Owners Alan Pierce and Gary Miller weren’t too enthusiastic about giving the so-called ‘next Madonna’ a slot to perform at The Round-Up Saloon back in summer 2008; Lady Gaga was far from the average act that excited their clientele. Nevertheless, Pierce and Miller gave Gaga a chance, and she played a few songs for the saloon’s patrons.
Two years later, the international superstar found herself back in Dallas as part of her world tour, and dropped by the saloon for a drink, fresh off the stage at the American Airlines Center. She still had the belt buckle the bar owners gave her back when she was an unknown aspiring artist. Though the majority of the crowd was far from her average fanbase, with their gray hair and cowboy boots, she (and her 15+ entourage) was still received warmly, and booked out the roof area to celebrate her whirlwind success with the bar’s regular’s that had supported her when she was just beginning.
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One over-eager fan even scaled the building to get to the roof to get Lady Gaga to autograph his arm. The other cowboys at Round-Up played it much cooler.
Alan Pierce told Thecount.com: ‘She was nice and wonderful now, as she was before she became a big star.’
