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Ladle Ghoulash

So now that Miss Mayhem is finally here, what do you think/hope a setlist for the tour or festival dates might look like?

This is my first stab at it (might be a bit too long, but could probably do it with slightly shorter versions of some songs):

ACT ONE (Theme/Aesthetic: Witch Doctor from Disease):

Opens with Gaga dressed in the full witch doctor Mayhem look, motif is dark and sadistic with her as the master of a hellish landscape, choreo centers around the use of the cane from Disease.

I. INTRO + SCHEISSE

II. POKER FACE

III. LOVEGAME

IV. DISEASE

Brief mid-act transition where Gaga strips layers from the witch doctor look to reveal the  dark haired black clad look from the Disease vid, militant gothic dominatrix vibes.

V. HEAVY METAL LOVER + DANCE IN THE DARK + AURA 

VI. REPLAY

VIII. PERFECT CELEBRITY 

 

ACT TWO (Theme/aesthetic: Mistress Mayhem from Abracadabra):

Opens with Gaga in a modified (more danceable) version of the stitched up structured red cloak from Abracadabra, which gets fully split during Monster to reveal a spiked full body catsuit with latex and metallic spikes and structured shoulders. 

IX. MONSTER 

X. GARDEN OF EDEN 

XI. MANICURE 

X. KILLAH 

Mid-act transition: add a red and gold studded leather jacket, a Prince/Madonna style 80s/90s visored cap and a pair of red and gold wide sunglasses.

XI. ALEJANDRO

XII. ZOMBIEBOY

XIII. BLOODY MARY 

XIV. PERFECT ILLUSION 

 

ACT THREE (Theme/aesthetic: a variation of the white/“pure” Gaga from Abracadabra):

Opens with Gaga backlit, fog billowing, her silhouette looming large. HM begins standing with handheld mic, arrives at piano for Shallow.

XV. HAPPY MISTAKE 

XVI. SHALLOW

XVII. ALWAYS REMEMBER US THIS WAY 

XVIII. DIE WITH A SMILE (SOLO)

XIX. VANISH INTO YOU

Mid-act transition, next section is full choreo with dancers. Maybe for BR Gaga gets the lace train from Abracadabra attached to her bodysuit, along with a lacy Eyes Wide Shut style mask 

XX. THE EDGE OF GLORY 

XXII. BAD ROMANCE

XXIII. BORN THIS WAY 

 

ENCORE (Theme/aesthetic: Glam MAYHEM)

Not entirely sure, but thinking something like a combination of rococo style brocaded outfits with gold accents and some gothic undertones. Victory lap/celebratory vibes.

XXIV. BABYLON

XXV. ABRACADABRA

XXVI. JUST DANCE (W/ KEYTAR)

XXVII. SHADOW OF A MAN

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banjosnap

So you'd start with a non-mayhem track, finish with a non-mayhem track & only actually have 8 out of a potential 17 tracks from the album on that album's tour? Where's the inspiration for this? Actually, she did it with chromatica, but HMH wasn't on any other tour.

Mine would be pretty simple...ish. vibes like TMB 1.0 But bigger & obviously on a bigger budget. Very.. witch-in-the-woods & nosferatu/Frankenstein aesthetic to the whole thing. My main NEED from this tour is for gags to lean into visual EFFECTS. She could have SUCH an epic tour by embracing some dance music's shows aesthetics. Extreme laser effects at parts, video screens that "zoom" to make it appear that gaga and the whole stadium are in motion, even when they're not.

Although, if mayhem is a combination of all her prior inspiration, would the tour be that, too? DITD MTB visual, BTWB huge set, AP transparent catwalk & lasers, Joanne moving drawbridges, Chromatica.. uh.. OK she didn't pop off with that tour creatively but you see my point.

Sorry, I'm rambling

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4 minutes ago, banjosnap said:

So you'd start with a non-mayhem track, finish with a non-mayhem track & only actually have 8 out of a potential 17 tracks from the album on that album's tour? Where's the inspiration for this? Actually, she did it with chromatica, but HMH wasn't on any other tour.

