MIAMI, Fla. ā Descending from the air, Lady Gaga kicked off a pre-Super Bowl concert by mimicking her entrance to her Super Bowl halftime performance three years ago, which earned her raved reviews.
Headlining the big sports stage was a recurring theme of her Miami concert Saturday night, and the pop star sent a message to Sunday's featured performers: āI better hear no lip-syncing tomorrow!ā
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Gaga has denounced lip-syncing since the beginning of her career, which kicked off in 2008 with her multi-platinum album, āThe Fame.ā Moments after delivering the sharp comment as she sat by the piano, she told the audience: āI love you Miami. I love you J. Lo. I love you Shakira.ā
Gaga performed at the AT&T TV Super Saturday Night show at Meridian at Island Gardens. Toward the end of her show ā which closed with an epic perfomance of her Oscar- and Grammy-winning smash āShallowā ā she said she hoped Lopez and Shakira shine onstage.
āI wish so much love and so much luck to everyone thatās doing the halftime show, to both the teams that are playing each other in the Super Bowl,ā she said. āTheyāre all champions.ā
Teary-eyed, she thanked the audience for their support and for allowing her to perform at the halftime show in 2017.
āThank you so much for believing in me. I remember when I played the halftime show and it was one of the most special, beautiful things thatās ever happened to me. So, thank you,ā said Gaga, who also wowed audiences at the 2016 Super Bowl when she sang the national anthem. āAnd once again, all my love to everyone thatās performing and playing tomorrow. I hope they all feel as lucky as I do right now.ā
Gaga performed a two-hour set Saturday, changing three times during the performance, which she kicked off in a glittery bodysuit and flowy, blue hair. She ran through a number of hit songs, including āJust Dance,ā āPoker Face,ā āBorn This Way,ā āBad Romanceā and āTelephone.ā
Feverish fans cheered loudly at the standing-only concert, and one of them even threw a letter onstage, which Gaga read out loud.
āIn 2014 I fought for my life due to mental illness that stemmed from my own insecurities and life experiences. Without your radiant positivity and encouragement, I donāt know if I would have had the strength to continue to fight to recover my life back,ā Gaga read from the letter.
She invited the fan onstage and hugged her tightly.
Gaga said AT&T TV will donate $1 for every tweet using #SuperSaturdayNight to her Born This Way Foundation, which supports mental and emotional wellness.
āWe put mental health first aid into schools around the country and weāre going to continue to do that until we get it in every school. Itās a goal of mine,ā she said.
Gaga, who has openly talked about her struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder, went on to perform āMillion Reasons,ā saying: āI wrote this song because I was going through a rough time, and when life gave me a million reasons to want to give up, I just needed one good one to stick around.ā
āAnd I was lucky enough at the Super Bowl a couple years ago to sing this song and Iāll never forget it ā I was singing it and I looked out in the audience and I swear to God I saw my parents,ā she continued. āWhen I said, āHey Mom and Dad,ā at the Super Bowl, that wasnāt planned. I really saw them. I saw them among a sea of people and it was because I could feel their hearts, because if it wasnāt for my family Iād be nowhere. I love you, Mom and Dad. I love you, Natali, my sister.ā