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Lady Gaga performing at a free concert on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach on May 3.
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SINGAPORE – American pop star Lady Gaga lands in Singapore this week, fortified by the facade of a neoclassical opera house, a characteristically theatrical wardrobe and, if you have been paying attention to online chatter, some reheated nachos, apparently.
Of course, she does not actually have a warmed-over bowl of chips affixed to her person. The nachos, in this case, refer to her music. In particular, the songs from her latest album, Mayhem (2025), which will be on full blast when she takes the stage four times at the National Stadium
