popmusiclife: VIDEO: Lady Gaga launches Born This Way Ball tour in South Korea

Lady Gaga kicked off her Born This Way Ball tour in Seoul, South Korea Friday night.

MSN Malaysia reports Gaga wowed tens of thousands of fans at the opening show of her global tour with signature flamboyant outfits and a provocative performance.

The star dazzled some 50,000 fans at the Olympic stadium in Seoul, with the audience wearing paper bracelets reading "18 above" issued by organizers in response to Seoul’s anti-freedom of speech government banning under-18s attending.

Gaga rode onto the stage on horseback, wearing a glittering black bodysuit and an enormous black metal headpiece as screaming fans waved thousands of glowing sticks and chanted her name.

"I was told that your government decided that my shows should be 18 or over... So, I'll make sure it will be!" Lady Gaga shouted, to cheers from the crowd.

The show included throwing dancers and herself into a giant fake meat grinder and staging scenes of machine gun fire and simulated group and lesbian sex.

The pop superstar belted out more than 20 hits in a 100-minute show on a stage featuring a castle-shaped structure topped with an illuminated cross.

Lady Gaga
Olympic Stadium – Seoul, South Korea – April 27, 2012

• Highway Unicorn (Road to Love)
• Government Hooker
• Born This Way
• Bloody Mary
• Bad Romance
• Fashion of His Love / The Queen
• Just Dance
• LoveGame
• Telephone
• Judas
• Heavy Metal Lover
• Bad Kids
• Hair
• Yoü and I
• Electric Chapel
• Americano
• Poker Face
• Alejandro
• Paparazzi

Encore:
• Scheiße
• The Edge of Glory
• Marry the Night