I have always wanted to see Lady Gaga in concert (born this way baby!) and last week I finally got my chance...twice! Yes, I went two nights in a row to see the exact same concert, but it was totally worth it. The first night I went with one of the parents from school because she had extra tickets - and the "seats" were SWEET (it was actually standing room). I'm talking right at the front where I could actually have legitimate hopes that Lady Gaga would notice me and pull me on stage (unfortunately that didn't happen but it could have). She sounded just as good in person as she does recorded - and she definitely wasn't lip-synching. Of course there was quite a lot of cussing and more than a few dominatrix outfits, but what else can you expect from Gaga?
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| The crowd (with large amounts of pink glow sticks) eagerly awaits the opening of the curtains at promptly 7:30 pm. |
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| Ready to rock! |
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| Can't remember what song this was for, but she glided around the stage like she was on a machine or something. Cool and creepy at the same time. |
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| I wanted to reach out and touch her! |
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| Dominatrix outfit #5 |
The second night I went with Lori and Georgina, and even though we weren't nearly as close to the stage, we could still see pretty well. The major difference was the fact that we had seats whereas the night before I stood the whole time. The three of us assumed that once the concert started, everyone would stand up because that's what happens at concerts...right? Apparently that is NOT the case in Taiwan. We stood up anyways to dance, and inspired a few other brave souls around us to do the same thing, which resulted in getting told off a few times by the security guards. Luckily we could play the "we're foreigners and don't understand" card, and danced around anyways. I mean come ON...it's a concert! Enjoy yourselves! Other than that minor mishap, Night #2 was just as good as Night #1...and going twice was totally worth it.
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| TONS of people lined up to buy their Gaga gear. We did not join the queue. |
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| Ready for the concert to get started! Notice the empty seats around us - that's because most people decided to get there 5 minutes AFTER the concert started. Weird. |
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| Good view of the stage! |
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| Totally on a post-concert high! Ready to head to the W hotel to stalk Lady Gaga. |
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| Celebratory drinks for a successful concert and a legitimate attempt to get Gaga's autograph at the W since she was staying there. |
I can now check two things off my life bucket list: see Lady Gaga in concert AND go to a concert in a different country. BOOM! Done.
