Posted by Adam

Tuesday February 2, 2010

LADY Gaga “cried” because she was so overwhelmed at singing with Sir Elton John.

The 23-year-old singer was so happy the pair got to perform a spectacularly extravagant duet — seated either side of a giant piano which sprouted hands — at the Grammy Awards on Sunday she was forced to make an emergency visit to her make-up artist shortly before she was due on stage.

“I’m just so happy, I can’t say enough and Elton was so amazing and the performance was really truly magical,” said GaGa. “I had been fantasising about this performance piece for a while and we got to do it… and I’m just really truly floored.

“I ruined all of my make-up right before the show. Crying… I was just so happy.”

The Bad Romance hitmaker picked up two awards at the event — Best Electronic/Dance Album for The Fame and Best Electronica/Dance Song for Poker Face – and dedicated her wins to her legion of fans.

“This is not an award for me, it’s for my fans,” she said. “And I love my fans so much. And I wanted them to know that they should believe in themselves.

“And I wanted to be everything that they hoped I would be tonight, and that’s what we got to do.”

Previous reports claimed Elton had a bit of tantrum ahead of his performance with GaGa.

The Rocket Man singer is said have lashed out at the people working the autocue because of their spelling.

“Lady Gaga and Elton were seated at a double-sided piano that has arms sprouting from its lid,” a source told Britain’s Daily Mirror newspaper.

“They got into place with Gaga wearing these huge wings — and then Elton just started ranting and ordered everyone out. When he gets angry he’s not to be messed with.”

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