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Lady Gaga Giving Away 'Monster Pit Key' To Hardcore Fan At Each Tour Stop

Posted 4/27/12 9:46 am EST by in Lady Gaga, Tour Dates

Lady Gaga has a gift for whichever intrepid fan finds him or herself first in line at her "Born This Way Ball" world tour.

Mother Monster is giving away a ''Monster Pit key'' to the first fan waiting at each of the "BTW Ball's" 110 dates and is having that fan sign the real key to the Monster Pit, an enclosed general admission area around the stage reserved for hardcore fans, which she is collecting for … um, something. (Herself? Perhaps to remember the tour by?)

Tweeting a picture of a skull-like mock up of herself with her ponytail serving as the "key," she wrote, "This is a necklace I'll give to the first monster in line every night at the Ball. It's a symbol of the 'key' that opens the pit every night."

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She's keeping the real key to the pit for herself though. In a follow-up tweet, she elaborated: "The real monster pit key will be signed by this fan and returned to me. There'll be 110 necklaces & signatures Mar. 2013."

The "Bad Romance" singer kicks off her world tour today (April 27) in Seoul, South Korea. Late last night, she tweeted about being nervous for the start of the tour. ''This is a very special moment for Haus of Gaga. We thank you so much. Enjoy our music, fashion installations & pop performance art tonight," she wrote. ''Nervous for tonight. Hope I make little monsters happy and proud."

Don't worry, Gaga, we're certain they will be falling all over themselves the second you hit the stage!

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Lady Gaga Tweets Stadium Pics As Tour Opener Nears

Posted 4/23/12 10:01 am EST by in Lady Gaga, Tour Dates, Tweet Beat

Lady Gaga is in the homestretch. Her much awaited "Born the Way Ball" opens at Olympic Stadium in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, and she is already in the country doing final rehearsals for the massive show.

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The pop star arrived in S. Korea Friday and has been tweeting images from the stadium as it is readied for her show, complete with that massive stage we took a look at last week. And in a fitting twist, it's been rainy in Korea, just as it's been in Gaga's native NYC. Feels like home.

>> Is This Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way Ball' Stage? (Pic)

Check out more pics of the pop star taking in the venue that on Friday will be filled with tens of thousands of Little Monsters, after the jump. Read More...

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Lady Gaga And Britney Spears Tweet Love For Each Other

Posted 4/19/12 8:48 am EST by in Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Tweet Beat, Video

We love it when celebs use Twitter for good instead of evil, and last night, two of the biggest pop stars around hit the site with a whole lot of love for each other.

Lady Gaga has never made her Britney Spears fandom a secret. During her MTV First (after the jump), she confessed that she used to call in to vote for Brit Brit on "TRL," saying that on the days she couldn't make it to Time Square to join in the fun she "would lay in bed and I would be speed dialing for Britney to have the #1 video." And last year when she presented Spears with her Video Vanguard VMA the two had a near-miss kiss that got everyone talking.

So it's no surprise then that Gaga, who leaves for South Korea today to prep for the April 27 kick off of her "Born This Way Ball" in Seoul, hit Twitter last night with a packing list and high up on it was her Britney thermos (below).

Lady Gaga, Twitter

After seeing Gaga's tweet, Britney responded with a bit of curiosity ("Wonder what @ladygaga keeps in the thermos?") and what seems like a promise to see Mother Monster on the road ("Can't wait to see you on tour. MISS YOU!").

While their stand may sometimes battle it out online, it's fantastic to see that these two seem to have a lot of love and respect for each other. Check out Lady Gaga talking about Britney and her "TRL" fan days below! Read More...

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Is This Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way Ball' Stage? (Pic)

Posted 4/18/12 9:27 am EST by in Lady Gaga, Tour Dates

In February, Lady Gaga tweeted a sketch of the design for her "Born this Way Ball" stage, and now a pic of the what is reported to be the still-under-construction stage has made its way online.

The Gothic castle certainly looks like the design Gaga tweeted. The "Bad Romance" singer's massive, 110-plus tour kicks off in just a few days at Seoul, South Korea's Olympic Stadium with a controversial concert that the country's Media Rating Board banned minors under the age of 18 from attending.

>> Lady Gaga Unfazed By South Korean Concert Age Restrictions

Gaga is deep in final rehearsals for the show and last night sent out a few fun tweets about having to call a tour meeting over the show's special effects. "You know there's something wrong with you when you call a tour meeting only about 'fog.' It's serious people," she tweeted. "Worse comes to worse ill just fog myself in the corner during Bad Romance."

