Lady Gaga's insurers could refuse to pay up for tour cancellations
Published: 2013 February 15 21:13:21 (5537 Views)
Apparently Lady Gaga’s insurers will be going through her policy with a fine-toothed comb after she cancelled her tour.
“They could argue her injury was her own fault for working too hard and scheduling too many dates – so she may be the one who ends up footing the bill.”
They may have a case.
Gaga’s Born This Way Ball tour was billed as one of the world’s most epic, with 110 dates.
While rehearsing the singer shared pictures of her battered body before throwing up on stage during at least two gigs.
She announced she was suffering from an inflammation of the joints on Tuesday.
But tour organisers revealed yesterday that her injuries were more serious and she was pulling out of the rest of her shows to have surgery and recover.
Organisers have now cancelled 21 American concert dates. Instead of just delaying the shows, as was originally hoped, these are cancellations; full refunds are being issued.
One month's missed touring translates into a lot of lost money: the 2012 leg of Gaga's Born This Way Ball was the fifth highest-grossing tour of that year, earning more than $160m (£103m).
The singer will be treated for a labral tear in the hip, requiring "strict down time to recover".
Gaga herself has yet to follow up her message from Tuesday, in which she revealed that an inflammation of the joints had left her unable to walk. News of the full tour's cancellation fell to Live Nation Global Touring, who issued a statement on the Little Monsters fan website.
"After additional tests this morning to review the severity of the issue, it has been determined that Lady Gaga has a labral tear of the right hip," they wrote.A labral tear consists of a tear of the labrum – cartilage that rings the outside socket of each joint.
Sufferers may experience pain and reduced mobility, but it is rarely as severe as the symptoms Gaga described this week.
Some have suggested that the singer is suffering from issues related to lupus: in 2010, Gaga said that she had "tested borderline positive" for the disease. "[I] have to take good care of myself," she told Larry King. "Lupus is in my family and it's genetic."
Gaga's third album, Artpop, is expected later this year.
- Sun
“They could argue her injury was her own fault for working too hard and scheduling too many dates – so she may be the one who ends up footing the bill.”
They may have a case.
Gaga’s Born This Way Ball tour was billed as one of the world’s most epic, with 110 dates.
While rehearsing the singer shared pictures of her battered body before throwing up on stage during at least two gigs.
She announced she was suffering from an inflammation of the joints on Tuesday.
But tour organisers revealed yesterday that her injuries were more serious and she was pulling out of the rest of her shows to have surgery and recover.
Organisers have now cancelled 21 American concert dates. Instead of just delaying the shows, as was originally hoped, these are cancellations; full refunds are being issued.
One month's missed touring translates into a lot of lost money: the 2012 leg of Gaga's Born This Way Ball was the fifth highest-grossing tour of that year, earning more than $160m (£103m).
The singer will be treated for a labral tear in the hip, requiring "strict down time to recover".
Gaga herself has yet to follow up her message from Tuesday, in which she revealed that an inflammation of the joints had left her unable to walk. News of the full tour's cancellation fell to Live Nation Global Touring, who issued a statement on the Little Monsters fan website.
"After additional tests this morning to review the severity of the issue, it has been determined that Lady Gaga has a labral tear of the right hip," they wrote.A labral tear consists of a tear of the labrum – cartilage that rings the outside socket of each joint.
Sufferers may experience pain and reduced mobility, but it is rarely as severe as the symptoms Gaga described this week.
Some have suggested that the singer is suffering from issues related to lupus: in 2010, Gaga said that she had "tested borderline positive" for the disease. "[I] have to take good care of myself," she told Larry King. "Lupus is in my family and it's genetic."
Gaga's third album, Artpop, is expected later this year.
- Sun
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