Girl Gaga needed to e book it quick off the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards stage tonight (Sept. 7) as a result of she had one other gig to attend.

The “Abracadabra” singer made a fast exit after accepting the award for Artist of the Yr this night.

“I want I may keep and watch all these superb performances, however I’ve to return to Madison Sq. Backyard,” she ended her speech, throughout which she devoted the award win to the viewers.

Why Madison Sq. Backyard, although? Followers questioning the place Gaga needed to rush off to will likely be relieved to listen to Mom Monster was additionally slated to carry out a live performance tonight as a part of her Mayhem Ball tour, not removed from the VMAs.

In keeping with the official Mayhem Ball occasion web page on the Madison Sq. Backyard web site, Gaga will likely be hitting the stage late tonight at MSG.

“Please be suggested that Girl Gaga will likely be happening stage nearer to 9:30PM ET tonight. Doorways will nonetheless open at 7:00PM as scheduled. Please plan accordingly,” the web page reads.

The stage delay is to accommodate Gaga touring from the UBS Area within the Elmont space of Lengthy Island, New York to Madison Sq. Backyard in midtown Manhattan.

In keeping with driving instructions by way of Google Maps, the journey between venues ought to take the pop icon about 41 minutes not accounting for visitors, giving Gaga simply over an hour between her Artist of the Yr acceptance speech and her opening music on tour.

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In the meantime, Gaga, who’s up for 12 VMAs tonight, pre-taped her 2025 VMAs efficiency yesterday (Sept. 6) to accommodate her tour schedule.

Girl Gaga is at the moment acting on her eighth live performance tour, The Mayhem Ball, in help of her 2025 album Mayhem.

The tour launched on July 16, 2025, on the T‑Cell Area in Las Vegas and can conclude on Jan. 30, 2026, at Tokyo Dome in Japan.

The 63-show tour will see Gaga trek throughout North America, Europe, Asia and extra. Initially deliberate as a short promotional live performance sequence, the tour was scheduled as a result of fan demand, bringing Gaga to main cities together with San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Toronto and Miami.