PopCrush.com – “I’m gonna kick your a—, New York,” is the first thing Lady Gaga says when she addresses her hometown, sold out crowd at Madison Square Garden during the middle of ‘Just Dance.’ Tonight was her highly anticipated, HBO special, dubbed ‘Lady Gaga Presents The Monster Ball Tour: Madison Square Garden.’

The Big Apple certainly had its a— handed to it during the course of the two-hour show. Gaga says that the Monster Ball is the greatest party on the planet — and she’s not exaggerating or engaging in a little hubris. If you’ve never had the pleasure of witnessing the Gaga experience live and in-the-flesh, this concert event does the trick and more: We saw black-and-white shots, backstage glimpses of costume changes, the crew holding water bottles with straws in them for Gaga to sip from, and the general chaos that goes along with putting a show on and keeping it on a schedule.