Fame Ball Tour

To promote the Fame album, Lady Gaga went for international concert tour. The Fame Ball Tour was organized in 2009 and this first’s concert tour by Lady Gaga helped promote her debut album The Fame. She began from North America from March and then followed by dates in Oceania and a solo trek through Europe. However, dates in Asia soon followed, as well as two performances at England's V Festival and two shows in North America that had been postponed from April.

On January 12, 2009, the official announcement about the Fame Ball Tour was given via Lady Gaga’s official MySpace page. According to Lady Gaga the tour was a traveling museum show that incorporates artist Andy Warhol’s pop-performance art concept. It has also been revealed that the tickets were distributed for charity. In fact, Lady Gaga also planned different versions of the show with little variations in order to accommodate many venues. The Fame Ball Tour by Lady Gaga was her first headlining tour. Before this he has served as opening act for New Kids on the Block’s New Kids on Block: Live tour which includes the Pussycat Doll’s world Domination Tour. Moreover, Lady Gaga even began planning for the show while on the tour with Pussycats.

The show comprises of four sections, with each section being followed a video interlude to the next segment, and it ended with an encore.  The track list comprised of songs from her album only. In the Fame Ball Tour show, Lady Gaga wore a new costume which was a dress completely made of bubbles and in that show she premiered an unreleased song known as “Future Love". However, the alternate set with little changes was performed for European dates. The show was critically appreciated and received positive reviews. Critics also complimented on her vocal clarity and fashion. More they also appreciated her ability to pull off theatrics like a professional artist.

According to Lady Gaga, the Fame Ball Tour was more like a traveling party. Although the track list mainly consisted of the songs from her album yet she also considered some new songs which include ‘Fashion’ from Confessions of a Shopaholic soundtrack. In an interview in May, she announced that the tour would continue through Europe festivals in summer. Even Gaga also revealed that she is planning for a bigger North American tour which also includes Canada.