Rah, rah, ah, ah, ahh. Gaga, KO-RE-AHHHH!!

On Friday I saw Lady Gaga kick off her Born This Way world tour right here in Seoul. And I jolly well loved every minute of it!

First night of Lady Gaga's Born This Way Ball
Seoul Olympic Park Stadium, South Korea
27th April 2012

One of the best things about it was that I bought the tickets just a week before! Amazing! Especially since the UK dates sold out so quickly. 60 seconds?! Come on England, seriously?! And another great thing was how cheap the tickets were compared to how much they would have been at home. They were just £30 compared to the £70 price tag in the UK. 

But when Ruth and I arrived, it soon became clear why the tickets were in fact so cheap! They were soooooo far away from the stage!! The concert was at Olympic Park Stadium which, in my opinion, was a very bad choice of venue and kinda puts me off attending further concerts in similar settings. To add salt to the wound, there were only two tiny, weeny little screens right at the front next to the stage. They helped not one iota. As much use as a chocolate teapot! So unfortunately I didn't see any of her infamous costumes or highly anticipated raunchy shenanigans. We just about made out something seemingly sexual taking place on a motorbike. And that was through severely squinted eyes and an awful lot of concentration.

My favourite costume for my favourite song, Bad romance :) 

The infamous motorbike
(Don't be fooled! These pictures a re NOT mine! I couldn't see any of this! Lol! )

Although I barely saw a thing and I had to youtube the performances when I came home, (Hahaha! Was I even there?!) a great night was had! The atmosphere was great. I was surprised to see how much Koreans actually love her after all the controversy leading up to the concert, particularly among the Christian community and and their attempts to have the concert cancelled. And then the decision to make the concert +18 only. In to response to this, at the beginning of the concert, she declared, "Korea, your government decided that my concert should be for 18s and over... so I'll make sure it will be!" 

Our view....
hahahahahahaha

Getting into the spirit of things! Pink flashy bows! Yeeeeah!

The night was not free of 'haters' however. Upon arrival, as well as all the crazy fans dressed up like her which I was pleased to see, this being Korea and all, we saw protesters holding posters telling her to 'go home.' Then afterwards, on the way out of the stadium, we ran into a group of distressed looking Christian protesters frantically praying for us. But hey, we all survived her evil ways and lived to tell the tale! 

Why don't YOU go home and try finding a grip somewhere along the way?!

More my kind of people :)
Gaga Crazies! Fun times! 

Despite all this, her concert was the second highest attended concert in Korean history! Michael Jackson's concert being the first. Great night, Gaga! So glad I was part of such a spectacular show and on the first night right here in Seoul :)