WASHINGTON – After playing nearly 30 North American shows between July and September, traveling through Europe, Australia and Japan and returning foranother round of Mother Monstermagic in North America this year,Lady Gagahas mastered the Monster Ball.
Her wildly ambitious pop-opera ‒ the most gratifying concert in 2025according to, well, us‒ remains a stunning affair. It's a place where feather plumes and marching boots coexist easily, where the wild upper-body gyrations in theGrammy-winning"Abracadabra" and the swoony melody of "Die with a Smile" spotlight the glorious conundrum that is Gaga. Is she playing a character? Prompting us to contemplate the dualities of dark and light? Opening her soul as Stefani Germanotta?
Lady Gaga, who turns 40 on March 28, has made a few tweaks to the 2026 version of her Mayhem Ball, and continues to shuffle the latter half of the setlist. While she's still wrestling with the red-clad demon of her pastin a sandbox filled with kitty litterand ghouls during "Disease," blazing through the funky two-punch of "Killah" and "Zombieboy" with a subtle purple-lighting nod to Prince and imbuing "Million Reasons" with air-grasping drama, Gaga is also tossing in some lesser-known fan favorites.
The early 2026 addition of "The Dead Dance" was scuttled her after February run of shows in Los Angeles, but she's sometimes slipped in piano versions of "The Edge of Glory" or "Hair" and ended the night with casual singalongs to "Plastic Doll," "911" and "Sine from Above."
But regardless of song tempo or style, Gaga will remind you many times throughout the four-act (plus encore), 2 1/2-hour show, to put your paws up and scream.
And you will obey.
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Here are the songs Lady Gaga played at the Mayhem Ball at her March 24 stop in Washington, DC.The tour continuesthrough April.
Lady Gaga Mayhem Ball setlist
Bloody Mary
Abracadabra
Judas
Scheiße
Garden of Eden
Poker Face
Perfect Celebrity
Disease
Paparazzi
LoveGame
Alejandro
The Beast
Killah
Zombieboy
LoveDrug
Applause
Just Dance
Shadow of a Man
Kill for Love
Summerboy
Born This Way
Million Reasons
Shallow
Die With a Smile
Hair
Vanish Into You
Bad Romance
How Bad Do U Want Me
Sine from Above
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Lady Gaga setlist – Mayhem Ball tour songs