This will probably be pretty accurate :lol:

 

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Year to Date - Las Vegas Residencies:

 

1. @ladygaga $44.1M

2. @celinedion $36.9M

3. @Aerosmith $33.1M

4. Eagles $18.6M

5. @BrunoMars $14.8M

6. @JanetJackson $13.0M

7. @gwenstefani $11.8M

8. @donnyosmond & @marieosmond $11.4M

9. @DefLeppard $10.8M

10. @backstreetboys $9.8M

Smash.

Where’s Xtinct?

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Incredible tbh. Still ages to go for it too!

[ALL-TIME BEST OF VEGAS (2020)]

 

Lady Gaga has won an award for 'Best Resident Musician [modern era]' for Las Vegas Weekly as a result of her Enigma/Jazz&Piano sets!

 

The Chromatica queen went bigger than ever with her Vegas residency, bringing two completely different shows to the Strip. All eyes were on Park MGM when Lady Gaga debuted Enigma there in the winter of 2018, and she has continued to pack seats with both that and Jazz & Piano (not to mention her occasional appearances inside NoMad bar). Ladygaga.com.

https://lasvegasweekly.com/news/2020/aug/13...-era-lady-gaga/

 

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Haven't seen the whole set but probably deserved!

I don't understand the fans' hatred for this residency, I love it, the looks, the performances, many artists attending the show (Celine, Bradley, Tony, Katy...).

For what I've seen, it seems a bit disjointed but let's be real, most hate is just because of THAT wig.

 

J&P is probably a treat!

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Yeah the wig gets most of the hate, and tbh, it is pretty ghastly I can't comment on the show itself because I haven't seen it though, but going off every live tour she's done before I am sure it is spectacular!

Ironically, the main reason I like Enigma is exactly this wig, I find it iconic.

I wasn't not totally sold on that Enigma storyline but now that she has a song with the same title...

She named the residency 'Enigma' because she was going to release Chromatica in 2019 during the period of this residency and Enigma - the song - must have been one of the first tracks completed, but as we all know, Gaga is a perfectionist and her albums always suffer last-minute changes and this extended the deadline for the completion of the album, and because it was not ready she decided to hold all the songs that were already ready and finish the ones that had already been started, to release all the new material in the form of a new album.

She named the residency 'Enigma' because she was going to release Chromatica in 2019 during the period of this residency and Enigma - the song - must have been one of the first tracks completed, but as we all know, Gaga is a perfectionist and her albums always suffer last-minute changes and this extended the deadline for the completion of the album, and because it was not ready she decided to hold all the songs that were already ready and finish the ones that had already been started, to release all the new material in the form of a new album.

I was thinking about this earlier! Mainly because this tweet popped up:

 

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and it reminded me of this incredible photoshoot from a few years back. The images were never used (in the Enigma show or obviously in Chromatica) so it was perhaps the initial images for the era that was planned two years ago but then scrapped.

Gaga loves to throw ideas away. Remember back in 2015 when she spent the whole year in the studio with RedOne, when the real LG5 was supposed to be released (Frankensteined and stuff...) and out of nowhere she scrapped everything and started making Joanne with Mark Ronson?

Gaga loves to throw ideas away. Remember back in 2015 when she spent the whole year in the studio with RedOne, when the real LG5 was supposed to be released (Frankensteined and stuff...) and out of nowhere she scrapped everything and started making Joanne with Mark Ronson?

Yep! Ahh what could have been.

 

This is exactly why we need an official release of the unreleased material :dance:

Yep! Ahh what could have been.

 

This is exactly why we need an official release of the unreleased material :dance:

She could release unreleased songs as a surprise, but calling it a "brand new album" (Drake has the habit of doing this). I see no reason to keep songs ready for release, locked up, this is a banquet for ambitious labels to make a lot of money releasing unreleased songs after the artist's death.

Chromatica is better concept that Enigma seems to me, but I love that photoshoot. It is one of my faves by her.

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According to the MGM president, Enigma will return to Vegas later this year. Not sure if there are additional dates or just the 8 dates that were cancelled due to Covid-19 earlier.

 

I really love if she did more of the Jazz & Piano show at least. The original Enigma concept should be revamped a bit.

I did not expect that but it makes sense and could tide her over until she's allowed a full tour possibly in 2022?

BTW Foundation has a competition which has "trip to Vegas to see Gaga live" as a prize so I guess the Enigma shows continue at some point. No official announcement yet though. See Gaga's IG story.