By Hassan Sanusi
Lady Gaga will turn on the Christmas lights at New York’s Rockefeller Center.
The ‘Bad Romance’ hit maker will join a number of other stars, including Tony Bennett – with whom she recently recorded an album titled Cheek to Cheek – to perform at the switching on of the festive lights at the iconic building in New York City on December 3.
She wrote on Twitter: ‘Doing the Tree Lighting w/Tony as my friend & collaborator is an unimaginable early xmas present. I’m the luckiest NY girl there ever was (sic).’
The 28-year-old star – who was born and raised in New York’s Manhattan – confessed she is looking forward to the special performance, as it’s something she’s dreamed of doing ever since she was a child.
She said: ‘It’s been my dream since I was a little NY baby to sing at the Rockefeller Christmas Tree Lighting. Every year I wanted to go with hot coco. (sic)’
Replying to a message posted by a US news outlet revealing she is to ‘light up Rockefeller’, she added: ‘Can’t wait to sing with @itstonybennett (sic).’
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is seen as a worldwide symbol of the holiday season in New York and its lighting for the first time this year will be marked by a number of live performances before it is turned off onJanuary 7 next year.
Meanwhile, Gaga recently admitted to drinking whiskey to relax around Tony when she first began working with the jazz legend on their album.
She previously: ‘The second we were in the studio together, it was so magical. We were bouncing improvisation off each other and we were laughing. I was keeping a whiskey under my stool because I was very nervous to be around him.’