We wish the pop diva lots of luck hauling that massive stage all around the world. Her tour is set to hit five continents (Asia, Australia, Europe, South America and North America) and given the size of that castle, we imagine it will be quite an undertaking. But as always with Mother Monster, putting on the best and biggest show she can for her fans far outweighs the logistical difficulties of traveling around the world with a 15th Century castle in the back of your van.

Good luck, Lady G! See you when you return to NYC!

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Listen To This Unbelievable A Cappella Version Of Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' Recorded For Charity

Posted 4/13/12 3:46 pm EST by in Activism, Gay Rights, Lady Gaga

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Get ready to be amazed!

Three Ithaca College a cappella groups (Ithacappella, Premium Blend & IC VoiceStream) have teamed up with Pentatonix, winners of NBC's reality competition "The Sing-Off," to record an absolutely unbelievable version of Lady Gaga's empowerment anthem "Born this Way" for charity … and while you might think you hear synths and other instrumentation on the sample below, you'd be wrong, it's all a cappella. Listen:

The song is available on iTunes with the proceeds being equally divided between Gaga’s anti-bullying Born This Way Foundation and the NYC's Ali Forney Center, the nation's largest organization serving homeless LGBT youth.

Last summer, after making a series of anti-gay remarks at a comedy show in Nashville, "30 Rock" star Tracy Morgan visited the Ali Forney Center to speak with homeless LGBT youth about the issues we face, and later that same day, MTV News had the opportunity to talk to Carl Siciliano, the head of the Ali Forney Center, and Jayden, a homeless teen helped by the facility, about Morgan's visit and the difficulties gay teens face from bullies and unaccepting families.

Both Gaga's Born This Way Foundation and the Ali Forney Center are hard at work trying to make things better for LGBT youth. So listen to the amazing "BTW" cover above and if you are into it, check it out at iTunes to support a good cause.

See our interview with Siciliano, Jayden and other LGBT rights advocates below. Read More...

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Lady Gaga, Madonna And The Beatles Named To TIME's List Of All-Time Fashion Icons

Posted 4/4/12 3:59 pm EST by in Lady Gaga, Madonna, Taylor Swift

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Each year, TIME names its 100 Most Influential People in the World and that much-touted list is often accompanied by supplementary lists, including this year's countdown of the "All-TIME 100 Fashion Icons." A number of our favorites made that list – though there are a few notable absences.

The majority of the list is composed of Designers and Brands, Models and Photographers, but many celebrities who inspired the direction of fashion over the years were rounded up under the broad category of "Muse." There are classic muses like Josephine Baker, James Dean, Farrah Fawcett, Jean Harlow, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Bettie Page and Princess Diana, whose signature styles the public tried to emulate (and still do – walk around the Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg on a nice day and you are guaranteed to see feathered "Farrah" hair or short, blunt pinup-style bangs). Then there are the rockers: The Beatles, David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga and Madonna.

(First Lady Michelle Obama also made the list!)

The magazine goes in depth about Madonna's influence as a style icon, writing, "Embraced early as a fashion idol — especially for the young generation — Madonna never ceased to amaze, nor has she ever lost control of her look or her career. From bridal gowns to cone bras and from sexy menswear to Asian inspirations, anything Madonna touched was emulated by her legions of fans around the world."

Gaga is praised for being "as notorious for her outrageous style as she is for her pop hits."

We don't disagree with any of TIME's selections and understand they had a finite number of spots to fill, but, um, where are Beyonce and Taylor Swift – two modern stars whose off-stage style has had a direct impact on modern fashion? If you live outside of a major city, Swifts princess-meets-down home country chic style is about as ubiquitous as it gets. And while Gaga is of course a fashion icon, Swift (just as Madonna and MJ) actually impacts what people wear. just sayin.'

Do you agree with TIME's list? Let us know in the comments below.

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Lady Gaga Unfazed By South Korean Concert Age Restrictions

Posted 4/2/12 3:43 pm EST by in Lady Gaga, Tour Dates, Tweet Beat

Pop diva Lady Gaga is set to kick off her massive "Born This Way Ball" at Seoul, South Korea's Olympic Stadium later this month, but when she does, she'll be performing for an audience made up exclusively of adults.

The Korea Media Rating Board decided late last week to elevate the age rating for the concert from 12 to 18, prohibiting minors from seeing the show. The Board notified Gaga's tour promotion company and a sponsor of the change in age restrictions on Thursday but did not offer a reason why the show – which is still in rehearsals and has not been reviewed publicly – was considered unsuitable for children under 18.

