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Ever since her skyrocket to pop royalty, Lady Gaga has been living a whirlwind life – and it seems to finally have caught up with her. According to rollingstone.com, Gaga was supposed to play a concert in Indiana last Thursday, but cancelled at the last minute when she collapsed backstage.

After opening acts Semi Precious Weapons and Jason DeRulo performed at Purdue University’s Elliott Hall of Music, the crowd was told that “Lady Gag will not be able to take the stage this evening due to sudden illness.”

“Due to exhaustion and dehydration, Lady Gaga collapsed and passed out before her show tonight in West Lafayette, Indiana,” the pop singer’s publicist told Rolling Stone. “Her physician has advised her to take a few days off to rest.” It was not specified exactly how long Gaga will be off the stage, but the Indiana show has been rescheduled for Jan. 26.

Gaga’s shows on  the 16 in New Jersey and the 17 in Wallingford, Connecticut have been cancelled. Her Uncasville, Connecticut show on the 18 was postponed. However, her four-night gig at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, starting on Jan. 20 (tomorrow), are still said to be going ahead as planned.

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The New York Philharmonic Orchestra has had to cancel two concerts planned for Havana, Cuba on Oct. 30 and Nov. 2, due to American travel restrictions, reports CBC.

“This shows that the U.S. government is the only party responsible for the failure of this major cultural project,” said Alejandro Guma, vice-president of the Cuban Institute of Music. “This is a project, by the way, that was not conceived by Cuba, but by the American institution, and we imagine that at this point, the organization must be disappointed.”

U.S. President Barack Obama said he will not lift a trade and travel embargo against Cuba that has been in effect since 1961 unless there are democratic reforms put in place.

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