They say in space that no-one can hear you scream, but can they hear you sing? We’ll soon find out, as the very first music performance in space has been set for lift-off.

No disrespect to Commander Chris Hadfield, the astronaut who delivered the first ever music video in space (a fitting tribute to David Bowie, no less), but it’s an internationally recognised pop star that’s taking the honours of being the first artist to deliver an outer space performance.

None other than Lady Gaga will perform a song amongst the stars, from aboard a Virgin Galactic shuttle trip set to blast off in early 2015.

As if that wasn’t enough to have Madonna grinding her teeth in envy, Gaga’s orbiting performance will be simultaneously beamed down to a music festival, as US Magazine reports.

Attendees of the Zero G Colony festival in New Mexico, which fittingly claims to be ‘out of this world’, will receive the Gaga transmission at Spaceport America at dawn on the third and final day of the event.

There’s no details on what the woman born Stefani Germanotta plans to perform, new single ‘Venus’ – taken from Gaga’s new album ARTPOP – would be fitting, or maybe a few simple bars of ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ will suffice.


Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic will be the vessel to transport the Fame Monster to zero g stardom, but she’s not the first famous face to take up the $250,000 flight, with the rich and famous likes of Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie all wanting to take part in the first ‘public’ space missions.

A source tells US Magazine that the 27-year-old pop star will have to undergo vigorous training for the outer space performance, and “do a month of vocal training because of the atmosphere.” Adding that the starlet “has taken out a ridiculous life insurance policy,” just in case things go a little Alien-shaped.

Pint-sized Brooklyn femcee Azealia Banks was quick to add her commentary to the Space Gaga news; the beer-dodging, set-shortening perfomer telling her more than 350,000 followers on Twitter:


While grabbing headlines, Lady Gaga’s space trip isn’t the first time that music has gone interstellar. The aforementioned Commander Chris Hadfield filmed the first ever music video in space earlier this year. As a parting gift before returning from his five-month off-planet mission, the 53-year-old astronaut recorded a visually stunning cover of David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’.

While Cmdr Hadfield was returning to Earth from the International Space Station, another musical ambassador was arriving in the form of electro-emo rockers 30 Seconds To Mars.

The Jared-Leto-fronted group’s ‘Up In the Air’ single was launched into space, placed inside the Falcon 9 rocket that launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida and headed for the ISS, with the Leto discussing the ‘bucket list’ moment in a Tone Deaf video interview earlier this year.

Additionally, Mars has already been treated to a soundtrack of The Doors and Anthrax, with NASA last year revealing the ‘wake up’ mixtape that got the Mars Curiosity rover robert started each day, along with selections from The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, and Ol’ Blue Eyes, Frank Sinatra.

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