American singer Lady Gaga returned to a massive audience for the first time in eight years to headline the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Friday night, dancing with model skeletons, fighting a dancer dressed as a monster and serving up a surprise encore.

It was Friday night at Coachella and Lady Gaga was about to tell the story of Mayhem - and give the performance of a lifetime. Over two hours and four acts, Gaga brought to life the inner battle between two sides of herself: lightness (an angelic,

Friday night's performance marked Lady Gaga's second time headlining Coachella, but in many ways it felt like her true first time.