Lady Gaga Forced To End Final Chromatica Ball Show Early Due To Lightning Strikes

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Lady Gaga took to the stage of Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday night for the final date on her Chromatica Ball tour, but was forced to cut things short when nature intervened.

As BBC News reports, Gaga paused the show midway through when the weather took an unexpected turn and lightning began to strike near the stadium. “We just got to stop the show for a minute,” Gaga told the 65,000 fans in attendance, asking that they “really calmly move to the inside area.” READ MORE: Lady Gaga Goes Viral After Being Protected By ‘Invisible’ Shield Onstage While she had initially hoped the storm would pass, when the weather worsened she was ultimately forced to pull the plug.

The venue confirmed via Twitter that the should wouldn’t be continuing “in the interest of fan safety due to inclement weather that included lightning.” She later took to Instagram to explain the decision, becoming emotional in a video she shared with her 53 million followers. “We really tried to finish the show tonight in Miami but we couldn’t because even when the rain stopped there was lightning striking right down to the ground so close to us,” she said, still wearing her stage outfit and makeup. READ MORE: Lady Gaga Shares Her Take On ‘Teenage Dirtbag’ TikTok Trend — See Wheatus’s Response “I know that for a long time, I’ve always wanted to be like that hardcore bad b***h,” Gaga continued, “but what I also want to be is responsible and loving and I don’t know what I would do if anything happened to anyone in the audience, or any member of my crew, my band, or my dancers.” In a followup post, she wrote, “I’m sorry i couldn’t finish the show it was too dangerous the lightening [sic] was being unpredictable and changing moment by moment, I