Lady Gaga Asked To Open For Michael This Is It Tour
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Lady Gaga didn't keep much of a poker face on "Larry King Live" Tuesday night.
The "Bad Romance" singer spilled the news that she was asked to open for Michael Jackson's "This Is It" tour in London before he died.
"I don’t necessarily like to talk about those very personal things that happened but I guess I can speak about it now," Gaga told the host. "We were going to open for him at the O2 and we were working on making it happen."
The 24-year-old songstress also revealed that the opening acts were in talks to perform with Jackson during his actual show.
"But Michael's death was devastating for me, regardless of whether or not I was supposed to go on tour with him," Gaga added. "He was such an inspiration and a remarkable human being."
In what appeared to be an homage to the King of Pop, Gaga sported sunglasses, a white shirt and black braces reminiscent of Jackson's 30th anniversary concert in 2001.
During the show, Gaga also released a sneak peek of her new video for "Alejandro," the third single from her 2009 album, "The Fame Monster." Recalling Madonna's "Vogue," the music video boasts a "homoerotic military theme," according to Gaga.
By the end of the show, Gaga had also revealed that a recent test for lupus - which killed her aunt - showed she was "borderline positive" for the disease
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The "Bad Romance" singer spilled the news that she was asked to open for Michael Jackson's "This Is It" tour in London before he died.
"I don’t necessarily like to talk about those very personal things that happened but I guess I can speak about it now," Gaga told the host. "We were going to open for him at the O2 and we were working on making it happen."
The 24-year-old songstress also revealed that the opening acts were in talks to perform with Jackson during his actual show.
"But Michael's death was devastating for me, regardless of whether or not I was supposed to go on tour with him," Gaga added. "He was such an inspiration and a remarkable human being."
In what appeared to be an homage to the King of Pop, Gaga sported sunglasses, a white shirt and black braces reminiscent of Jackson's 30th anniversary concert in 2001.
During the show, Gaga also released a sneak peek of her new video for "Alejandro," the third single from her 2009 album, "The Fame Monster." Recalling Madonna's "Vogue," the music video boasts a "homoerotic military theme," according to Gaga.
By the end of the show, Gaga had also revealed that a recent test for lupus - which killed her aunt - showed she was "borderline positive" for the disease
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It appears that Michael Jackson's target audience includes people of all ages, races, nationalities, and personalities. In other words, Michael Jackson is international. To be honest, he never really needed an opening act because he can open and close a concert all by himself. <!-- s;) -->;)<!-- s;) -->
The concert organizers should have been focusing on someone or something that is family oriented as the opening act. For example, something like Cirque du Soleil, even Bubbles will do. You want someone or something the whole family can enjoy, including grandma.
Again, an opening act for the King of Pop was not necessary. <!-- s;) -->;)<!-- s;) -->
It takes a lot of imagination judging from this promotional pic to think This Is It was going to be a concert and not a movie... <!-- s
Seems like a poor choice to open up for MJ though really. She really attracts a different younger crowd you'd think then the people going to see MJ's olds hits.
I've seen clips of Lady Gaga in concert and I don't think that's the message Michael wanted to be sending out. I think it's possible he may have wanted to meet with her (probably to lure her away from the dark side). I dunno...
She's huge worldwide. She just did a sold out tour here in March, it was almost impossible to get tickets.
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Lady Gaga confirms that she was the opening act for Michael Jackson (VIDEO)
June 2, 9:06
Last night on Larry King Live, Lady Gaga was the guest and took up an entire hour to share with fans some little known information. One of the unique angles of the evening was Lady Gaga talking about her connection to Michael Jackson.
Before the passing of the celebrity, Michael Jackson's 'This Is It' tour was the headliner for Lady Gaga's opening act. Since she was the beginning act, she would have been exposed to thousands of people in an intimate setting. However, we all know the concerts never happened as Michael Jackson died prior to the show dates.
'I was asked to open for him on his tour. I was to open at the O2,' said Lady Gaga confirming this bit of information. Look extremely uncomfortable about sharing this information, she acted as though the question was way too personal.
"Micheal's death was devastating for me regardless of whether or not I was going on tour with him." Lady Gaga admitted. The death of the King of Pop upset the world as it was so untimely and sudden, like nothing expected. Of course we now know it was an overdose in the beginning, but after hearing the reports, it seemed like a hoax.
