Full List: Joanne World Tour Changes & Special Moments Thread (By Date)

[ChristianSaad 650]

I've done this in the past with other tours and excited to do it again for Joanne World Tour, but I need all your help! This thread is for tour changes and special moments. For example if a song gets removed or added to the set list, or if there's a change to the stage or outfits or props. Special moments can be listed in here too. Songs that get added or removed from the set list will be in bold below.

To anyone posting in this thread, please provide a YouTube link or picture, if you can.

2017: Leg 1 - North America

August 1    Vancouver    Rogers Arena
-Before "Just Dance" Gaga plays the intro in the wrong key (was probably not supposed to be heard through speakers) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMtPm05o6f0
-Before "Come To Mama" Gaga asks a security guard for a pride flag that a fan threw towards the stage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31Xs_nG1T3s

August 3    Edmonton    Rogers Place
-There was no "jump" introduction to "John Wayne" - instead Gaga's platform slowly rises (late); (Gaga starts singing off-stage) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_0S5As7xEw
-Gaga throws down to the "Big Poppa" sample in "LoveGame" (after tonight's show, there is choreography during this part) @1:49 -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1In4uKNZy9E
-Gaga adds some screaming in "Paparazzi" when her dancers carry her away to the platform https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpMI3apHE9o

August 5    Tacoma        Tacoma Dome
-"Perfect Illusion" is shortened https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhX_e-S6gjY
-"LoveGame" is shortened and no longer contains elements of "John Wayne" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwq7D0Jlk3A
-During the acapella intro to "Paparazzi" Gaga lets the audience finish the line "We'd be so fantastic, oh" without singing it herself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3oGj5tPL6E

August 8    Inglewood    The Forum
-"Telephone" is shortened and no longer uses the rising platforms on the main stage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWXxs91jEq0
-While on the piano, Gaga wishes her dad a happy 60th birthday https://twitter.com/italianmonster6/status/895164760773275648
-Gaga shouts out DJ White Shadow in the crowd https://twitter.com/italianmonster6/status/895164760773275648

August 9    Inglewood    The Forum
-Gaga shouts out Paula Abdul for being in the audience and talks about her as an inspiration https://twitter.com/pafansforever/status/895639405859405824
-While at the piano, Gaga reacts to a fan calling her "skinny" https://twitter.com/gagadaily/status/895521317914648577

August 11    Las Vegas    T-Mobile Arena
-The platform that rises when "John Wayne" starts didn't rise all the way up and Gaga had to climb out herself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqOqqCjIr5U
-Gaga has a different keytar for "Just Dance" https://twitter.com/GagaUnusual/status/896282005008257024
-"Telephone" was performed different vocally starting tonight https://twitter.com/patpat8305/status/896267702318227456

August 13    San Francisco    AT&T Park
***Stadium Show: There are a number of differences between the arena and stadium version of the show including (or excluding) stage setup, seating, lights, pyrotechnics, monitors, special effects and more
-A "San Francisco" shirt using SF Giants colors was sold at the merchandise booths, for this show only https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHI-AsxUIAAQSNG.jpg
-Starting tonight merch booths have "Joanne" shopping bags (two bags: white or clear)
-DJ White Shadow had a 45 minute opening set tonight, this is the first show to have an opener https://twitter.com/ChristianSaad/status/896923326165041152, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwhrZ2t5KLc
-After "A-Yo" Gaga reacted to the crowd chanting "Gaga" and gave a speech about this being her first ever stadium show in the United States https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu2wRsTOVj4
-The rising platform for the "John Wayne" intro malfunctioned again and Gaga had to step out of it herself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78hq01nRnAw
-"John Wayne" had no fire pyrotechnics at tonight's show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78hq01nRnAw
-Before "Scheiße" Gaga talked about Germany & RedOne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tL9dTOw-Rg
-At the end of "Telephone" Gaga had a slight fall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RA9c1Y0sxI
-Between "Come To Mama" and "The Edge Of Glory" Gaga mentioned that her hair stylist of 10 years is originally from San Francisco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zqBnp0_82Q
-Due to Gaga running late by 35 minutes "Bloody Mary" "Dancin' In Circles" and "Paparazzi" were completely cut (tonight only) from the show. The reason for the cut was because this venue is outdoors and had a strict 11PM curfew. 8:30PM was the start time, but she didn't start the show until 9:05PM. Gaga was wearing the accompanying red outfit and boots under her "Joanne" outfit which leads me believe that the songs got cut last minute, right before she was supposed to perform them https://twitter.com/ChristianSaad/status/896921970629005312
-Before "Million Reasons" Gaga brought her mom Cynthia on stage so she could share this moment of Gaga's first USA Stadium show with her https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyulKGV4RZo
-During "Million Reasons" Gaga gave a speech about all the times a record label (slightly directed to LA Reid) said no to her https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyulKGV4RZo
-After the show, Gaga was spotted giving money to homeless people sleeping on the streets of San Francisco near the venue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzykjHKdzcg

