Lady Gaga Spends Her 26th Birthday Doing Spin in West Hollywood

1:57 PM PDT 3/30/2012 by Merle Ginsberg

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Some think of Lady Gaga as a party monster, but Mother Monster is actually a lot more work than play. She spent her 26th birthday on Thursday in a private class at SoulCycle in West Hollywood with her friends, which is a lot healthier than cake and champagne!

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As for the tunes Gaga asked instructor Janet Fitzgerald to play, the pop superstar requested Bruce Springsteen's "Thunder Road" off his 1975 album Born to Run. The choice was a surprising one as Gaga was not even born yet when the song originally came out.

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It would appear as though the diva of Born This Way was also born to spin -- it's clearly something she's very good at.