iHeartRadio Music Festival

The iHeartRadio Music Festival is the largest live music event in radio history held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

September 24, 2011[]

The night featured acts from several artists, including Jay-Z, Usher, Bruno Mars, Jennifer Lopez, Nicki Minaj, and Lady Gaga. There was a special stage built specifically for Gaga's performance. Justin Timberlake introduced Lady Gaga.
Gaga named this performance a "Surrogate Monster Ball" referencing the tour's arrangements of the songs from the setlist. Despite going over her allotted 45 minutes of performance time, Gaga joked with the crowd about her long sets: “They told me I was only allowed to play for 45 minutes. But I think you’re all pretty drunk so you probably don’t know what time it is do you?”

Setlist

1. "Scheiße" (Intro)
2. "Judas"
3. "Bad Romance"
4. "Just Dance" / "LoveGame" / "Poker Face"
5. "Hair" (acoustic)
6. "Yoü and I" (acoustic)
7. Hooker Film ("Government Hooker")
8. "Alejandro" / "Telephone" / "Paparazzi"
9. "Stand By Me" (with Sting)
10. "King of Pain" (with Sting)
11. "The Edge of Glory"
12. "Born This Way"
13. "Heavy Metal Lover" (Outro)

Notes

• Gaga performed a shorter version of "Scheiße".
• "Judas" incorporated the DJ White Shadow Remix at the end of the song. That arrangement was eventually used for the Born This Way Ball Tour and the Enigma residency shows.
• Gaga used her keytar from the "Money Honey" performance of The Monster Ball: Arena Version during "Just Dance"
• "Just Dance", "LoveGame", "Poker Face" were performed in a short version (each song lasted around 2 minutes) in a form of medley.
• It's one of the few performances where Gaga never used a Disco Stick during LoveGame (the first being was her performance for Saturday Night Live, the later dates of the Born This Way Ball, the Enigma residency shows and eventually the Chromatica Ball Tour.
• It's the final gig to feature both the Monster Ball arrangements of "LoveGame" and "Poker Face". They were however shortened exclusively for the medley.
• During "Hair", Gaga spoke a couple lines during the song.
  • "Bullying is for losers."
  • "Put your hands up for Jamey."
• "Alejandro" , "Telephone", "Paparazzi" were performed as a medley with a short version of each song.
• The Bad Romance backdrop was the same backdrop from both Monster Ball versions.
• The rendition of "Born This Way" was the same one that was performed at the 53rd Grammy Award Ceremony which the Piano has an Organ preset installed.
• The outro was the studio track of "Heavy Metal Lover".

Jamey Rodemeyer tribute[]

Before Gaga started performing "Hair", she gave a short speech and had a few lines projected onto the main video screen.

• On September 18th Jamey ended his life
• He was only 14 years old
• @ladygaga: bye mother monster, thank you for all you have done, paws up forever
• 09.19.2011 - RIP Jamey

After the lines, a photo of Jamey was shown from his "It's Get Better" video.
During the song, Gaga mentioned Jamey's name.

"I've had enough, enough, enough, this is my prayer, Jamey, I swear, I'm as free as my hair."

"I've had enough, Jamey you're not a freak."

Crew and fashion[]

• Drums – George McCurdy
• Guitars – Kareem Devlin, Ricky Tillo
• Dancers: Molly d'Amour-Goslin, Amanda Balen, Bethany Strong, Mark Kanemura, Jeremy Hudson, Richard Jackson, Asiel Hardison, Victor Rojas

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1. Lady Gaga wears a coat and a hat by Chris March customized by Perry Meek, boots by Ellie, jewelry by Kenneth Jay Lane, and sunglasses by General.
2. Lady Gaga wears a custom bodysuit by Perry Meek in collaboration with Izquierdo Studio.
3. Lady Gaga wears a custom outfit by Versace, and a custom jacket by Tom Tom Fashions.

Stage equipment[]