8 highlights from Gaga's opening evening in Las Vegas

Lady Gaga is back with The Mayhem Ball! And from what we have seen, Mother Monster will certainly pull out all stops for her latest tour that started in Las Vegas.

The Mayhem Ball The tour started last night (Wednesday, July 16) in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas with many highlights and some madness. The highlights included the pure range of the set list, aesthetics and gagas first-class LGBTQ+ allies.

“Before I came on stage tonight, I couldn't even believe that they were there for me,” said the singer of “Abracadabra” of the crowd in a particularly emotional moment on the show. And the show went through a storm online with participants and fans, which poured the film material all the morning.

“It is as if the coachella appearances were just the free trial version and the Mayhem ball was the real deal,” wrote a fan on a tikok from the night. We could no longer agree and we are eagerly awaiting Gaga's arrival in Great Britain later this year. It should appear on September 29th and 30th in the O2 Arena and then again on October 2 and 4.

Here are just a few of the highlights from the opening night of The Mayhem Ball in Las Vegas.

The opening number

@.itramon “Bloody Mary/Abracadabra” @ladygaga, The Mayhem Ball | Las Vegas, NV | July 16, 2025 #ladygaga #mayhemball #Themayhemball #ladygagatour #abracadabra #concert #livemusic ♬ Original Sound – Ramon

Lady Gaga knows how to invest a show and The Mayhem ball Increases to a fascinating start. After the audience arrived on the stage in their legendary couchic skate from their coachella performance at the beginning of this year at the time of the opera for the evening. Mother Monster then started in a mixture of “Bloody Mary” and “Abracadabra”.

“The opening was far too iconic to be scrapped or completely changed,” said a fan. “This concert feels like a level-up or the fully realized version” by Gaga's coachella set. We have to agree!

The Mayhem Ball Setlist

@Tomasmier Lady Gaga plays Summerboy during the Mayhem Ball opening evening in Las Vegas #ladygaga #mayhemball #summerballvegas #summerboy @ladygaga ♬ Summerboy from Lady Gaga – J'aime

According to the opening number, Gaga delivered a breathtaking performance that included most of her discography. We discovered clips that showed songs from The famePresent The glory monsterPresent Born in this wayPresent ArtpopPresent JoanneAnd chaos as well as A star is born.

The fans were partly happy to hear Artpop“Aura” and “applause” as well as “Summerboy” by The fame. “She really heard us.” Another added: “Aura applause and Summerboy ???? She loves her fans Omg.” We noticed a absence of Chromatica Music, however.

This rainbow cloak

Lady Gaga's recipient will be the opening night of the Mayhem ball tour in Las Vegas Rainbow-colored during a performance of 'Paparazzi'. pic.twitter.com/6m2nyv89io

– Pop base (@Popbase) July 17, 2025

The shining example of constant LGBTQ+ allies became a lively rainbow during her performance of “Paparazzi” Lady Gaga's recipient, which we take as an allusion to her loyal queer fans.

Carry out “flat” in a boat

@Tomasmier Lady Gaga plays during the Mayhem Balls opening evening in Las Vegas #ladygaga #mayhemball #ladygagaconcert #shallowladygaga @ladygaga ♬ Flach – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

“Jesus Christ, what pop star shows this spectacular? She is something else” A star is born. The singer went to a boat in which she was moved by a red-clad gothic-punk-like gondola. It was very The phantom of the opera With its allied character from the film in 2018, the Christine role with singing takes over.

Your speech

@Tomasmier Lady Gaga speaks the crowd during the Mayhem Ball opening evening in Las Vegas #ladygaga #mayhemball #mayhemballvegas @ladygaga #vanishintoyou ♬ Original Sound – Tomás Mier

During the show, Gaga needed a minute to pay tribute to the audience and all of her fans. “Thank you for being such a wonderful community that I can rely on,” she said behind the piano. “The ritual to be yourself is a nice practice. It is a practice that you deserve to have every day of your life,” she also said in words that reflect the feeling behind her strange hymn, “born in this way”.

Perform backstage

@Vegas obsessed from the end of the @ladygaga Mayhem Ball. I will never forget a night. #Mayhemball ♬ Original Sound – Las Vegas

When she finished the show, Gaga raised the veil behind the production when she was open to one chaos. A fan wondered whether Gaga was the homage to The Drag Community letter: “Some drag queens withdrew after appearances and I love this homage.”

The costumes

@Stubhub Mayhem Tour is everything. @ladygaga feeds us 😩 #mayhemball #ladygaga #mayhem ♬ original sound – stubhub

Gaga is never one who shy away from an aesthetics, especially in their costumes. In The Mayhem Ball The costumes vary with some that contain a Gothic and steampunk aesthetics, while others fall back in earlier iterations of Gaga such as the age ego, to which it was confronted in “Pokerface”.

The staging

Similar to the costumes that gaga went to the staging The Mayhem BallTransform the arena into an opera house with balconies and complicated details.

@hloiScoopergaga4life is so excited for the Mayhem -Ball -Ball -Tour ❤️❤️❤️🥰🙏🥹😭😭🥺🥺 This level is unreal, so beautiful @ladygaga @haus labs from Lady Gaga @Sarah Tanno @Stefanzermanott5 #lagagagagagagagagagagagagairal #giral #Giral | #ladygagamayhem #LG7 #littlemonster #Ladygaga4life #gagatok #ladygagasingapore #mayhemsingapore #stage ♬ Garden of Eden – Lady Gaga

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