga's New Album Will Dominate, Despite Shaky Critical Response
In the months of promotion leading up to the release of Lady Gaga's second full-length album, the pop superstar repeatedly insisted that Born This Way would be nothing short of epic: “The album is my absolute greatest work I’ve ever done and I’m so excited about it,” she told RWD Magazine.
Gaga was confident that the album—relentlessly dominated with messages of self-acceptance—would change the world. The critics seem to think otherwise, however, with several music editors noting that Gaga may have sacrificed musical innovation for the sake of her message.
James Reed of the Boston Globe called it "the most deflated moment in pop music this year," noting, "the songwriting feels thin, especially when buried under the layers of bombast." Randall Roberts of the LA Times echoed those sentiments, writing, "If Gaga had only spent as much time on pushing musical boundaries as she has social ones, "Born This Way" would have been a lot more successful.
Still, the album has garnered plenty of positive responses, most notably from Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield (who called it "disarmingly great") and BBC Music's Ian Wade (he gushingly referred to it as "high-concept pop brilliance"). And thanks to the collective power of Gaga's beloved Little Monsters, Born This Way will dominate the Billboard 200 for many months to come, despite the fact that none of its singles have failed to take hold in the way of "Just Dance" or "Poker Face."
