Lady Gaga Postpones European Tour Dates, Citing Chronic Pain<br />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<br />that “trauma and chronic pain” would keep her from performing there until early 2018.<br />On Thursday, Lady Gaga had canceled a Friday appearance at the Rock in Rio festival in Brazil, saying<br />that she was in “severe pain” and in the care of “the very best doctors.”<br />The European concerts were scheduled to begin Thursday in Barcelona and run through Oct. 28 in Germany.<br />Reviewing that show for , Jon Caramanica wrote that the juxtaposition of her biggest pop hits with material from<br />“Joanne,” her latest album — including the title track, performed on acoustic guitar — could prove disorienting.<br />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.<br />“Lady Gaga finds herself in tugs of war with herself — sincerity versus artifice, extravagance versus asceticism,” he wrote.
