"Dubbing Lady Gaga's The Mayhem Ball her most outlandish and absurd performance spectacle to date is quite the statement, given that this is the woman who once had luminous goo thrown up on her by a vomit artist. But if the 20-foot tall, ruby red crinoline gown fits, it fits. And as a dozen dancers crawled from a cage beneath said gown to the Gregorian chants of 2011's "Bloody Mary", it became clear: The Mayhem Ball is Gaga's most bonkers imagining yet."
"Fans entering London's O2 Arena for night two of the tour's European leg last night (30 September) were greeted with Gaga on a screen, in Tudor garbs, blooming red quill in hand, as opera boomed over the arena speakers. Resplendently melodramatic, as always. When she downed her feather and glided away, signalling the show's start, the screams were deafening. From then on, Lady Gaga the zany theatre kid never really took a second to breathe."
"For "Disease", the vampy lead single from this year's critically acclaimed Mayhem album, she laid in a glorified sand box and moaned, her zombified dancers flicking dirt about. Singing 2009's "Paparazzi", she hobbled her way up the stage's runway, dressed in armour and clutching crutches reminiscent of those used in the song's incendiary music video, a mammoth rainbow cape billowing behind her."
Lady Gaga's Mayhem Ball tour presents an extravagant, theatrical spectacle anchored by towering costumes, operatic and Gregorian musical elements, and elaborate staging. A 20-foot ruby crinoline gown conceals dancers who emerge to chants, while Tudor imagery and booming opera introduce the show. Performances reimagine songs: "Disease" staged in a sand box with zombified dancers; "Paparazzi" delivered with armour, crutches and a rainbow cape; "Shallow" transformed into a menacing, cloaked boat sequence paddled by a gimp-masked figure. Intimate piano moments provide emotional contrast with renditions of "Dance In The Dark" and "The Edge of Glory" and fan tributes.
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