During the course of the interview with Larry King, Lady Gaga talked about life, tours and fashion. It was a fascinating hour to take a peek into the life of the super entertainer.
Yeah, but he's a huge inspiration to her & she could have changed it up for him, to fit his audience or what he wanted. You never know. & I'm really not so sure about the whole "dark side thing" if she was part of some occult thing why would she openly admit to be religious & being raised catholic & say that she still prays all of the time? The only reason she is confused/conflicted is because most religions condemn gay people & she doesn't believe in that but she is still a religious person. I think there are deeper meanings behind what she does & why she does it other than she's a "puppet", I just don't think that's the case with her. Michael probably saw something in her, that he liked, maybe they have similar beliefs, etc. Who knows. There were always a lot of people he wanted to work with & tour with, who were big in their own right, for instance Prince. I honestly don't think he cared how big someone was, if he appreciated their work & was a fan of them, he'd want to work with them. It's really not fair to assume she's lying or say she was a bad choice, that wouldn't be up to us. Nobody know what the show would have been like with her taking part, you don't know why or if MJ wanted to work with her, & you don't know for sure that she's part of the "dark side". I hate when people assume they know exactly what MJ wanted or thought or liked, nobody can read his mind or even knows the real him out of the spotlight, nobody can think or speak for him. Whether she was going to tour with him or not, she was inspired by him immensely & speaks so kindly about him ever since she came out, that's more important to me. It's too late to worry about her being a good fit for the tour anyways, since it didn't happen.
Just because someone says, "I'm a good Catholic", doesn't mean that they are a "good Catholic." Maybe you don't understand the way PR (public relations) works. Most people in Hollywood are not what they seem, so I don't know why you'd take her word for anything. Pay attention to her actions, not just her words.
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So then, we shouldn't believe anything MJ said either if people in Hollywood aren't what they seem & it's just PR. I honestly think the stuff she does is just for show. But you're entitled to your opinion & I don't really care to debate it. I mean, I don't know, I kind of believe her because I don't think MJ would want to work with her if she was as horrible as people are claiming, she would be too far gone. He probably would have spoken out against her or the industry. & probably wouldn't like her. But whatever who knows. I can either believe her or the ideas other people are trying to feed everyone else. Either way, I'm just believing what someone says, not really knowing any truth <!-- s:roll: -->:roll:<!-- s:roll: -->
Iam in agreement. No way do i think Michael would want Gaga opening up for him. Michael Jackson and LG just dont fit. I think it is a bunch of BS what she said. Maybe in her DREAMS!
If she was going to perform those shows,
it would have been announced at the time of ticket sales.
As some of you have said before, she's not very family-friendly.
I'll make a scenario.
I'm an MJ fan, and want to expose my kids to his music.
I buy tickets and hope to have a nice experience seeing and
hearing Michael with my family, but Lady Gaga announces she's
gonna put on a show (most likely) half naked,
prancing around the stage to terrible (IMO) music.
I'd have to return my tickets.
I doubt Michael is stupid enough to do that to his career.
She would also set the wrong mood.
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Actually, to a certain extent that's true. I don't just take Michael Jackson's word for everything...like every single one of us, he's capable of lying. However, I watch what he does. Nobody's perfect, but in general, Michael appears to be a man of integrity. You can see it in the songs he writes... his words match up with his actions. That's why I believe what he says. Maybe it's apart of her performance act, but most of the things that come out of Lady Gaga's mouth are lies. Even the main theme in her music is deception. Maybe I'm wrong about her, but until her actions start matching up with her words I have no reason to take her word for anything.
i dont think gaga is lying, i think she was probably asked to and not contracted yet. thats no big deal really. lots of singers were rumoured to be contracted. i heard lots of rumours that leona lewis was to sing at some point, and that the plan was to have surprise guests at every show which sounds pretty cool.
but in either case i just dont believe those shows were ever meant to happen, too many things dont add up, including the first "rehearsal photo" (of MJ behind a camera?! bearing in mind at this point theyd not even began to rehearse yet- this was before the dancers auditions had even begun so it don't make sense that he & kenny would have decided to get a tv camera out at that point.)