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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 14-09-20
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[01] Lady Gaga charms Greek audience at OAKA
[01] Lady Gaga charms Greek audience at OAKA
ANA-MPA - Pop singer Lady Gaga came, conquered her Greek fans and left
after a two-hour concert at the Olympic Stadium (OAKA) facilities on
Friday, completing yet another leg of her "ArtRave: The Artpop Ball Tour"
that began in Dubai on September 10.
An award-winning singer and songwriter, Lady Gaga is also known for her
stage transformations, which in Friday's concert included changing on
the set with her back to the public. She also draped a Greek flag around
her and told her audience among other things that just as the Acropolis
and the Parthenon survived, so will the Greeks. She also addressed her
audience in the Greek equivalents of "thank you very much," "kisses,"
and "I love you," which charmed her fans who had paid from 38.5 to 115.5
euros to attend.
Although the venue was not full, people had stood in line since 7:30
a.m. (the concert began around 9:00 p.m.) to get good tickets, while
others waited for her outside the hotel she stayed at in Syntagma Square
to see her as she was leaving for the concert. (She arrived in Greece
dressed as Sandro Boticelli's Venus, carried by her staff.)
Lady Gaga was accompanied by 14 dancers and 5 musicians, while her stage
set up required 28 containers. Two large LED screens were also set up
and the show included machines spewing confetti.
Despite repeated calls for an encore, she kept to schedule and ended
the concert two hours later, around 23:15.
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