While she seems hopeful that the South Korean government agency will reconsider before the April 27 concert, Gaga took to Twitter to thank for fans, particularly her adult supporters in South Korea, for speaking out on her behalf.

She also assured fans that the ban wasn't really impacting her ticket sales – the Wall Street Journal reports that just 1 percent of the 38,000 tickets sold prior to the rating change had been bought by teens – and offered words of support to parents who work hard to make sure the entertainment viewed by their children is appropriate.

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Rihanna Bests Lady Gaga To Become Most-Viewed Female Artist On YouTube

Posted 1/23/12 9:16 am EST by in Lady Gaga, Rihanna

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Well, she's just lining up records left and right, isn't she?

Pop princess Rihanna has now passed Lady Gaga in total number of YouTube views, making her the most-viewed female recording artist on the go-to video viewing network. Over the weekend, RiRi boasted 2,068,076,591 (yeah, that's billion with a capital "B") official views to Gaga's 2,044,728,691. Digital Journal reports Rihanna has been attracting over 3,000,000 views daily for most of the late fall and early winter on the strength of her singles from Talk That Talk, including an impressive 115.3 million views for her chart-topping smash "We Found Love."

Gaga, by comparison, has seen her YouTube dominance dwindle. Recent singles "You and I" (49.4 million) and "Marry the Night" (31.3 million) are far from her 2010-11 peak, when one-time record holder "Bad Romance" commanded a staggering 443 million views and songs like "Telephone" (132.1 million), "Alejandro" (162.5 million) and "Born This Way" (88.3 million) regularly tallied massive numbers.

Neither starlet, however, has been able to catch up to the young king of YouTube, Justin Bieber, who has 2,275,845,406 views.

Rihanna can add this latest achievement to her growing list of honors. Read More...

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Your Favorite Celebrity Couples, Top Red Carpet Moments And Biggest Splits Results

Posted 1/2/12 5:10 pm EST by in Britney Spears, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Newsroom Poll

Here in the MTV Newsroom, we rounded out our year with a look back at our favorite celebrity couples, best red carpet moments and biggest splits and asked you to let us know which stars topped your lists. Well, the results are in!

Nearly 30 thousand votes were cast in the Favorite Celebrity Couple of 2011 poll and it was a tight race between two pop stars that left everyone else in the dust. Britney Spears and Justin Bieber and their respective significant others, Jason Trawick and Selena Gomez, accounted for nearly 92 percent of the vote, leaving a scant 6.52 percent for RPatz and KStew, 1.43 for Jay and Beyonce and a measly 0.7 percent for Wiz Kalifa and Amber Rose.

So who took it? Well, Biebs and Selena scored 41.76 percent of the vote leaving recent birthday girl Britney Spears and new fiance Jason Trawick with a winning 50.22 percent.

As for Biggest Celebrity Breakup and Biggest Red Carpet Moment … well, read on for all the facts and figures. Read More...

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Adele, Lady Gaga And Michael Buble Help Increase Album Sales For The First Time Since 2004

Posted 12/29/11 1:59 pm EST by in Adele, Lady Gaga, Music

By Zachary Swickey

It’s been no secret that the music industry has been on a sharp decline over the last decade - or at least album sales have. With the emergence of Napster in the ‘90s and the eventual widespread acceptance of purchasing music online, the industry has had a tough time keeping up with these new trends and combating piracy, but things are looking up.

While there’s still a week of reporting left for Soundscan – the company that counts the amount of albums sold – 2011 appears to be the first year boasting an increase in overall album sales since 2004. Granted, the increase is only 1 percent, but that’s coming off 2010, when sales were down 13 percent and the years prior when sales dropped an average of 8 percent regularly year-over-year.

Who does the industry owe a big ups to for this achievement? Well, it’s a no-brainer that Adele’s 21, the best-selling album since Usher’s 2004 effort Confessions, with 5.68 million units moved so far, is the biggest reason - an achievement made all the more impressive considering she had to axe her stateside tour (twice!) due to vocal problems.

Of course, classic crooner Michael Buble has seen his Christmas album move a half milli a week this entire month. Christmas is Buble’s third number one album, and with 2.43 million sold, it’s the second best selling of the year behind Adele – overtaking Lady Gaga’s Born This Way within the last week.

Gaga’s numbers are nothing to scoff at with Born This Way going solidly double platinum this year. Amazon’s 99-cent firesale of her new album during its first week of release helped Gaga to a million-unit debut, but the controversy stemming from the sale also caused Billboard and Soundscan to readjust the rules for charting albums – full-length releases priced below $3.49 no longer count. Read More...

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