Mine would be pretty simple...ish. vibes like TMB 1.0 But bigger & obviously on a bigger budget. Very.. witch-in-the-woods & nosferatu/Frankenstein aesthetic to the whole thing. My main NEED from this tour is for gags to lean into visual EFFECTS. She could have SUCH an epic tour by embracing some dance music's shows aesthetics. Extreme laser effects at parts, video screens that "zoom" to make it appear that gaga and the whole stadium are in motion, even when they're not.

Although, if mayhem is a combination of all her prior inspiration, would the tour be that, too? DITD MTB visual, BTWB huge set, AP transparent catwalk & lasers, Joanne moving drawbridges, Chromatica.. uh.. OK she didn't pop off with that tour creatively but you see my point.

Sorry, I'm rambling

I mean, she almost never performs the full album live lmao. “Where’s the inspiration for this?” Well, I literally wrote descriptions for each section, so that might not be a bad place to start :ladyhaha:. But basically, I wanted it to celebrate the themes, message, and aesthetic of the album while also serving as a career retrospective. 

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Taumaturg0

Really cool concept, love how you tied the acts visually.

Here’s mine:

Act I: Genesis / Fall

-            Garden of Eden

-            Just Dance (shortened)

-            Poker Face

-            BTW

Mid act transition to the “fall”

-            Paparazzi /Telephone 

-            Replay

-            Perfect Celebrity

Act II: Urban Gothic

Intro: contains elements from Retro Dance Freak

-            Killah

-            Kill for Love/Can't stop the high

-            Shadow of a Man

-            Free Woman (short)

Visual interlude.

-            Government Hooker/Bloody Mary

-            Monster/ZombieBoy

-            Alejandro/Don’t call tonight

Act III: LOVE

-            Happy Mistake

-            Blade of Grass

-            DWS (solo)

-            Vanish Into You (starts acoustic, transitions to studio)

-            LoveDrug

Act IV: MAYHEM

-            Scheiße/Swine

-            Aura

-            Disease

Act V: Encore

-            The Edge of Glory

-            Bad Romance

-            Abracadabra

 

For the visual aspect: an evolution of the brutalist concept from the CBT, with added gothic elements, think huge parabolic arches in the main stage, like a brutalist cathedral of sorts. The staging in itself should be simple. Maping and lighting can help match the vibe of each act.

Fashion: a mesh of the promo looks with 70s and 80s glam rock/punk inspirations and a touch of latex.

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Lava

But how **** would it be if Garden of Eden was the opener..:pawsup:

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2 minutes ago, Lava said:

But how **** would it be if Garden of Eden was the opener..:pawsup:

the way we had the same idea

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bees and honeyy

My setlist is 28 songs, which I know is long for Gaga. A fair few songs are shortened, and a lot are modified with additional samples/elements. It would be about 2 hours long  

 

‘Mayhem’ (video introduction; contains elements of ‘Zombieboy’, ‘Disease’, ‘Perfect Celebrity’, and ‘Can’t Stop the High’) 

 

‘Abracadabra’

‘Judas’ (shortened; extended outro; contains elements of ‘Aura’, and ‘Chromatica II’) 

‘911’ 

 

‘911’ (segue; contains elements of the A.G. Cook remix, ‘Partynauseous’, and ‘So Happy I Could Die’) 

 

‘Perfect Celebrity’ (extended intro) 

‘Bloody Mary’ (shortened; contains elements of ‘Disease’) 

‘The Beast’ 

‘Poker Face’ (shortened; contains elements of ‘Alice’) 

 

‘Telephone’ (segue; contains elements of the Alphabeat remix, ‘Stupid Love’, and ‘G.U.Y.’) 

 

‘Killah’ (extended outro; contains elements of ‘Fame’ by David Bowie) 

‘Born This Way’ (contains elements of the Haus Labs remix of ‘Babylon’) 

‘Zombieboy’ 

‘Dance in the Dark’ 

‘Government Hooker’ (shortened; contains elements of ‘Sour Candy’, and ‘Replay’) 

 

‘Alejandro’ (segue)

 

‘Don’t Call Tonight’ (contains elements of The Sound of Arrows remix of ‘Alejandro’) 

‘Perfect Illusion’ 

‘LoveDrug’ (extended outro; contains elements of ‘LoveGame’) 

 

‘LoveGame’ (segue; contains elements of the Chew Fu Ghettohouse Fix remix, and ‘John Wayne’) 

 

‘Kill for Love’ (video interlude) 

 

