I am in severe pain’: Lady Gaga hospitalized, cancels her Rock in Rio performance
The INSIDER Summary:
- Lady Gaga canceled her Friday performance at Brazil’s Rock in Rio festival.
- The singer was hospitalized due to her fibromyalgia.
- She suffers from chronic pain.
- Lady Gaga canceled her upcoming performance at Brazil’s Rock in Rio festival after being hospitalized.
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The 31-year-old announced the news on her Twitter account Thursday. She was scheduled to perform on Friday.
- Brazil, I’m devastated that I’m not well enough 2 come to Rock In Rio,” she wrote on Twitter. “I would do anything 4 u but I have to take care of my body right now.”
- I ask for your grace and understanding, and promise that I will come back and perform for you soon,” she wrote on a photo with an IV in her arm.
- I was taken to the hospital, it is not simply hip pain or wear and tear from the road, I am in severe pain,” she wrote. “But am in good hands w/the very best doctors. Please don’t forget my love for you. Remember years ago when I tattooed Rio on my neck, the tattoo was written by children in the favelas.”
- She suffers from chronic pain caused by fibromyalgia. The singer opened up about her struggles — which are documented in her upcoming Netflix documentary, “Gaga: Five Foot Two” — during the doc’s premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
- There’s an element and a very strong piece of me that believes pain is a microphone,” she said. “My pain does me no good unless I transform it into something that is. My pain really does me no good unless I transform it into something that is. I hope that people watching it that struggle with chronic pain know they are not alone.”
