Rihanna rocks celeb-studded NBA All-Star game (omg!)

Singer Rihanna performs during half-time of the NBA All-Star basketball game in Los Angeles, February 20, 2011. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL ENTERTAINMENT)Associated Press

LOS ANGELES - With a celebrity-studded crowd looking on, Rihanna rocked the halftime show at the NBA All-Star game on her 23rd birthday.

She had some other big names helping her sing her hits Sunday, with Drake joining in on "What's My Name?" and working "happy birthday" into the lyrics. Dripping in gold chains, a red-clad Kanye West came out for "All of the Lights."

At halftime, the lights inside Staples Center went out and the video screens filled with water droplets, setting the stage for Rihanna to emerge from behind a wall singing "Umbrella."

While it was a working day for Rihanna, her fellow music stars relaxed in their seats while watching the 60th annual All-Star game.

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Lady Gaga Rocks Fans With Monster Ball Performance

Mother Monster might have been the one on stage Saturday night (February 19) belting out numbers at the top of her lungs, but it was the Little Monsters in the audience who reached impossibly loud volumes for their hero, Lady Gaga.

And they did it outside the arena.

"I swear it was the best show I've ever gone to!" a fan screamed to MTV News outside of Boardwalk Hall arena in Atlantic City, where Gaga had just finished her Monster Ball performance. "I was waiting for it!"

"I loved it!" fan Sandy Kutsu gushed at alarming decibels. "It was my second time!"

Generally sticking to her Monster Ball format, Gaga nevertheless had some new tricks and treats in store for her appreciative audience, including a performance of "Born This Way" ("She did 'Born This Way'!" a fan exclaimed!) during a second encore, just one day after the single was named the fastest-selling single in the history of iTunes.

"There was a little bit of new choreography, some new costuming. But other than that it was the Monster Ball we know and love," fan Stephanie Botton explained. "I was in tears at 'Born this Way.' It was absolutely great."

The biggest surprise, however, might have been Gaga's announcement during the show that she'd be back on tour next year with the "Born This Way Ball."

"How can one person do all that? I have no idea!" gushed fan Kaitlin Donahue.

For fans, the tour surely can't come quickly enough.

"She's changed my life," Botton said. "It was awesome!"

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