Lady Gaga Will Perform “Die With a Smile” with Bruno Mars as a Surprise Guest at the Intuit Dome Opening
The Hollywood Reporter provides an inside look at the ceremonial opening ceremony of the Los Angeles Clippers’ new home in Inglewood, where celebrities, technical difficulties, and local leaders interacted.
The Intuit Dome, the newest $2 billion sports venue in Inglewood, will serve as the home of the Los Angeles Clippers. However, the doors were opened on Thursday night for an official inauguration that featured two music icons.
Bruno Mars, the headliner, christened the stage by attracting a capacity crowd for the first night of back-to-back concerts, accompanied by his band, the Hooligans. The electrifying two-hour concert concluded with two encores.
The first of these encores was a slam dunk by Lady Gaga, who stunned the audience by taking the stage at nearly 11:30 p.m. to perform their new duet, “Die With a Smile,” which was released at 9 p.m. PT after being announced on Thursday morning.
“How you feeling, L.A.?” asked Gaga as she was seated behind a keyboard with an oversize blonde wig, white tights, and a shiny, pink-and-white minidress. As the crowd went wild, Mars took the mic with an introduction: “Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for the icon, pop royalty, Lady Gaga. You guys are gonna be the first to hear us play this song live.”
The unexpected new single, “Die With a Smile,” was co-written by Mars, Gaga, D Mile, James Fauntleroy, and Andrew Watt. It was produced by Mars, Gaga, D Mile, and Watt. This performance represents the first new music from Mars since his collaboration with Anderson on the Silk Sonic duet.Paak and Gaga since Chromatica (and her more recent Rolling Stones collaboration). Additionally, a music video in the country manner was released on Thursday.
Intuit Dome Posted a video on X (Twitter):We can now die with a smile seeing @BrunoMars & @ladygaga live!
Upon concluding the performance, Gaga jogged across the stage in her stilettos to take a series of poses in front of each section of the sparkling new facility. Her fellow Super Bowl Halftime Show alumnus heightened the ovation.
Mars remained in the spotlight for “Uptown Funk” in what would be her final encore, after she departed down a flight of stairs and vanished into the darkness backstage.
Long before that though, the show saw Mars bring the funk by breezing through his biggest hits. He had 18,000 fans on their feet for practically the entire concert, which he billed as a history-making event to inaugurate Intuit Dome.
The setlist featured “24K Magic,” “Finesse,” “Treasure,” “Billionaire,” “That’s What I Like,” “Versace on the Floor,” “Marry You,” “Grenade,” “Talking to the Moon,” “Leave the Door Open,” “When I Was Your Man,” “Locked Out of Heaven” and “Just the Way You Are.”
Chrish Gardner posted a video on x with caption: Showtime! Intuit Dome is officially open for business now that Bruno Mars is on stage…with a little help from pyrotechnics and laser lights.
Local politicians and Intuit Dome officials knew Thursday was momentous for Inglewood and the Clippers. L.A. Clippers chairman (and Intuit Dome champion) Steve Ballmer, Halo Sports CEO Gillian Zucker, Mayor James T. Butts Jr., and Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi spoke during the ribbon-cutting ceremony before the performance. Ballmer exclaimed, “Damn, I’m fired up,” upon taking the stage. “I’m nervous tonight. I adore what we built, but you should too.”
After years of planning, they erected a $2 billion, 26-acre complex with cutting-edge technology and a double-sided “Halo Board” scoreboard screen that surrounds the arena.
Five basketball courts—a game court, two practice courts, one promo court, and one on the large outdoor plaza—a training facility, medical and player spaces, an indoor pool, and an 80,000-square-foot plaza with two bars, a restaurant, and a giant team shop are Murals, sculptures, and multimedia displays by local artists decorate the arena, which was made to resemble a net with a ball in the center. Glenn Kaino designed a ship with basketball hoops and backboards.
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