Lady Gaga called off her ‘Mayhem Ball’ tour concert in Miami last night (September 3) just before it was due to start, citing an “extremely strained” voice.
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The singer-songwriter was due to take to the stage for the third night at the Kaseya Center but during her vocal warm up, she found herself struggling to sing.
“Hi everyone I am really so so sorry but I need to postpone tonight’s show in Miami,” Gaga wrote in an all-caps message posted to her Instagram Stories. “During rehearsal last night (September 2) and my vocal warm up tonight my voice was extremely strained and both my [doctor] and vocal coach have advised me not to go on because of the risk it poses.”
She added: “I want to be hardcore and just push through this for you but I don’t want to risk long term or permanent damage on my vocal cords. There is a significant risk based on all our combined experience with a show like ours and as you know I sing live every night – and even though this was a hard and agonising decision I would be more afraid of the long term implications on my voice.
Lady Gaga postpones Miami ‘MAYHEM’ show on doctor’s orders due to vocal strain:
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“I hope you can forgive me and accept my sincerest apologies for any disappointment, let down, inconvenience. I am so so sorry. I tried so hard to avoid this. I take serious care of myself to be able to put on this highly demanding show. I love my fans so much, respect you and hope you can accept my sincere regretful apology.”
Gaga went on to say her team is “trying to reschedule the show as quickly as possible.” It is currently unclear if additional appearances will be affected including her show at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday (September 6).
She is also due to perform at this year’s MTV VMAs on Sunday (September 7), leading the nominations this year, with 12 nods to her name.
The North American leg of her 2025 ‘Mayhem Ball’ tour, kicked off in July. She is set to head to the UK later this month for four nights at London’s O2 and two dates at Manchester’s Co-op Live. Find any remaining tickets here (UK).
Meanwhile, Gaga also dropped her new single ‘The Dead Dance’ from Wednesday season two yesterday.
She portrays Rosaline Rotwood in the second half of the season, which arrived on Netflix on the same day, following a previous announcement that she’d be penning a new track for the series last week.
