Lady Gaga Becomes First Female Performer To Headline Chicago's Wrigley Field @ARTISTdirect




Mon, 28 Aug 2017 11:50:05







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On Friday night, Lady Gaga brought her Joanne World Tour to Chicago's Wrigley Field. In doing so, Gaga became the first ever female performer to headline the world-famous ballpark.

To be fair, Wrigley Field has only been hosting music acts for the last 12 years of its long and storied existence, but still, that is way too long to go without a female headliner. Previous musical acts have included included Pearl Jam, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, and Green Day, so it's not as if the size of the venue was ever an issue.



Regardless of the history, Gaga made her performance worth the wait on Friday night, putting on an epic two-hour show featuring cuts from all her albums. She paused to acknowledge the moment before performing Born This Way's "Scheiße", telling the sell-out crowd, "Somebody told me tonight that I had the great honor of being the first woman ever to headline Wrigley Field. I feel so proud to stand here with so much dignity, but I have to say, I'm so sorry that you have not had a woman here for more than 100 years... How dare they? Welcome to the motherf***ing womb!"



Ever-aware of history, Lady Gaga then added, "But I'm so proud to be here, as I'm not the first female to be in here tonight. There were so many wonderful women who played baseball for us during World War II, and we are so very proud. So, thank you. I wrote this song for women and about women and for those of you who f***ing love women..."



Check out the night's entire setlist below:



Diamond Heart

A-Yo

Poker Face

Perfect Illusion

John Wayne

Scheiße

Alejandro

Just Dance

LoveGame

Telephone

Applause

Come to Mama

The Edge of Glory

Born This Way

Angel Down

Joanne

Bad Romance

The Cure



Encore:

Million Reasons





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—The ARTISTdirect Staff
08.28.17









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