A Memorial Day weekend surprise heading our way. The big announcement has dropped that Lady Gaga has filmed a big concert for HBO. Below is the official press release:
The HBO Original concert special GAGA CHROMATICA BALL debuts SATURDAY, MAY 25 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and will be available to stream on Max. In front of a sold-out crowd of 52,000 people, 13-time GRAMMY and Academy Award winner Lady Gaga delivers a career-defining performance at Los Angeles’s Dodger Stadium during her 2022 Chromatica Ball Tour. Released exclusively on HBO and streaming on Max, GAGA CHROMATICA BALL delivers breathtaking live performances of some of Gaga’s biggest and most cherished hits, including “Stupid Love,” “Bad Romance,” “Just Dance,” “Poker Face,” “Shallow,” “Rain On Me,” and more. The film delivers huge show-stopping moments and intimate piano numbers, complete with heart-stopping choreography, intense pyrotechnics and an array of iconic outfit changes as only Gaga does. This is Lady Gaga as you’ve never seen her before.
Nina Rosenstein, EVP, HBO Programming, Late Night & Specials, stated, “Lady Gaga is a complete powerhouse. She’s a once-in-a-lifetime artist who never holds back, and GAGA CHROMATICA BALL puts her endless list of talents on full display. We’re thrilled to partner with her once again for this breathtaking concert special.”
If you recall HBO aired her LITTLE MONSTERS special back in 2011 and now she is back to wow fans again in your Home Box Office. Lady Gaga is a one-of-a-kind artist and performer. She has amassed an outstanding 87 million global album sales, 96 billion streams, and 516 million in song consumption, making her one of the best-selling musicians of all time. Her most recent pop album, Chromatica, marked her sixth consecutive #1 album on the Billboard 200™ chart, making her the first female artist to do so over a ten-year period (2011-2020). Her collaboration with Ariana Grande for “Rain On Me,” marked the biggest Spotify debut of 2020, reaching #1 on the Global and U.S. Spotify charts and becoming one of the many smash hits that fans have come to expect from the icon. In 2023, her debut single “Just Dance” became her third diamond-
certified single by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), joining previously certified “Bad Romance” and “Poker Face,” indicating 10 million or more units sold. Her debut album, “The Fame,” is the longest-running #1 album on the Billboard Dance/Electronic chart of all time with over 175 non-consecutive weeks to date. The album ranks #12 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums of All Time chart and is the 6th longest-charting album by a female singer on the Billboard 200™ chart with 319 weeks. Notably, the album features multi-platinum singles “Paparazzi” (5x platinum) and “LoveGame” (triple platinum). In 2018, she won an Academy Award® for Best Original Song for “Shallow,” featured on the soundtrack of Best Picture nominee “A Star is Born” (2018), in addition to claiming a Golden Globe, a Critics’ Choice Award, and four GRAMMY Awards for both “Shallow” and “I’ll Never Love Again,” also from the same soundtrack. Lady Gaga knows no bounds from producing her classic pop hits and beyond to the classic American Songbook with her albums “Cheek to Cheek” and “Love For Sale” with Tony Bennett, both respective #1 albums.
So, if you are a raving fan, park yourself in front of HBO or Max and take in the aural & visual experience that is CHROMATICA, debuting May 25!
