Lady Gaga - artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball (Live at The O2 Arena, London | Full Show)

artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball was the fourth headlining concert tour by American singer Lady Gaga, serving as the support for her third studio album, ARTPOP (2013). The tour ran from May 4 to November 24, 2014, spanning 79 shows across Asia, Europe, North America, and Oceania. The routing specifically included cities where Gaga had been forced to cancel dates during her previous Born This Way Ball tour following a career-threatening hip injury. Prior to the global trek, Gaga had headlined a historic seven-day residency at the Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan, marking the final performances ever held at the iconic venue.


The artRAVE concept and title were derived from the immersive album release party of the same name. Departing from the rigid, monolithic structures of her previous tours, the stage resembled a cave-like environment featuring two main sections connected by elaborate, translucent lucite catwalks. These "Venus bridges" allowed the audience to move directly underneath the stage, creating a unique, interactive experience that brought the performer closer to the crowd. Gaga’s costumes were avant-garde and eclectic, featuring iconic designs such as the tentacle-adorned bodysuit, bejeweled wings, and a controversial marijuana-leaf necklace. The production utilized high-end lighting fixtures from Clay Paky, meticulously programmed to transform arenas into an immersive, multi-sensory rave. The tour received a generally positive response from critics, who praised Gaga’s vocal prowess and the show's high-energy atmosphere, though some noted the setlist felt disjointed due to the heavy focus on newer material.



artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball was produced by Live Nation and reached significant commercial milestones, grossing $81 million from over 999,000 tickets sold. Billboard ranked it as the ninth-highest-grossing tour of 2014. On November 24, 2014, the final show at the Bercy Arena in Paris was professionally filmed and live-streamed globally via Yahoo.



This video archives one of the shows during the UK run of the tour, more specifically the London shows which were categorized as highlights during the overall tour. London critics lauded the concerts for their sense of community, noting that the O2 had rarely been seen "so permanently on its feet." The shows became particularly famous for intimate fan-artist interactions; during these dates, Gaga famously invited a fan who had written a letter about their struggle with suicidal ideation onto the stage, where she performed an acoustic, stripped-back version of "Born This Way" in a deeply moving moment that remains a defining memory for the fanbase. These nights solidified the artRAVE as a "transitory show"—a bridge between the experimental pop of the ARTPOP era and the evolution of Gaga’s career into the vocal-focused performer she would become.

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