‘Rain on Me’ (shortened) 

‘Applause’ (shortened; extended outro; contains elements of ‘ARTPOP’) 

‘Shadow of a Man’

‘Just Dance’ (extended intro; shortened)

 

‘The Edge of Glory’ (segue) 

 

‘Shallow’ (shortened; Gaga on piano) 

‘Blade of Grass’ (Gaga on piano) 

‘Die With a Smile’ (Gaga on piano) 

‘How Bad Do U Want Me’ (extended intro; contains elements of ‘The Cure’, and ‘Only You’ by Yazoo) 

‘Vanish Into You’

 

‘Out of Control’ (video interlude) 

 

‘Venus’ (shortened; contains elements of the Gesaffelstein remix of ‘Rocket Number 9’ by Zombie Zombie) 

‘Garden of Eden’ (extended intro; contains elements of ‘Starstruck’, and ‘Private Audition’) 

‘Bad Romance’ (extended intro; contains elements of ‘Fugue no. 24 in B minor’ by Bach) 

‘Disease’ 

 

 

The ‘segues’ would be short interludes, of 1-2 min length to allow for outfit/set changes, and there would be visuals throughout beyond the actual video interludes. The ‘Out of Control’ interlude is just a bit of fun, and would maybe include just a few lines from the song as a tease with some kind of new instrumental or something - hardly a song release or anything.

 

The album stats for my setlist are:

14 from ‘Mayhem’

2 from ‘Chromatica’ 

1 from ‘A Star is Born’ 

1 from ‘Joanne’ 

2 from ‘ARTPOP’ 

4 from ‘Born This Way’ 

2 from ‘The Fame Monster’

2 from ‘The Fame’ 

 

But many more songs from across the different albums are incorporated in interludes and samples  

 

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SimonBaetens

Okay here is my first attempt:

INTRO FILM: THE POISON

Disease

Scheisse

Perfect Illusion

Garden of Eden

Just Dance / Applause medley

TRIPPY DREAM INTERLUDE

Killah

LoveDrug

Judas

ZombieBoy

Alejandro

NOTORIOUS BEING INTERLUDE

Perfect Celebrity

Replay

Poker Face

Don’t Call Tonight

Paparazzi

VEILED VISION INTERLUDE

Die With A Smile (piano)

Speechless (piano)

Suprise song (piano)

Blade of Grass (piano)

So Happy I Could Die

MAGIC SPELLS INTERLUDE

Abracadabra

Bad Romance

Born This Way

Shadow Of A Man

STUCK ON A FEELING INTERLUDE

How Bad Do You Want Me

Happy Mistake

The Beast

THE ANTIDOTE INTERLUDE 

The Edge Of Glory (Encore)

Vanish Into You (Encore)

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PartySick

Lemme get back to this thread soon :partysick: 

Imma need the whole album performed though and for older songs to be reworked in the Mayhem style.

I love a classic but imagine the dark/disco/rock version of Just Dance, Bad Romance, Applause, maybe even Perfect Illusion (which kinda already fits hihi) :bradley:

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1. Shadow Of A Man

2. Garden Of Eden

3. Just Dance (shortened)

4. Poker Face

5. Applause (shortened)

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6. Disease

7. Perfect Celebrity

8. Scheiße

9. Replay (shortened)

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10. Zombieboy / Monster

11. Telephone (shortened)

12. Judas

13. Alejandro (shortened)

14. LoveDrug (shortened)

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15. Shallow

16. Always Remember Us This Way

17. Die With A Smile

18. Vanish Into You

19. Born This Way (shortened)

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20. Bloody Mary

21. The Beast (shortened)

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22. Bad Romance

23. Rain On Me

24. Abracadabra

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18 minutes ago, PartySick said:

Lemme get back to this thread soon :partysick: 

Imma need the whole album performed though and for older songs to be reworked in the Mayhem style.

