Lady Gaga

The hits just keep coming for Lady Gaga ... literally in this case.

Just weeks after Gaga cancelled her Indonesian concert amid protests, the pop superstar suffered another setback in New Zealand this weekend.

In the form of a concussion, live on stage. Watch below:

Lady Gaga Hit in the Head With Pole

While Gaga was performing "Judas," one of her crew accidentally hit her on the head with a rather large pole, clearly dazing the poor girl.

Man. This is the most time we've spent about talking about the "Born This Way" singer's pole since that Lady Gaga hermaphrodite rumor started.

Fortunately, she'll be fine ... and soon returned to the stage.

"I want to apologize. I did hit my head and I think I may have a concussion but don't you worry I will finish this show."

And she did, going on for another 16 songs. Rock on.

Bad Romance, schad schomance. Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney are back together!

About a month after sources confirmed the singer and the actor had split, insiders now tell Us Weekly that Kinney has joined Gaga on tour in Asia.

All is apparently good between the couple again.

"They sure looked like they were back together - holding hands and being cute everywhere they went," a witness says of Gaga and Kinney in Thailand.

"They were seen kissing right as they got into the [hotel] elevator."

Kinney is best known for his role on the Vampire Diaries, but will anchor Chicago Fire this fall on NBC.

A Gaga friend tells the tabloid that, while the singer is crazy busy on tour, she simply "missed" her man and is intent on making the relationship work now.

Think they can do it?

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Despite occasional criticism, protests and terrorist threats across Asia, Lady Gaga remains one of the world's most popular celebs and the undisputed Queen of Twitter.

With 25 million followers, she retains the top spot over Justin Bieber. The 22.5 million Beliebers have a ways to go if they want to catch up to the Little Monsters.

The 26-year-old star reached the milestone last night. "#25milliontweetymonsters wow! I'm officially feeling like the luckiest girl in the world today," she tweeted.

"Last sold out show in Singapore in 2 hrs!"

Bieber, 18, is not far behind Gaga, and his growth rate nearly matches hers. Months ago, the pop sensations were at 20 and 18 million followers, respectively.

A whopping 20.4 million follow Katy Perry, Rihanna has around 19.5 million devotees and Britney Spears has 17.2 million, meaning pop stars own spots 1-5.

President Obama, with 16 million, is ahead of Kim Kardashian, whose management team spouts off vapid nonsense and plugs useless crap to 14.8 million "fans."

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Madonna recently went out of her way to once again not-so-subtly remind everyone that she is, in fact, in a sense, an older version of Lady Gaga.

The queen of pop was performing "Express Yourself" at a rehearsal in Tel Aviv, Israel when she suddenly trotted out a cover of "Born This Way."

Of course, the two tracks blended seamlessly, reviving debate over whether Lady Gaga ripped off Madonna with her 2011 smash hit single.

Madonna Covers Born This Way

Although she stayed mum on Gaga's song for some time, Madge eventually referred to it as "reductive" and undoubtedly influenced by her earlier work.

There is no actual feud here, but the whole thing seems to have an air of condescension, as if Madonna is wielding the cover over her head.

Or, on the other hand, is Madonna merely winking at the controversy while celebrating the younger performer and the highest form of flattery?

Tell us what you think in the comments below.

Lady Gaga is so terrified that Islamic terrorists might attack her and/or her mega-concert in Indonesia, she cancelled the upcoming show, her reps confirmed.

Gaga's management team announced today there were major security concerns regarding the June 3 gig in Jakarta, the nation's capital city.

Extremists were calling to ban Gaga, fearing that her risque costumes, song lyrics and embrace of homosexuality would corrupt Muslim youths.

The Indonesian Council of Ulema chairman, Cholil Ridwan, fervently urged a boycott, saying Gaga "intends to destroy the nation's morality."

Security concerns for the concert skyrocketed from such beliefs, so much so the Jakarta police refused to issue the star's tour a permit.

This in spite of the fact that 52,000 tickets had already been sold.

Given the current lack of permit, and the rising security threats, Gaga's team threw in the towel and decided to officially cancel today.

