Fame Kills Tour - CANCELLED

I just got back from the Lady Gaga show at Tequila and I must confess, it was the worst show I have ever seen in my life (and I have been to hundreds of shows)!

My friend and I got there early to make sure we got good seats so we arrived at 7:00pm and waited. Doors opened at 8pm but for whatever reason, they had blocked off the stage area so the people who came later on (well after 8pm), ended up getting all the good seats when they finally removed the curtains at 9pm.

No matter, we thought we'd order a few drinks but for some reason, the bartenders apparently can pocket their own tips out of your change there without letting you know! The first bartender pocketed $1 of my change, the second pocketed $0.50. I had not realized they had done this the first time around and had given him more tips!

Someone in line had mentioned that Lady Gaga wasn't gonna be on stage until about 11:30pm so we waited it out, looking forward to the show. 12:30am rolls around and she finally took to the stage.

The sound was extremely low and we could not hear from where we were (and this was a small club)! We moved closer to the front and found she was lip-synching to a soundtrack (and very poorly at that). She appeared to be stumbling all over the place, almost falling when her dancers lifted her up, and dropped her microphone a few times. We figured she was drunk or drugged up on something. No word of a lie, she performed 3 songs and ended the night! The local radio station had advertised this was gonna be a full set but that is usually more than just 3 songs! She was on the stage for no more than 10 minutes before she dove into the crowd and appeared to have passed out. Her dancers struggled to get her out of the crowd and carried her off the stage.

That was 6 hours of my life I will never get back.

The beat to Kanye West's music is always pretty catchy and easy to get into, but if you listen carefully to his lyrics - you'll find that they are ingenious! He refers to the most random, yet clever topics/themes -- a lot of them with interesting sociological references. He's definitely an artist that's honing his craft.