In a statement posted on Twitter, the pop star apologised to fans and said she was “devastated”, but needed to put “myself and my well-being” first.

The Grammy award-winning singer has fibromyalgia, a long-term condition which can cause pain all over the body.

Shows in London and Manchester are among those affected.

In the statement, it said the “tough decision” had been made on Friday night with “strong support from her medical team”.

Ticket holders can apply for a refund from 6 February, the statement added.
“I’m so devastated I don’t know how to describe it,” Lady Gaga, 31, wrote. “All I know is that if I don’t do this, I am not standing by the words or meaning of my music.”

The announcement comes after she started the UK leg of her tour at Birmingham Arena.

Watching one of those performances, BBC arts editor Will Gompertz noted “the physicality of her performance compromised her singing at times”.
The European leg of her Joanne World Tour had already been rescheduled due to her condition and followed a decision to pull out of a performance at Rock In Rio in Brazil in September, after she was hospitalised with “severe physical pain.”

The Born This Way singer was due to perform in Zurich, Cologne, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Paris and Berlin in the coming weeks.

At the end of last year, the star announced a two-year residency in Las Vegas, starting late in 2018.

Her fans – who call themselves monsters – have been sending her messages of support on social media.

But many are disappointed.

Alice Outten had bought tickets for a London show as a birthday treat.

“I have train tickets and hotels booked in London,” the 23-year-old from Llandudno said.

“I love Lady Gaga – she has been my idol for over 10 years, but this is just such a disappointment when I’ve been saving and saving to afford this trip and I was so excited.”

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The ‘Million Reasons’ hitmaker has been invited by the 34-year-old royal to talk through the ways they can pull together to make depression and other mind-related ailments “normalised”.

In a FaceTime chat for William’s charity Heads Together – which he runs with brother Prince William and his wife Duchess Catherine – he said: “It would be great if, when you’re over here, we could meet and have a chat about how much more we could do to tackle this.”

And the 31-year-old singer agreed to come down to London when she is in the UK later this year.

She said: “I would love that. We have to make the strongest, most relentless attempt we can to normalise mental health issues so that people feel they can come forward.”

The pair used the video conferencing app to discuss their plans to fight the stigma against mental health and how important it is for sufferers to talk about their problems with others.

In the clip shared on Kensington Palace’s Twitter account, Gaga – who has openly discussed her battle with depression over the years – said: “Hello Prince William!

I am so grateful to speak to you. I’m a very big fan of what you’ve done with Heads Together .. It reminded me how much my mental health changing changed my life.”

William replied: “Hello, Lady Gaga! Harry, Catherine and I felt this was an important area.

“Throughout all our charity work from veterans to homelessness, addiction, most of it seemed to to stem from mental health issues.”

It comes after Prince Harry opened up about almost having a “complete” breakdown when his mother Princess Diana died.

The 32-year-old royal was just 12 years old when he lost his parent in 1997 – after she was tragically killed in a car crash in Paris, France, at the age of 36 – and has admitted he “shut down all his emotions” as he grew up determined not to think about the loss.

He said: “I can safely say that losing my mum at the age of 12, and therefore shutting down all of my emotions for the last 20 years, has had a quite serious effect on not only my personal life but my work as well.

“I have probably been very close to a complete breakdown on numerous occasions when all sorts of grief and sort of lies and misconceptions and everything are coming to you from every angle.”

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In an Instagram post the singer said she’s “proud” of her looks and that “you should be proud of yours too”.

It’s after criticism of her stomach with some saying the 30-year-old “wasn’t fit enough”.

More than 100 million people watched the legendary half-time show in the US and around the world.

“I heard my body is a topic of conversation…” she begins, before urging fans to ignore criticism “no matter who you are or what you do”.

“I could give you a million reasons why you don’t need to cater to anyone or anything to succeed.

“Be you, and be relentlessly you. That’s the stuff of champions. thank you so much everyone for supporting me.”

The Super Bowl show is the most expensive TV programme in the US, with advertisers paying millions of pounds to secure 30-second spots for their commercials.

After performing at Houston’s NRG Stadium Lady Gaga joins an elite group which includes Beyonce, Coldplay and Katy Perry.

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