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Pop star Lady Gaga has cancelled four of her US concerts, citing exhaustion and dehydration.
The Grammy-nominated singer, one of the top-selling artists of the last two years with hits like Bad Romance and Poker Face, pulled out of a show in Indiana on Friday (NZT) and on Saturday postponed or cancelled shows on January 16-18 in Connecticut and Atlantic City.
"I've been crying for hours, I feel like I let my fans down 2nite," the 23 year-old singer wrote on social messaging site Twitter. "An hour before the (Indiana) show, I was feeling dizzy and having trouble breathing.
"Paramedics came to take care of me, and told me my heart-rate was irregular - a result of exhaustion and dehydration."
"I am so devastated. I have performed with the flu, a cold, strep throat: I would never cancel a show just based on discomfort," she added.
In a prerecorded appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Gaga spoke of the demands of her Monster Ball tour.
"I always have very trying weeks in terms of my physical schedule," she told Winfrey.
Gaga also announced that all the ticket and merchandising proceeds from her January 24 concert in New York City would go to relief organisations for the earthquake in Haiti.
"I worry that young people don't know enough about what's going on there," she said of Haiti.
Gaga is scheduled to perform at the Garmmy on January 31, where she is nominated for five awards including the coveted album of the year trophy.
