Lady Gaga Presents The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden is a concert special by Lady Gaga based on The Monster Ball Tour. The program was filmed during the February 21-22 shows at the Madison Square Garden in 2011. HBO was broadcasted the special on May 7, 2011. It was directed by Laurieann Gibson, Gaga's main choreographer. During the show, Gaga said "I'm not going to lipsync my way through an HBO special. Especially not while Liza's watching."
Promotion
The special was announced by Gaga on February 14, 2011, while Gaga was a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Over the next 3 months, HBO released snippets and teasers of the recording. Several of the snippets shown were not used in the special due to time constraints. Most snippets were released after fans trended a certain tweet or enough fans "gagafied" their Facebook profiles. Also, the last five days preceding the show countdown, teasers were released.
Set List
- All of the interludes were cut for the special except some short footages of the Jumping, Twister, and Antler films.
- The ending credits feature Gaga with her backup singers singing "Born This Way" acapella.
- "Dance in the Dark" starts after the first chorus
Act I — NYC
- Jumping Film (Video introduction, briefly shown)
- "Dance in the Dark"
- "Glitter and Grease"
- "Just Dance"
- "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich"
- "The Fame"
- Puke Film (Video interlude, cut)
Act II — NYC Subway
- "LoveGame"
- "Boys Boys Boys"
- "Money Honey"
- "Telephone"
- "Speechless"
- "Yoü and I"
- Twister Film (Video interlude, briefly shown)
- "So Happy I Could Die"
- Antler Film (Video interlude, briefly shown)
Act III — Central Park
- "Monster"
- "Teeth"
- "Alejandro"
- Manifesto of Little Monsters (Video interlude, cut)
- "Poker Face"
- Apocalyptic Film (Video interlude, cut)
Act IV — Monster Ball