Abracadabra! For her latest trick, Lady Gaga demonstrated for fans how to recover like a pro after a stumble, jumping right back up after slipping and falling in the middle of a Mayhem Ball concert in Las Vegas over the weekend.
As captured in videos from the performance, Gaga temporarily lost her balance while walking in the alleyway between her stage and the fans gathered on the floor of T-Mobile Arena. Just seconds prior, a cameraman filming her appeared to trip as well, and the Grammy winner helped him adjust the aim of his lens before continuing to walk.
Moments later, however, Gaga — wearing a hooded cloak while performing “Vanish Into You” — also dropped to the floor of the venue. But before you could blink, she jumped right back up to her feet and continued moving toward the Little Monsters waiting for her at the pit barricade.
Aside from the singer’s small slip, the Mayhem Ball tour has kicked off without a hitch. Gaga opened the trek July 16 in Vegas, playing a total of three shows at T-Mobile Arena. She’ll next make stops in San Fransisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and New York City.
The tour comes in support of Gaga’s critically acclaimed 2024 album, Mayhem, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The project was her seventh to reach the chart’s summit over the course of her career.
And though mid-show snafus are hardly ideal, Gaga is in good company when it comes to people who have taken a tumble in concert. Last year, Olivia Rodrigo kept plugging away after falling through a hole in her stage, while Madonna laughed it off after one of her dancers dropped her during a show. More recently, Beyoncé played it cool when her flying car prop stopped working during a Cowboy Carter stop in Houston, and Katy Perry persevered when her own levitating set piece malfunctioned in the middle of a number.
