On March 17, 2009 my friend Brittany and I arrived at the Wonder Ballroom in Portland, Oregon nine hours early to wait in line for The Fame Ball tour. The headliner was, of course, the glamorous, Lady Gaga. Her debut album was released eight months before the concert and she was already the new hot thing in pop music. However, Brittany and I were not there for Lady Gaga. In fact, I had only heard two songs from her album and could care less about the always half-naked pop star. We came for Cinema Bizarre. A band filled with beautiful German boys and music that no new artist can top.
After we finally got into the crowded room we made our way to the very front of the crowd so we could touch the stage. We listened to the opening acts, almost peed our pants when our Germans, Cinema Bizarre, performed their five songs and then debated leaving before Lady Gaga came out but we decided we paid for the tickets so we might as well stay for the entire concert. As the stage was being set up for Gaga we started to get bored. It was taking way too long, but then finally, after minutes of waiting for the show, it began. It started with a short film that was confusing and a little weird and then the giant white sheet covering the stage fell and behind it was Lady Gaga. The show was full of weird clothing, hot shoes, eccentric dance moves, and more than a little groping. It was intense and strange, my mouth was open the whole time because everything that happened shocked me. I leaned over to Brittany while Gaga was giving a creepy little speech, “Is this making you feel like we joined a cult?” I asked. Everything was completely insane but that’s how Gaga wanted it. She wanted us uncomfortable and embarrassed, because after that night we couldn’t stop talking about the show. I told everyone about it because it was so weird. I went out and bought her album because I was so interested in her. I became a huge fan, all because her concert made me uncomfortable.
The concert was most defiantly one of a kind and I would most defiantly go again.
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