Still-Bitter Lady Gaga Redeemed at Lollapalooza

By PopEater Staff Posted Aug 7th 2010 09:03PM

Three years after bombing at her first Lollapalooza, Lady Gaga returned to Chicago on Friday night and proceeded to remind all those skeptics why she's the superstar she is.

"My name is Lady Gaga. I thank you for coming to my show. I didn't used to be brave. In fact I wasn't very brave at all," she told the crush of fans. "But you have made me brave, little monsters. So now I'm going to be brave for you. Tonight, I want you to free yourself."

Clip From 2007 Show

The 'Bad Romance' singer donned her usual series of artsy-huh? outfits, including a black jacket with sky-high shoulder pads, as well as a red cape, and later a transparent dress. She played all the hits, and hearkened back on the 2007 show, saying that setlist contained "a lot of the same songs you all are enjoying right now."

Earlier in the day, Gaga made an on-stage appearance at the Semi Precious Weapons show where she took a therapeutic stage dive. To the delight of fans, she was wearing a fishnet-pasties-and-granny-underwear ensemble.

At Lady Gaga's first appearance at the festival, she was relegated to a side stage and footage of the performance shows a sparse and disinterested crowd as she played keyboard in a bra and tiny black bottoms.

But things have changed, and the still-bitter-sounding Gaga commanded the thousands of screaming fans to forget anyone who had ever said they weren't pretty enough, or that "your Lollapalooza stage show was a (expletive) trainwreck. You're a (expletive) superstar. You were born that way!"

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Lady Gaga Snaps

CHICAGO - AUGUST 06: Lady Gaga jumps into the crowd during the performance of Semi Precious Weapons at Lollapalooza at Grant Park on August 6, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Roger Kisby/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Lady Gaga

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CooCoo for GaGa

CHICAGO - AUGUST 06: Lady Gaga and Justin Tranter of Semi Precious Weapons on stage during day one of Lollapalooza at Grant Park on August 6, 2010 in Chicago, United States. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Redferns) *** Local Caption *** Lady Gaga;Justin Tranter

CooCoo for GaGa

CHICAGO - AUGUST 06: Lady Gaga and Lady Starlight watch the performance of Semi Precious Weapons onstage at Lollapalooza at Grant Park on August 6, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Roger Kisby/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Lady Gaga;Lady Starlight

CooCoo for GaGa

CHICAGO - AUGUST 06: Lady Gaga videotapes the performance of Semi Precious Weapons onstage at Lollapalooza at Grant Park on August 6, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Roger Kisby/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Lady Gaga

CooCoo for GaGa

CHICAGO - AUGUST 06: Lady Gaga joins Semi Precious Weapons onstage at Lollapalooza at Grant Park on August 6, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Roger Kisby/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Lady Gaga

CooCoo for GaGa

CHICAGO - AUGUST 06: Lady Gaga watches the performance of Semi Precious Weapons onstage at Lollapalooza at Grant Park on August 6, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Roger Kisby/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Lady Gaga

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Saturday 07 August

By ace11

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good god..she is hot

By itemsellout

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very very good great

By king beada

hey ace , did you go to the stevie wonder school of beauty ??? this oinker looks like the "before" version of amy winehouse , but in your world , she would probably be the " queen of the trailer park ! STOP THE MOSQUE at the WTC site , wake up , america !!!!!

By Norma

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Who are you to tell people who they should think is hot? I don't think she's a looker either, but to each his own.

By mark

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Is Lady Gaga a man, or just a transvestite?

By lovetmd98

She's not a good looking woman....kinda mannish. She is talented, however, I am getting tired of all the theatrics and costumes. I guess that's her thing, but I'm moving on.

Sunday 08 August

By Mark

Try as she might might, I just don't have any interest in her and i think they are a large segment of people who feel the same. Desperately trying to be the new Madonna, But the difference is Madonna music was intersting and innovative. Gaga's music just sounds like bad euro techno pop ala Ace of base.

By mw

To bad they didn't drop her when she jumped into the crowd. LOL

By Skyler

What a talentless sleaze-bag!

By lormar1982

So I guess none of you like GaGa...You don't have to. You can like someone else. I think she's great!

By Ralph Zuccaro

I cant figure out who I like more , Lady GAGA or Nancy Pelosi-- I hope they switch jobs, they are about equal in brain power!!!!

By steve

And she is hop......skipping..............jumping all the way to the bank!!!! You go GaGa!!

By Joanna Casteel

i'm not crazy about lady gag gag.

By MB

TOO BAD THIS SKANK HAS NO TALENT

By jlyn

she looks alot like Gwen Stefani to me in this photo.

By worstnitemare

i'm 54 and i think she is great. she does her own thing and that's what music is all about. if you don't like it; it's really easy to take care of.....change the station. you people need to worry more about other things and let the music flow

By WILL

3Years from now she will be pulling a britany and shaving her head ( and her moustache)

By sam

gaga is great. if you dont like her, oh well. move on.

By pat ratchet

she's an artist, more than most who proclaim themselves to be,
and you have to make exceptions, in life to artists. you have to.
she's talented, she can write, can sing [FOR REAL, on key, not AUTOTUNED to {DE]Perfecttionn]...she can play instruments,
probably reads music, is an ambitious and charismatic live performer,...that's about 5 or 6 areas alone within just MUsic that she EXCELS....let alone her hugely prescient, aware, and yet insouciantly outrageous sense of media, hype, promotion,
but almost always on her terms. This chick's from NY. She's gonna be just fine.
The last artist who succeeded on their own terms in a similiar fashion, was Kurt Kobain.

By SayWhat?

But isn't Kurt Kobain DEAD?

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