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Lady Gaga avoids queries on NDP song

INSPIRING CITY
'This is one of my favourite cities in the whole world... I was inspired by each and every city that I went to and the fans from each and every city. The album is about being yourself and loving who you are and being proud.'
Lady Gaga, in one of the few sentences she uttered during the brief media conference
-- ST PHOTO: RAJ NADARAJAN

AMERICAN pop star Lady Gaga pointedly evaded media queries about the changing of the lyrics to one of her songs for the National Day Parade (NDP) at a press conference yesterday.

At the ArtScience Museum, Marina Bay Sands, a reporter picked to ask the singer a question was gagged just as he was about to ask about the controversy over NDP organisers converting Bad Romance into the Fun Pack Song.

The emcee quickly interrupted the reporter and had his microphone taken away.

It was the first time the Singapore media had had a chance to meet the singer since it was revealed that NDP organisers had failed to get permission from Lady Gaga and her record company to change the lyrics of Bad Romance. The organisers had obtained the rights to perform the song in public but not the rights to change its words.

The chairman of the NDP show segment, Colonel Ong Tze-Ch'in, told the media on Wednesday that his team is working to secure the rights to change the lyrics.

Yesterday's press conference, which was attended by more than 100 representatives from the local and international media, appeared to be tightly controlled by Lady Gaga's management to avoid commenting on the issue.

Lady Gaga Day

Showbiz

A city in Taiwan declared on Sunday 'Lady Gaga Day' as the pop diva's first visit to the island sparked a frenzy among dedicated fans and local media. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

TAICHUNG - A CITY in Taiwan declared on Sunday 'Lady Gaga Day' as the pop diva's first visit to the island sparked a frenzy among dedicated fans and local media.

Lady Gaga, sporting a black and white wig, red trousers and a red dress with leopard-print sleeves, was given a key to Taichung city by the mayor at a ceremony attended by hundreds of enthusiastic supporters.

'On behalf of Taichung, I now declare today 'Lady Gaga Day'...which also belongs to all of her fans,' mayor Jason Hu said.

Earlier in the day, hundreds of her fans - known as 'Little Monsters' - defied summer heat to parade on the street dressed in costumes and wigs.

One man wore a raw pig's head, the TVBS cable news network reported, in apparent homage to an outfit made of raw meat that Lady Gaga wore to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards.

'My father is a butcher. I try to link Lady Gaga's creativity with my family's business,' he said. -- AFP

International pop diva Lady Gaga poses as she leaves a yoga studio in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, July 2, 2011. Gaga is in Taiwan for five days on a promotional tour for her new album 'Born This Way'. -- PHOTO: AP

Fans pose for media as they wait for international pop diva Lady Gaga to arrive at her hotel in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, July 1, 2011. Lady Gaga slipped into the hotel unbeknownst to the waiting crowd of fans. -- PHOTO: AP

Fans of international pop sensation Lady Gaga dresses in costume during 'Lady Gaga Day' parade before her evening mini concert in Taichung, Taiwan, Sunday, July 3, 2011. -- PHOTO: AP