August 15    Sacramento    Golden 1 Center
-Before "The Edge Of Glory" Gaga told a touching story about meeting a fan right before the show who gave her the pearls she wore on stage. She also dedicated the performance to her https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKnowAYr1o0
-After "The Edge Of Glory" a fan threw Gaga a gift that landed on her piano, Gaga took the rainbow pride flag wrapped around the gift and placed it on her piano https://twitter.com/ChristianSaad/status/897710184755232768
-After "Bloody Mary" Gaga talked about her "last tour" artRave [even though technically her last tour was Cheek To Cheek] and she asked the crowd if anyone went to the artRave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-aEpmq7ot4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ocg-HzPEDdk
-Gaga shouted out Richy Jackson (tour choreographer) who was in the crowd tonight with his family https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L15Kkty6Ll8
-While Gaga started "The Cure" a fan proposed to his boyfriend of 8+ years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIM4JP58coQ
-Here is a timelapse video that the venue released (and then deleted) from their official Twitter account [video was most likely removed because the venue had no right to record and release the show without Gaga's consent, in timelapse form or not] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-RVY2vce3k

August 19    Omaha        CenturyLink Center Omaha
-Gaga didn't say "RedOne" during "Just Dance" and instead started by saying "Gaga" https://www.periscope.tv/w/1BRKjyAvBPdxw?q=lady+gaga, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WZZfdHpsic
-Before "Applause" the band played a new interlude (probably to cover up technical difficulties) https://www.periscope.tv/w/1BRKjyAvBPdxw?q=lady+gaga
-There was a gap of silence in between the "Applause" remix intro and "Applause" https://www.periscope.tv/w/1BRKjyAvBPdxw?q=lady+gaga
-Gaga has a new flower coat for Act IV https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHpCM95VwAEVK_l.jpg, https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHpE9J0V0AArCDa.jpg, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhp7nbmN-0c
-Since tonight's show is in Nebraska, Gaga performed "You And I" on the piano after "Come To Mama" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qMgkCW-muk
-The bridge that rises and descends for "Angel Down" did not work, instead Gaga started the song while the bridge was already lowered https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qloBPF8KcI8

August 21    Saint Paul    Xcel Energy Center
-Before the acapella intro to "Paparazzi" Gaga adds a speech starting tonight about people pretending to be famous on Instagram and Snapchat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDP8qcoymY0
-During the "Paparazzi" acapella intro, instead of singing the line "We'd be so fantastic, oh" Gaga screamed "Take my picture, I'm supposed to be a star!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDP8qcoymY0
-During the speech before "Joanne" Gaga joked by saying "some of you are like: Yes bitch, we know who Joanne is" https://www.periscope.tv/w/1rmxPqrnrMYKN?q=lady+gaga
-Gaga invited Haus member Emma on stage before "Million Reasons"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG-tcD9lc5M

August 23    Cleveland    Quicken Loans Arena
-Gaga sang an extended acapella "A-Yo" outro about 2 minutes after the "A-Yo" performance ended https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwo7h_HQZ3g
-During the acapella intro to "Paparazzi" Gaga said "Whoever told you all you needed was a social media account and a filter to be famous, they lied to you" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hib49a0yQpI

