{"id":2362540,"date":"2026-04-07T14:34:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2362540"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:34:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:34:24","slug":"lady-gaga-cancels-show-in-montreal-after-respiratory-infection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/lady-gaga-cancels-show-in-montreal-after-respiratory-infection\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Gaga cancels show in Montreal after respiratory infection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><story-emphasis util-module-path=\"elements\/story\" section=\"entertainment\" link=\"\/entertainment\"\/><\/p>\n<hr class=\"colorbar section-entertainment\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"display-5 subhead spacer-small\">Lady Gaga canceled her Montreal Mayhem Ball Tour show due to an upper respiratory infection, as advised by her doctor.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"87570557007\" title=\"See Lady Gaga wax figure debuts at Madame Tussauds\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/12\/02\/USAT\/87570610007-trnd-newest-lady-gaga-wax-figure-thumb.jpg?crop=1919,1079,x0,y0\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>See Lady Gaga wax figure debuts at Madame Tussauds<\/p>\n<p>Madame Tussauds Las Vegas unveils a new Lady Gaga wax figure inspired by her Jazz &amp; Piano residency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/entertainment\/music\/lady-gaga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lady Gaga<\/a> is recovering at the urging of her doctor.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>The pop star took to social media to apologize to Montreal fans as she canceled what would have been her third and final <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/07\/17\/lady-gaga-setlist-mayhem-ball-tour\/85246282007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mayhem Ball Tour<\/a> show in Quebec. She wrote on her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ladygaga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> stories Monday, April 6, &#8220;My doctor has strongly advised me not to perform today and to be honest I don&#8217;t think I could give you the quality of a performance today that you deserve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Dead Dance&#8221; singer, 40, said she contracted an upper respiratory infection a few days prior, and while she was &#8220;doing everything I can to rest and recover,&#8221; it has &#8220;gotten worse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"88221052007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Lady Gaga setlist: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/07\/17\/lady-gaga-setlist-mayhem-ball-tour\/85246282007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">All the songs setting her Mayhem Ball tour on fire<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know how deeply disappointing this is, and I truly could not feel worse about letting you down,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;I&#8217;m so sorry to everyone who made plans to be there and support me. To everyone who was coming tonight, I\u2019m absolutely heartbroken and so sorry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Grammy winner played two shows in Montreal on Thursday, April 2, and Friday, April 3. Gaga has been on tour since July, with over 80 dates volleying across North America, Europe, Australia and Japan. The singer previously <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/09\/04\/lady-gaga-canceled-show-concert\/85969315007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">postponed a Miami concert due to vocal strain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"85279281007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>She said at the time that a performance would have posed a &#8220;significant risk&#8221; and that while it was a &#8220;hard and agonizing decision,&#8221; she &#8220;would be more afraid of the long term implications on my voice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I tried so hard to avoid this,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I take serious care of myself to be able to put on this highly demanding show.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Lady Gaga thrills <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/07\/17\/lady-gaga-mayhem-ball-tour-review\/85246056007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">at theatrical Mayhem Ball tour kickoff: Review<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"73132214007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The award-winning tour is currently set to return to the U.S. on Thursday, April 9, and Friday, April 10, with back-to-back shows in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and a final concert April 13 at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n<p>The Mayhem Ball Tour <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/07\/17\/lady-gaga-mayhem-ball-tour-review\/85246056007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has been praised<\/a> for its theatricality, production design, choreography and Gaga&#8217;s vocal performance, in her highest-grossing tour to date. The tour was also the highest-grossing pop tour by a female artist and the second-highest overall in 2025.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/><lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2026-04-07 12:17:24.935207414 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2026-04-07 12:56:42.128917177 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usatoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lady Gaga canceled her Montreal Mayhem Ball Tour show due to an upper respiratory infection, as advised by her doctor. 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