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.

Gaga is scheduled to perform at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 31, where she is nominated in five categories, including Song and Record of the Year for “Poker Face” and Album of the Year for The Fame.

According to her current slate of tour dates, Gaga is scheduled to appear at New Jersey’s Borgata Casino tomorrow night, January 16th. She has gigs the following two nights, in Wallingford and Uncasville, Connecticut, respectively, before she has a one-day break in her schedule. After that, she is set to play four high-profile shows at New York’s Radio City Music Hall on January 20th, 21st and 23rd and 24th. After the Manhattan shows, Gaga’s next tour date is February 18th in England, where she launches a nearly three-month international tour. UPDATE: According to MTV News, Lady Gaga’s shows on the 16th and 17th have been canceled and the gig on the 18th was postponed; only her New York dates — and the rescheduled Purdue show — remain on her schedule, per Pollstar. Live Nation will issue full refunds for the canceled performances.

On her Twitter, Lady Gaga informed fans that she was devastated to have missed a performance. “An hour before the show, I was feeling dizzy and having trouble breathing,” she wrote, adding that paramedics diagnosed her with an irregular heartbeat as a result of exhaustion. “Can’t apologize enough for how sorry I am,” she added, explaining that her stage set has moving parts that could have proved dangerous had she passed out onstage. “I could hear my fans cheering from my dressing room, I begged everyone to let me go onstage. … I hope you can forgive me. I love my little monsters more than anything, you are everything to me.”

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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.

While the musicians had been approved for the trip, approximately 150 patrons and sponsors who paid $10,000 each will not be allowed into the country. Without this support, the orchestra will be unable to play.

Representatives of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra say they still hope to play in Cuba at a later date.

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