Gaga Stops Traffic In New York With Free Performance
By WENNFriday, July 9, 2010
LADY GAGA brought traffic in her native New York City to a halt on Friday (09Jul10) when more than 20,000 devotees crowded the streets to watch the star perform a free show in the rain.
The Poker Face singer took to the stage as part of breakfast TV programme The Today Show’s Summer Concert Series and played a handful of songs, including her hit Bad Romance and new single Alejandro.
Gaga also treated fans to a rendition of standard Someone To Watch Over Me and a new track, titled You and I, during which she writhed around on top of a grand piano in the middle of Rockefeller Center as the skies opened and the rain began falling.
The pop star ended her short set by thanking the crowd for waiting hours in the wet weather, telling them, “Thank you for making my dreams come true! Let it rain!”
Fans started camping out at the venue on Thursday (08Jul10) to reserve their spots ahead of the star’s Friday morning TV appearance - and Gaga rewarded their dedication by having boxes of pizza and bottles of water delivered to them to keep them energised as they slept on the streets.
Taking to her Twitter.com blog on Thursday, Gaga wrote, “My little monster sweeties are already camped outside today show! I love u! Will be sending u pizza and water all day!”
She later added, “Thousands of precious lil monsters are sleeping in street outside TodayShow. May NY watchover (sic) u, + may u sleep smiling under the stars. Amen.”
Today show bosses claim Gaga may have broken attendance records with her televised performance.
