Lady Gaga Cancels 10 Remaining Euro Dates, Citing Severe Pain

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Lady Gaga performs for all five living former U.S. Presidents during the One America Appeal benefit concert to aid hurricane survivors at Texas A&M’s Reed Arena Oct. 21.

Lady Gaga was forced to cancel the 10 remaining dates of her Joanne World Tour, due to “severe pain” that has left her unable to perform.

Lady Gaga, who has always been honest about her health, which is impaired by a condition known as Fibromyalgia. One of its symptoms is intense pain, and, with “strong support from her medical team, Lady Gaga made the tough decision to immediately come off the road,” according to a Live Nation statement.

“I’m so devastated I don’t know how to describe it. All I know is that if I don’t do this, I am not standing by the words or meaning of my music. My medical team is supporting the decision for me to recover at home. We’re canceling the last 10 shows of my Joanne World Tour. I love this show more than anything, and I love you, but this is beyond my control,” she wrote on her socials, promising to make up the lost dates in the future.

The same condition had forced Lady Gaga to postpone the start of the tour’s European leg from September to January, where it kicked off in Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi.

The remaining dates included two nights at The O2 London, one at Manchester Arena, Hallen Stadion Zurich, Switzerland, Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany, Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden, Royal Arena Copenhagen in Denmark, two nights at AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France, closing at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany. She finished eight dates of the now-canceled European leg.

Live Nation informed ticket buyers that they could claim a refund at their respective points of purchase, beginning Feb. 6. Lady Gaga is currently ranked fourth on Pollstar’s Global Concert Pulse, with an average gross of $1.7 million and an average of 14,830 tickets sold per city. 

The “Gaga: Five Foot Two” documentary chronicles her rise to Super Bowl Halftime performer and also provides a candid look into her battle with the painful syndrome.

Gaga still had one of the top tours of the year, No. 7 in North America with $85.7 million grossed according to Pollstar’s Year End figures.

She also performed during the Grammy Awards Jan. 28 at Madison Square Garden, where, with Mark Ronson, she played a piano draped in giant wings, taking a stripped-down “Joanne” and “Million Reasons” into diva territory through sheer emotion, dedicating the performance to her late aunt.