I love a classic but imagine the dark/disco/rock version of Just Dance, Bad Romance, Applause, maybe even Perfect Illusion (which kinda already fits hihi) :bradley:

Tbh would absolutely live for this. Can absolutely hear JD + BR with big fat SOAM style bass lines, groovy synths, and huge electric guitar riffs (same for PI, but maybe throw in some spooky Zombieboy style 80s psych synths :bradley:)

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2School4Cool

Gonna go work on this, I’ll come back and edit my comment when I’m done

Okay here we go, this was super hard and I limited myself more than I wanted to (would love some ARTPOP) but this seems somewhat realistic 

Act I

1. Perfect Celebrity
2. Disease
3. Poker Face
4. LoveGame

Act II

5. Garden of Eden
6. Just Dance
7. Telephone
8. How Bad Do U Want Me

Act III

9. Zombieboy
10. I Want Your Love (cover)
11. Killah

Act IV

12. Bloody Mary
13. Shadow of a Man
14. Judas

Act V

15. Rain On Me
16. Born This Way (Band > Piano)
17. Blade of Grass (Piano)
18. Shallow (Piano and Band)
19. Vanish Into You (Piano > Band)

Act VI

20. Love Drug
21. Bad Romance
22. Abracadabra 

Encore

23. Die With a Smile

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Act I - Darkness Inside

Garden Of Eden

Disease

Bad Romance

Bloody Mary

Alejandro

 

Act II - Fame Monster

Paparazzi

Perfect Celebrity

Dance In The Dark

The Fame

Plastic Doll

 

Act III - Metal Mayhem

Heavy Metal Lover

Killah

Electric Chapel

LoveDrug

Perfect Illusion

 

Act IV - Dance Mayhem

Zombie Boy

Rain On Me

Shadow Of A Man

Disco Heaven

Babylon

 

Act V - Ballads Mayhem

Die With A Smile

Shallow

Hold My Hand

Vanish Into You

Always Remember Us This Way

 

Act VI - Dreampop Mayhem

Don't Call Tonight

Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)

Hair

How Bad Do You Want Me

The Edge Of Glory

 

Act VII - Darkness Inside Reprise

911

Sinner's Prayer

Replay

The Beast

Abracadabra

Judas is coming, let the cultural baptism begin.
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This is my first idea for a ‘realistic’ MAYHEM Ball setlist. Realistic being it’s basically MAYHEM and singles. 
 

Act 1 

Bloody Mary 

Disease 

Killah 

Replay 

Act 2 

Applause/ paparazzi/ Just Dance 

Garden of Eden 

Lovedrug 

ZombieBoy/ Disco Heaven/ Summerboy 

Act 3 

Vanish Into You 

Yoü and I 

Happy Mistake 

Blade of Grass 

Born This Way 

Act 4 

Perfect Celebrity 

Judas (Rock Version) 

Alejandro (Rock Version) 

Act 5 

How Bad Do U Want Me/Only You 

Bad Romance 

Act 6 

Shadow of Man/ Dance in the Dark 

Poker Face 

Abracadabra 

Encore 

Die With A Smile 
 

its 22 songs but there’s a few mashups in there. I think it’s realistic for Gaga to cut 2 songs from MAYHEM (I hope she doesn’t tho). Disco heaven, Summerboy and Dance in the Dark are a bit rogue but I think they would fit sonically well in a mashup with the songs from MAYHEM and she’s never performed DH and Summerboy on a tour. 

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AVRACADAVRA

ACT I: THE DESCENT

1. DISEASE

2. Chromatica I / Alice

3. ABRACADABRA

4. Replay

5. Heavy Metal Lover / Government Hooker (Medley)

ACT II: FAME & FURY

6. Killah (feat. Gesaffelstein)

7. Perfect Celebrity / Paparazzi (Medley)

8. Scheiße

9. Telephone

10. How Bad Do U Want Me

ACT III: LOST IN THE GARDEN

11. INTERLUDE (Private Audition - Unreleased Track)

12. Garden of Eden

13. Shallow

14. Bad Romance

15. Vanish into You

ACT IV: STRIPPED & RAW (PIANO SECTION)

16. Million Reasons

17. Angel Down / Joanne (Medley)

18. Blade of Grass

ACT V: REBIRTH & CHAOS

19. Just Dance

20. 911 / Dance in the Dark (Medley)

21. Applause

22. Bloody Mary

ACT VI: THE FINAL BATTLE

23. Monster

24. The Edge of Glory

25. Rain on Me

FINALE: THE LAST STAND

26. Hold My Hand

27. Born This Way

ENCORE: THE LEGACY

28. Die with a Smile (feat. Bruno Mars)

29. Poker Face

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