Lady Gaga's World Tour: The Mayhem Ball Tour

In 2025, Lady Gaga returned to the stage with a new world tour, The Mayhem Ball Tour. This tour, covering North America and Europe, has become a long-awaited event for fans around the globe. Its name, "The Mayhem Ball," subtly hints at the singer's signature outrageousness and her ability to transform every concert into an unforgettable and theatrical show.

The schedule for the upcoming performances, for which official information is available, includes many cities. The tour began in North America with a series of concerts in Las Vegas from July 16 to 18, and then moved to Seattle, where performances are scheduled for August 6-7. This is followed by large-scale shows in New York from August 22 to 26, and at the end of the month in Miami on August 31 and September 1. In September, the singer will visit Toronto from the 10th to the 13th, and then Chicago, where her concerts will be held from September 15 to 18. At the end of September, the tour will move to Europe. A series of performances in London is scheduled from September 29 to October 2. Lady Gaga will then travel to Manchester on October 7, and then to Stockholm on October 12-13. October will conclude with concerts in Milan on the 19th-20th and Barcelona on October 28-29. In November, the singer will perform in Berlin on the 4th-5th, Amsterdam on November 9, Antwerp on November 11, Lyon on November 13-14, and will conclude the European leg of the tour with a series of shows in Paris from November 17 to 22.

A key difference between this tour and the previous one, The Chromatica Ball, which took place in 2022, is the scale and concept. The Chromatica Ball was a short tour, consisting of only 20 concerts, and focused on themes of trauma and healing, which reflected the content of the album. It was Gaga's first all-stadium tour and featured a stage with brutalist architecture, representing a journey from confinement to liberation. In contrast, The Mayhem Ball, with its 63 planned shows and a wider geographical reach, marks the singer's return to more large-scale, theatrical productions.

Lady Gaga's concerts are not just performances, but full-fledged theatrical productions with meticulously planned choreography, set design, and costumes. The singer herself often says that her idols are Freddie Mercury and David Bowie, who knew how to combine music with dramatic showmanship. It is worth noting that this tour is special, as Lady Gaga for a long time thought she would never be able to perform on stage again due to fibromyalgia, a chronic condition that causes severe pain. Nevertheless, she was able to return, stating that she feels "less painful than ever in my life." Throughout her career, she has achieved incredible success: she is the godmother to Elton John's two sons, and also became the first woman to receive awards at five major song and film competitions in a single year, which underscores her incredible versatility as an artist.