Lady Gaga: Judas, Oprah, HBO and MORE...

The countdown is on! With just over 2 weeks left until the May 23rd release of Lady Gaga’s forthcoming album Born This Way, Mother Monster is kicking her cultural baptism into high gear. .

Yesterday marked the premiere of the EPIC new music video for “Judas,” which racked up over 1,000,000 views in its first few hours on VEVO.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/wagn8Wrmzuc

Gaga then appeared on Oprah, surprising the audience with an acoustic rendition of "Born This Way" and a performance of "You and I," the new ballad she lent to American Idol's Haley Reinhart, from atop - what else? - a giant high-heeled stiletto piano. No big deal. Watch the clip on Youtube here!

But the NOT-TO-BE-MISSED event of this week's monster media takeover is tomorrow night at 9pm when HBO airs the premiere of Lady Gaga Presents The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden.

Filmed at her show at Madison Square Garden on February 21st, the two-hour special switches between the concert and black-and-white footage of her arriving to the show, changing between sets and her off-stage remarks.

Lady Gaga's sold-out Monster Ball tour has been circling the globe since November 2009 and wraps up today in Mexico City after 201 phenomenal concerts worldwide.

Visit HBO.com for more on the premiere.

Coming up:

Gaga is slated to perform on Saturday Night Live on 5/21, American Idol on 5/25, and Good Morning America where she will kick off the Summer Concert Series on 5/27, plus some big surprises. Stay tuned...