Lady Gaga this week honored the reminiscence of her good friend and collaborator Tony Bennett with a transferring rendition of “Fly Me to the Moon” in her first show again at her Vegas residency since his death at 96 in July.
Addressing his widow Susan Benedetto, who was apparently in the viewers, Gaga stated, “Susan, everybody in this audience loves you so much,” in accordance to movies posted by viewers members on social media.
The 37-12 months-outdated stated she hadn’t been positive what to say about Bennett at the show — she final carried out her Lady Gaga: Jazz & Piano Las Vegas residency in May 2022 — “because this whole show was for Tony.”
“The opening number, the middle numbers, all the diamonds, all the musical instruments, all the conducting, all the improvisation was in his memory,” the “Paparazzi” singer, who was decked out in a shiny tuxedo and high hat, advised the viewers.
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Lady Gaga on Thursday honored Tony Bennett in her first Lad Vegas residency show since his July death at 96. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Park MGM Las Vegas/File)
She added that if she is aware of him properly, “he would be real mad at me for being sad. So, I couldn’t come out here and be sad.”
“I sung this song when he was alive,” she stated of “Fly Me to the Moon,” “and I’m going to sing it now even though he’s not. Because he’ll never be gone.”
Gaga then went right into a sultry model of Bennett’s hit accompanied by the piano, including to his widow, “Susan, this is for you.”
Lady Gaga sings at her Jazz & Piano Las Vegas residency Thursday. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Park MGM Las Vegas)
The “Just Dance” singer additionally left a heartfelt tribute on her Instagram quickly after Bennett handed away on July 21.
“I will miss my friend forever,” she wrote alongside a photograph of the two of them hugging. “I will miss singing with him, recording with him, talking with him, being on stage together. With Tony, I got to live my life in a time warp. Tony & I had this magical power. We transported ourselves to another era, modernized the music together, & gave it all new life as a singing duo. But it wasn’t an act. Our relationship was very real.”
Gaga first met Bennett in 2011 at a New York profit the place she sang the Nat King Cole tune “Orange Colored Sky.”
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They steadily carried out collectively and collaborated on two albums: “Cheek to Cheek” in 2014 and “Love for Sale” in 2021.
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Their closing performances collectively have been at two reveals at Radio City Music Hall in August 2021 celebrating Bennett’s ninety fifth birthday.
They have been Bennett’s final reveals. The legendary crooner had been recognized with Alzheimer’s illness in 2016, making it tough to proceed performing.
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett carried out collectively steadily after assembly in 2011. (Getty Images/File)
Gaga stated in her Instagram tribute, “Sure he taught me about music, about showbiz life, but he also showed me how to keep my spirits high and my head screwed on straight. ‘Straight ahead,’ he’d say. He was an optimist, he believed in quality work AND quality life. Plus, there was the gratitude…Tony was always grateful. He served in WWII, marched with Martin Luther King Jr., and sang jazz with the greatest singers and players in the world.”
She added that that they had a “very long and powerful goodbye” as his well being declined. “Though there were 5 decades between us, he was my friend. My real true friend. Our age difference didn’t matter — in fact, it gave us each something neither of us had with most people. We were from two different stages in life entirely — inspired.”
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