August 25    Chicago        Wrigley Field
-A "Chicago" shirt using Chicago Cubs colors was sold at the merchandise booths, for this show only https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DIHptSvXkAAQklO.jpg
-Celebrity Sightings: Taylor Kinney https://twitter.com/baezLG/status/901259737085480961
-DJ White Shadow served as an opening act tonight, including "Government Hooker" in his mix https://twitter.com/JoanneWorldTour/status/901239062832582657
-Tonight marks the first time a female has ever headlined Wrigley Field https://twitter.com/JoanneWorldTr/status/901287566573535233
-At the beginning of "Sheiße" Gaga screamed "It's ****ing Friday night!" to the audience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9YLZ33guJc
-Gaga sang the first few lines of "Sheiße" wrong and included more "German" than usual https://twitter.com/stephxstef/status/901922942715662338
-"John Wayne" had fire pyrotechnics which were not included in the last stadium show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9_18cmlf4Q
-After "Come To Mama" Gaga put on a custom-made Chicago Cubs jersey with "Lady Gaga" written on the back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uumr28uL70k
-Gaga dedicated "The Edge Of Glory" to her musical director Michael who is from Chicago and Andre, Sonja's husband. Gaga explains that some of Sonja's ashes were spread at Wrigley Field before the show started tonight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YQnyYCRJ8A
-"Bloody Mary" "Dancin' In Circles" and "Paparazzi" were not performed tonight. Since this is the second stadium show where all 3 songs are not performed, it's safe to say that these songs are only included in the arena version of the set list.
-"Bad Romance" came to a close with actual fireworks (not to be confused with the stage "fireworks" used in the arena version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qXmU9-Tgo0
-"The Cure" had actual fireworks (not to be confused with the stage "fireworks" used in the arena version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M0JE2VBWyw
-During "Million Reasons" Gaga said her favorite person that's from Chicago is her dog, Asia https://twitter.com/GagaMediaDotNet/status/901310579385749509

August 28    New York City    Citi Field
-A "New York" shirt was sold at the merchandise booths, for the two Citi shows only
-Gaga took a helicopter to arrive to the venue https://twitter.com/gagamonster96/status/902309543790694400
-Celebrity Sightings: Tony Bennet https://twitter.com/ladygaga/status/902542884435628033
-Not only was DJ White Shadow an opener tonight, but Breedlove performed a song with Brian Newman as well
-Before and after the show, promotional images for "Gaga: Five Foot Two" were shown on the monitors https://twitter.com/shadexcx/status/902321110607429633
-When the intro timer hit 00:00 Gaga didn't scream "Call me Joanne!" as she has in every other city so far https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2sulFAEOBo
-The end of "Alejandro" was performed different vocally tonight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10aCDekfWGc
-When "Just Dance" starts Gaga signals to her crew to make the keytar louder in her earpiece https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2sulFAEOBo
-After "Just Dance" Gaga talked about being from New York, Judy Garland, the Just Dance music video, the subway, and Michael Jackson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2sulFAEOBo
-Not only did Gaga dedicate "Come To Mama" to Tony Bennett who was in the audience, she also gave a speech about equality and what she learned first hand from Tony Bennett and how he fought for equality during his career https://www.periscope.tv/w/1RDGlmmpQpVJL
-Gaga dedicated "The Edge Of Glory" to Don her vocal coach of 20 years, and joked about being 31 years old https://www.periscope.tv/w/1RDGlmmpQpVJL, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vffp1JieNQU
-Gaga performed the penultimate part of "The Edge Of Glory" in falsetto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vffp1JieNQU
-At the end of "The Edge Of Glory" Gaga talked about fighting with the director of the music video, which explains why the original version was never released https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vffp1JieNQU
-"Bloody Mary" "Dancin' In Circles" and "Paparazzi" were not performed tonight
-"Bad Romance" and "The Cure" had actual fireworks (not to be confused with the fireworks used on stage in the arena version)

August 29    New York City    Citi Field
-A "New York" shirt was sold at the merchandise booths, for the two Citi shows only
-Since last night's show started extremely late (after 10PM) Citi Field posted tonights set times to their social media along with a message saying Gaga would start promptly at 9PM https://twitter.com/CitiField/status/902642365646741504

September 1    Boston        Fenway Park
September 2     Boston        Fenway Park
September 4    Montreal    Bell Centre
September 6    Toronto        Air Canada Centre
September 7    Toronto        Air Canada Centre
September 10    Philadelphia    Wells Fargo Center
September 11    Philadelphia    Wells Fargo Center

Edited August 30, 2017 by ChristianSaad

[Vanilla 660]

I love these threads 

[ChristianSaad 650]

Just now, Vanilla said:

I love these threads 

me too... do you think it's worth getting pinned? I wonder if a mod would do it

[PSYCHOSHTICK 2,559]

Just now, ChristianSaad said:

me too... do you think it's worth getting pinned? I wonder if a mod would do it

Absolutely! 

Thank you so much, I love this.

[ChristianSaad 650]

2 minutes ago, ChristianDior said:

Absolutely! 

Thank you so much, I love this.

