BAKU, Azerbaijan — Fireworks lit up the night sky as Lady Gaga took center stage at a sparkling new stadium in the heart of the Azeri capital Friday night to belt out John Lennon’s “Imagine” from a grand piano decked with flowers. Lights dimmed as the crowd lifted mobile phones into the air, cheering and swaying in unison. Azerbaijan’s authoritarian president, Ilham Aliyev, looked on with pride. One line in the original was missing from Lady Gaga’s rendition: “No need for greed or hunger.”
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