Girl Gaga is again in Las Vegas! The 37-year-old Mom Monster resumed her Girl Gaga: Jazz & Piano at Dolby Stay, positioned in Park MGM, residency on Thursday evening, and made positive to pay tribute to the late Tony Bennett in the course of the present.
Earlier than her efficiency, the “Applause” singer teased her highly-anticipated return on Instagram, posting a selfie that includes her glam make-up, which included winged eyeliner and a daring purple lip whereas holding up a playbill.
“IT’S OUR OPENING SHOW IN VEGAS BABY 1 hr 16 min until we hit the stage to SWING 🖤🎺” Gaga, whose actual identify is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, captioned the pic.
As soon as the primary present since Bennett’s July demise received underway, Gaga addressed her late collaborator’s widow, Susan Crow, who was reportedly within the crowd.
“Susan, everyone on this viewers loves you a lot,” Gaga mentioned, earlier than talking about Bennett, whom she beforehand mentioned she is going to miss “ceaselessly.”
“The reality is, I did not know precisely what to say about Tony, as a result of this entire present was for Tony. Every little thing. The opening quantity, the center numbers, all of the diamonds, all of the musical devices, all of the conducting, all of the improvisation was in his reminiscence,” she mentioned. “But when I do know Tony properly, I do know that he can be actual mad at me for being unhappy, so I could not come out right here and be unhappy.”
With that in thoughts, Gaga, who first collaborated with Bennett in 2011, defined that she determined to honor her late pal with a efficiency of his music, “Fly Me to the Moon.”
“I sung this music whereas Tony was nonetheless alive and I’ll sing it now, despite the fact that he is gone, ‘trigger he’ll by no means be gone,” she mentioned. “Susan, that is for you. I’ll get via it. I promise. I am going to by no means do it in addition to Tony, however I am going to strive.”
An eyewitness tells ET that Gaga paid particular tribute to Bennett at first of the present as properly, through the use of his voice to introduce her over the audio system. Earlier than she stepped out on stage, the group was handled to the late singer’s voice saying, “Women and gents… Girl Gaga.”
After the present, Gaga additionally gave followers a take a look at herself, posing along with her glam workforce whereas rocking a shiny tuxedo.
“THATS ALL FOLKS 🐰🥕 @fredericaspiras @sarahtannomakeup,” Gaga captioned the shot.
The GRAMMY winner initially kicked off her jazz and piano residency in January 2019, and alternated performances along with her pop present Enigma. She final carried out the Jazz & Piano present in Might 2022.
After that, Gaga took a stroll on the darkish facet to tackle the position of Harley Quinn for the upcoming movie, Joker: Folie à Deux. The singer stars alongside Joaquin Phoenix as he reprises his position as the DC Comics villain The Joker. Phoenix beforehand gained an Oscar for his position in 2019’s Joker, which served as an origin story for his character.
Gaga wrapped filming Joker: Folie à Deux in April. Gaga is returning to Dolby Stay at Park MGM for 12 reveals whole earlier than wrapping on Oct. 5.
Gaga introduced the brand new batch of reveals after the Born This Approach singer mourned the lack of late jazz icon Tony Bennett, with whom she labored for his 2011 Duets II album and 2014’s Cheek to Cheek. The pair launched their collaborative Love for Sale in 2021, which was Bennett’s remaining album and gained him his remaining GRAMMY Award.
Bennett died on July 21 in his hometown of New York Metropolis, simply two weeks shy of his 97th birthday. Whereas no particular reason behind demise has been introduced, Bennett had been recognized with Alzheimer’s illness in 2016, sharing the information with the general public in 2021.
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