Lady Gaga suddenly halted her show in Australia after one of her dancers fell off the stage.
During her Mayhem Ball stop at Sydney’s Accor Stadium on Saturday (Dec. 12), the 39-year-old pop superstar paused mid-performance after a dancer accidentally slid off the stage while performing “Garden of Eden.”
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Fan-captured video on X shows the dancer, Michael Dameski, gliding off the end of the stage, which had become slippery due to heavy rainfall at the open-air venue, according to TMZ.
After noticing the fall, Gaga immediately stopped the concert to check on the performer, earning applause from the audience. Fans on social media reportedly noted that she paused the show long enough to help him find shoes with better grip.
Following the concert, Dameski shared a video on social media dancing in what appeared to be a hotel bathroom amid animated rain, confirming he was not injured.
“Hey everyone! I’m ok. Thank you for checking. Happy I was able to finish the last show of the year!” he captioned the clip on his Instagram Story.
“The show must go on!” he wrote in a second clip, which showed him performing during the concert.
Gaga’s back-to-back shows at Accor Stadium, concluding Sunday night (Dec. 13), marked the final 2025 dates of her Mayhem Ball Tour. Dameski is expected to return when the tour resumes in Tokyo in January 2026.
The pop superstar ranked No. 12 on Billboard’s 2025 year-end top tours list, grossing $166.2 million and drawing 722,000 concertgoers across 35 shows, according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore. The year-end tracking period includes all worldwide shows between Oct. 1, 2024, and Sept. 30, 2025.
The Mayhem Ball tour notably marked Gaga’s return to arenas after performing in stadiums for The Chromatica Ball (2022) and combining both stadiums and arenas on the Joanne World Tour (2017–18).
The post “Lady Gaga Abruptly Stops Mayhem Ball Show Mid-Performance After Dancer Falls Off Stage in Australia” by Mitchell Peters was published on 12/13/2025 by www.billboard.com