Colleen Martin (born December 23, 1975), known professionally as Lady Starlight, is an American DJ and musical performer. Based in New York City's Lower East Side, she is best known for her numerous collaborations with

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. Starlight released her debut extended play, ''Untitled'', in 2017. The following year, she released her second extended play, ''Which One of Us Is Me?''. Besides her own performances, she also sometimes performs with Surgeon (Anthony Child).

Biography

Lady Starlight was born Colleen Martin on December 23, 1975, and was raised in

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. She moved to

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in 2001, at the age of 25.

Relationship with Lady Gaga

Lady Starlight is best known in relation to

, having met the performer during a Manhattan party. The two became good friends and Starlight helped Gaga in making the "elaborate onstage costumes" for which she is now known. The two hosted a weekly party entitled ''New York Street Revival and Trash Dance'', in which they performed songs from the

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and

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. Their "outrageous performances" included lighting hairspray cans on fire and

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. The two then performed in 2007 as ''Lady Gaga and the Starlight Revue'', "a surprise hit", where Starlight played 1970s glam and metal records between Gaga's pop songs.Classic Rock (online)
, April 16, 2012. The pair performed at the 2007

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music festival. Starlight has influenced Lady Gaga's career and her on-stage persona.

Discography

* ''Operator'' (2014) * ''Untitled'' (2017) * ''Which One of Us Is Me?'' (2018) *''W'' (2019) * ''3 Days From May'' (2020)

Concerts

Opening act *Dirty Showbiz Tour (

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) (2010) *

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(

) (2010–11) * Epitaph World Tour (

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) (2011–12) * Born This Way Ball (Lady Gaga) (2012–13) * Lady Gaga Live at Roseland Ballroom (Lady Gaga) (2014) * ArtRave: The Artpop Ball (Lady Gaga) (2014)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lady Starlight 1975 births Living people 21st-century American women composers 21st-century American singer-songwriters 21st-century American women singers American women singer-songwriters American women pop singers American women DJs American synth-pop musicians American women in electronic music Rock DJs Singers from New York City Fashion Institute of Technology alumni Singer-songwriters from New York (state) American electronic dance music DJs