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LADY GAGA'S BLOODY CONTROVERSY

Lady Gaga smeared with blood during the controversial scene in her Monster Ball concert (Snapper Images)

As the "Paparazzi" singer faked a murder scene complete with gushing blood daubed on her chest and arms and pretended to be murdered and eaten by a psychotic killer, some members of the audience were visibly shaken.
Only hours before Gaga's concert, a taxi driver had gone on a rampage in Cumbria, in the north west of England. He killed twelve people and then himself.
The appalling killing of three prostitutes in nearby Bradford was also still fresh in the minds of many.
A mother who had taken her 14 year old daughter to the show told Daily Mail "I was absolutely sickened at what I saw. We know Lady Gaga is not exactly mainstream performance for all the family but she really crossed the line this time.
"The scene may have been part of her show but it could have been toned down give the violent events of Bradford and Cumbria."
She added "It was extremely tasteless to see her pretend to be attacked in such a gory way - especially in front of young children.

Lady Gaga during her Monster Ball show in London (Matt Kent/WireImage.com)

"What happened in Bradford is very fresh in people's minds and given all the violence which happened in Cumbria just hours earlier, pop stars should be more a lot more sensitive and not be featuring scenes of murder in their shows."
"Several of us were aghast when Lady Gaga appeared to be covered in blood. There were lot of the kids there who were sickened too. Many had their hands over their mouths in shock."
Lynn Costello from Mothers Against Violence said: "I wouldn't let any child of mine go to see Lady Gaga - I think she's tasteless anyway and this scene appears to back what I believe."
"We're always saying, people who are icons to young people need to be aware of their behavior and they need to think about how their behavior influences young people. Would she have sold less tickets without that scene in her show?"

"They're role models, they need to take responsibility. It's tasteless. Murder is disturbing image to impose on young people. Something like this is tasteless at any time but so soon after what happened in Bradford and Cumbria it also shows a total lack of sensitivity to the families of the victims. These people seem more concerned with selling tickets."
Gaga has performed this routine numerous times during her tour and last year at the MTV Video Music Awards she made a controversial appearance on stage with fake blood dripping from her chest before she collapsed into a heap.
Lady Gaga is due to finish the UK leg of her tour in Sheffield tonight. She then takes a break before continuing on with her Monster Ball in Europe and the US till April 2011.