Gaga, who was being honored at an industry event in New York City today, told MTV News that the decision to kill the tour was a joint one and then quickly moved on to promoting her own agenda.

“Well, actually, it was a mutual decision to cancel the tour,” she explained to MTV. “But I’m not taking any time off, so I’ll be leaving just a week later than I was supposed to on my own solo tour.

“It will be the same places. So I will see you guys there. I’m putting out my re-release as well – The Fame Monster on Nov. 24.”

While details about who’ll make the trip with Lady G. are forthcoming, she told MTV that she’s junking all of the concepts created for her trek with Kanye.

“In respects to the creative work that [Kanye and I] did together, I won’t be doing any of the things that we designed for the tour,” she said. “It will be entirely new, and it will be just as amazing and memorable and epic.”

The news of a Gaga solo outing will come as little surprise to those who follow Laurieann Gibson of “Making the Band” fame. Gibson, who has been choreographing Gaga’s portion of the “Fame Kills” tour, asserted on Twitter that the tour had been canceled because of “creative differences” and dropped hints that the singer would be hitting the road alone.

Although the “creative differences” excuse is a convenient one, it’s highly likely the true reasons for the demise of the co-headliner are a lot more complicated.

Let’s look at the evidence and do a little speculating. First, when rumors of this joint venture first began to surface last spring, it was just after West showed up at Gaga’s show in L.A. and promptly began raving about her to anyone who would listen. Since Lady G was still very much on the way up at the time, being associated with a heavy-hitter like Kanye was nothing but a plus.

But as the summer wore on, Gaga’s star continued to grow brighter while West’s waned, a condition that was not improved by his behavior toward Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards last month.

Even though Gaga defended West’s actions somewhat and told MTV “he feels so f*#$ing bad,” there’s no question the volatile performer had become something of a liability. That point was driven home by the apparent decision to not formally announce the tour amid the furor over West’s actions. Instead promoter Live Nation waited until just over a week before tickets were due to go on sale.

Then there are the reports by TMZ that the entertainers’ camps were warring like the Montagues and the Capulets over details like the size of the venues on the tour, with Gaga unhappy about playing in spaces much larger than the clubs and theatres she prefers.

Another bone of contention was reportedly the ticket prices, which elicited howls of outrage from fans when they were revealed. Gaga has repeatedly made it clear that her sympathies lie with her audience, so it’s a safe bet that she was none too pleased to see general admission seats going for $125 and more at some venues.

In the end, the thing that probably drove the stake through the heart of the endeavor was that slayer of many a tour, ticket sales. Rolling Stone reports that hours after the presale began last week, there were still plenty of general admission seats available at New York’s Nassau Coliseum.

With Gaga growing more popular by the day, how could ticket sales be slow? Blame Kanye. And now that he would no longer necessarily be bringing in fans and would most likely – if comments on this site are any indication – be keeping them away, somebody somewhere in Lady G’s camp apparently decided to cut her losses.