“So I tailored my music to be that way, to get noticed, to be able to travel more and play more shows,” said the 28-year-old artist known to many as much for startling costumes - like a robe made of meat - as for her innovative music and stage shows.īut swathed in blue velvet with a two-metre (six-foot) train, Lady Gaga this week was more 50s Hollywood star than queen of MTV in 2014 - although still easily young enough to be Bennett’s grand-daughter.
“When I began writing music for the music industry, I became known as the quirky girl from downtown New York,” she told a news conference at the 15th-century city hall. If you havent picked up a copy yet, get it now at. “Cheek to Cheek”, on sale on Tuesday after a launch concert in the ornate Renaissance setting of the Grand-Place in Brussels, features jazz standards by Cole Porter, Duke Ellington and others a distant world away from Lady Gaga’s 21st century. Lady Gaga is just one of the 17 amazing artists featured on Duets II. Afterwards, drop a comment with your full review of One Last Time.BRUSSELS, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett, bridging a 60-year age gap to form one of music’s unlikeliest pairs, launched a jazz album on Monday that lets the pop diva put aside her wacky image to sing sweet harmonies with the elder statesman of cool. His family first went public with his diagnosis in February, and a revealing 60 Minutes segment followed in October (which you can view here).Ĭlick on the attached listicle to watch (or rewatch) select performances, then vote in our poll and tell us which songs touched you most.
Gaga kicked things off with a four-song set, beginning with “Luck Be a Lady.” That was followed by “Orange Colored Sky,” “Let’s Do It” and “New York, New York.”īennett came out next, performing “Watch What Happens,” “Steppin’ Out With My Baby” and “Fly Me to the Moon.” He was also accompanied by Gaga on three songs - “The Lady Is a Tramp,” “Love for Sale” and “Anything Goes” - before he closed things out with “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.”īennett and Gaga first collaborated on Bennett’s 2011 release Duets II, before they put out two complete albums together: 2014’s Cheek to Cheek (which took home a Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album in 2015) and 2021’s Love for Sale (which recently netted six Grammy noms).īennett, now 95, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease in 2017.
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