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25 April 2024

Snow in Paris leaves Lady Gaga powerless

Lady Gaga performs on the stage during a concert at the Assago Forum in Milan, Italy (EPA)

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Lady Gaga isn't having much luck in Paris.

In October, the pop diva's concerts in Paris were postponed amid massive nationwide strikes over a government plan to raise the retirement age. One show was rescheduled for Sunday, but it was called off because of snow.

The weather led authorities to ban big trucks from driving through the Ile de France region that includes Paris. Concert venue Bercy stadium says on its web site that Lady Gaga's trucks couldn't get to the venue on time.

Bercy says a concert Monday is expected to go forward as planned, and the cancelled show would be rescheduled for Tuesday.

The diva vented on Twitter, writing that "all 28" of the trucks carrying sets for her elaborate show had been detained and that two of her employees had been "arrested trying to get into Paris" so she could perform.

"I asked if I could do a stripped version of show, but there would be no sound or power source, its all been detained. I'm so sorry,angry+sad," she posted. "Devastated."