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Lady Gaga’s Secret Late-Night Performance at L.A.’s Belasco Was Bonkers — and One of the Best Things She’s Ever Done

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Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Can a set of show tunes and Great American Songbook standards, rendered with a healthy measure of respect and virtuosity, also be a punk-rock show?

Or at least something that kinda/ sorta feels like one? That basic question arose over the course of seeing Lady Gaga’s secret post-midnight performance at downtown L.A.’s movie-palace-turned-music-club, the Belasco.

There are surely a few performers out there who have a feel for both the classics of the Broadway/movie-musical era and raw-power rock ‘n’ roll.

They just don’t exist at anywhere near the superstar level, and even in a more niche world, they probably know better than to try to combine these extremely different ethos.

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