Thanks. This all started with the Reunion of the Spice Girls tour in 07/08 - I was so obsessed with every single moment that I had to make a thread for it..... and then I started doing them with Gaga because every show has it's own special moments

I can't wait to see her this Sunday in my city =)

Edited August 11, 2017 by ChristianSaad

[Blake 7,385]

Wasn't someone already making threads of the various changes as they happened by show? I swear I've seen it. 

[ChristianSaad 650]

3 minutes ago, Blake said:

Wasn't someone already making threads of the various changes as they happened by show? I swear I've seen it. 

I've seen some threads of changes but they were city-specific, not the whole tour.. like these for example

 

[HighwayFantasy 2,015]

Besides changes and extra features in the show, I would love to have this tread also posting extraordinary good performances from a song or piece of the show 

[Blake 7,385]

45 minutes ago, ChristianSaad said:

I've seen some threads of changes but they were city-specific, not the whole tour.. like these for example

 

Yeah that's exactly what I said  'threads of various changes by show'.  

[UnnamedArtist 3,487]

Oh, I thought they specifically put this sample of Just Dance in the interlude.

[Easy 5,240]

I still wonder what's on Gaga's mind when she heard "skinny".

Is it like "my body is sleighing the gheys" or "bitch stop being sarcastic"?

[LADYGAGASHOOCK 3,986]

1 hour ago, ChristianSaad said:

I've done this in the past with other tours and excited to do it again for Joanne World Tour, but I need all your help! This thread is for tour changes and special moments. For example if a song gets removed or added to the set list, or if there's a change to the stage or outfits or props. Special moments can be listed in here too.

To anyone posting in this thread, please provide a YouTube link or picture, if you can.

2017: Leg 1 - North America

August 1    Vancouver    Rogers Arena
-Before "Just Dance" Gaga plays the intro in the wrong key (was probably not supposed to be heard through speakers) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMtPm05o6f0
-Before "Come To Mama" Gaga asks a security guard for a pride flag that a fan threw towards the stage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31Xs_nG1T3s

August 3    Edmonton    Rogers Place
-There was no "jump" introduction to "John Wayne" - instead Gaga's platform slowly rises (late); (Gaga starts singing off-stage) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_0S5As7xEw
-Gaga throws down to the "Big Poppa" sample in "LoveGame" (after tonight's show, there is choreography during this part) @1:49 -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1In4uKNZy9E
-Gaga adds some screaming in "Paparazzi" when her dancers carry her away to the platform https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpMI3apHE9o

August 5    Tacoma        Tacoma Dome
-"Perfect Illusion" is shortened https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhX_e-S6gjY
-"LoveGame" is shortened and no longer contains elements of "John Wayne" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwq7D0Jlk3A
-During the acapella intro to "Paparazzi" Gaga lets the audience finish the line "We'd be so fantastic, oh" without singing it herself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3oGj5tPL6E

August 8    Inglewood    The Forum
-"Telephone" is shortened and no longer uses the rising platforms on the main stage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWXxs91jEq0

August 9    Inglewood    The Forum
-While at the piano, Gaga reacts to a fan calling her "skinny" https://twitter.com/gagadaily/status/895521317914648577

August 11    Las Vegas    T-Mobile Arena
August 13    San Francisco    AT&T Park
*Stadium Show*
August 15    Sacramento    Golden 1 Center
August 19    Omaha        CenturyLink Center Omaha
August 21    Saint Paul    Xcel Energy Center
August 23    Cleveland    Quicken Loans Arena
August 25    Chicago        Wrigley Field
August 28    New York City    Citi Field
August 29    New York City    Citi Field
September 1    Boston        Fenway Park
September 2     Boston        Fenway Park
September 4    Montreal    Bell Centre
September 6    Toronto        Air Canada Centre
September 7    Toronto        Air Canada Centre
September 10    Philadelphia    Wells Fargo Center
September 11    Philadelphia    Wells Fargo Center

 

Did the platforms return after that single date in Inglewood during Telephone? Or are  they gone forever?

The rising platforms made the whole performance alive...

[domixwodix 3,260]

It's so sad that they don't use the platforms during telephone, i loved the lights

[ChristianSaad 650]

31 minutes ago, domixwodix said:

It's so sad that they don't use the platforms during telephone, i loved the lights

I'm not happy about that loss either =[

[shoful 13,304]

Messsssssss at the only changes being her shortening and simplifying the show  

Thank god I didn't watch the full show yet and am waiting so don't know what Im missing