Lady Gaga Postpones European Tour Dates, Citing Chronic Pain
Lady Gaga postponed the European leg of her “Joanne” tour three days before it was scheduled to start, announcing on Monday in an Instagram post
that “trauma and chronic pain” would keep her from performing there until early 2018.
On Thursday, Lady Gaga had canceled a Friday appearance at the Rock in Rio festival in Brazil, saying
that she was in “severe pain” and in the care of “the very best doctors.”
The European concerts were scheduled to begin Thursday in Barcelona and run through Oct. 28 in Germany.
Reviewing that show for , Jon Caramanica wrote that the juxtaposition of her biggest pop hits with material from
“Joanne,” her latest album — including the title track, performed on acoustic guitar — could prove disorienting.
A second North American leg of the tour, set to start Nov. 5 in Indianapolis, was expected to go on as scheduled, the statement said.
“Lady Gaga finds herself in tugs of war with herself — sincerity versus artifice, extravagance versus asceticism,” he wrote.