Twas one of the most amazing things I have ever experienced in my life!
I don't know what the theme was before but this was her trying to get to the Monster Ball and each scene was a different obstacle, like the car breaking down at the start.
Because my city is only 2 hours from Sydney, when big stars come here they tend to cut out some of the big acts in their show (like Pink didn't do the trapeze thing here last tour), but Gaga didn't. No discrimination from her YAY~
One of the biggest things I took from the concert though was that previously I had seen her as the 'sex/controversy sells so I'ma do whatever I can to get more moneyzzzzz' kind of person, but now I don't. The lack of clothes, sex references and controversies are all just who she is, its not an act to make more money. From the video clips that played while they changed the stage you can really see how purely artistic she is and every single thing she does has so much love and thought in it. She just oozes the underground New York art scene feel and I love that about her
I have a rather conservative (or maybe just traditional) Catholic friend who loves Lady Gaga, but she seemed to be put off. She loves Britney and all the other American "artists" who play up to that sexual image, but I think she handles that fine because she knows its mostly a marketing act. I think the darker side of Gaga's art and sexual image was too much for her coz its more than just a marketing ploy
Probably the best thing was that we usually get bags checked for cameras and confiscated, but Lady Gaga & her management gave strict instructions to allow fans to bring cameras in (as long as they weren't the crazy super lens ones) & made reference in one of the videos that history is made through photos and she is so thankful to her fans for making her history by taking so many photos
+ the only way to "kill the monster" in Paparazzi was to take photos of it apparently