Gaga then released a statement Sunday via Twitter saying, "I'm so very sorry to the fans and just as devastated as you if not more."

"You are everything to me. I promise I will try to put together something special for you. My love for Indonesia has only grown."

The 26-year-old has courted controversy everywhere in Asia.

South Korean critics also called for a boycott; She sang in the Philippines amid death threats, and most recently performed and shopped for a fake Rolex in Bangkok.

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Lady Gaga continues to court controversy on every leg of her Asian tour.

The singer touched down in Bangkok, Thailand and immediately sparked an online uproar Thursday, Tweeting that she wants to go buy a fake Rolex.

The nation is quite sensitive to its seedy underworld - perceived or otherwise - being highlighted by outsiders, so many citizens didn't appreciate the Tweet.

The 26-year-old singer posted upon landing in Thailand:

"I just landed in Bangkok baby! Ready for 50,000 screaming Thai monsters. Today I just wanna get lost in a lady market and buy a fake Rolex."

Good-natured as her intent likely was, this didn't go over well.

"She came to our home, but instead of admiring our culture she insulted us," said a commentator on popular Thai web board pantip.com.

"We are more civilized than you think," tweeted Thai DJ Surahit Siamwalla, who has a ticket to Friday's show but now plans to boycott.

It's also unclear exactly what she meant by "lady market."

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Lady Gaga isn't afraid to be herself ... or perform despite death threats.

Gaga went ahead and performed in the capital of the Philippines, Manila, on her Born This Way Ball world tour Tuesday night despite rallying Christian youths who considered her "pornographic" act an "offense to Jesus Christ."

Because she purportedly promotes homosexuality and immorality, natch.

Amid a storm of controversy, Pasay City Mayor Antonino Calixto said she did not violate conditions of the special permit granted for the performance after the content, while provocative, was deemed part of artistic expression.

The "Poker Face" singer certainly didn't tone down her outrageous stage theatrics, either, despite critics in the predominantly Catholic nation seeking to have the shows canceled; protesters even held a prayer vigil outside the concert venue.

Gaga, who was banned in Indonesia and also sparked protests in Korea, emerged from a Gothic castle set astride a black unicorn surrounded by gun-toting dancers ... while at another point a wall of meat carcasses hung behind her.

As she flung herself headfirst into a fake grinder. Obviously.

Another bizarre moment saw the diva appear as a "headless bride" levitating over the stage, and donning her trademark bra with gun barrels for cones.

The best news? There was not a seat to be had in the house.

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Indonesia's Little Monsters, revolt!

Lady Gaga, who is scheduled to perform in Jakarta next month, has just been banned by the nation following protests from hardline Islamic critics.

The concert drew vehement opposition from many in the world's most populous Muslim nation, due to her controversial persona and racy getups.

A spokesman for the Indonesian national police has confirmed that the singer has been denied a permit for her June 3 show, thus negging the show.

It would have been the biggest stop on her Asian tour, having been set to take place at the 52,000-seat Gelora Bung Karno stadium in Jakarta.

The Islamic Defenders Front trashed the global pop superstar for her "Satanic lyrics" that threaten to "destroy the children's sense of morality."

Other protesters, equally enraged, even vowed to physically block the singer from setting foot on Indonesian soil if the show wasn't cancelled.

Local law enforcement reportedly requested that the permit be denied after fearing that officers wouldn't able to contain a massive on-site protest.

Earlier this spring, Gaga's tour drew protests from South Korean Christian groups decrying that her "pornographic" performances promoted homosexuality.

No word if the Lady Gaga hermaphrodite rumors also make the protesters uneasy, or if they're even allowed to read such things on the Internet.

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Lady Gaga shocked us with her now-infamous meat dress at the 2010 MTV Music Awards. Monday, she debuted a new spin of the carnivorous couture.

Performing inside a meat locker-fashioned set (obviously), the 2012 version is markedly different from Lady Gaga's meat dress as we originally knew it.

With a tighter fit, plunging neckline and skirt-like bottom, it's more compact than the original, which was probably necessary for a live performance.

Which meat dress do you prefer, the new version or the first, now enshrined in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? Check out the Lady Gaga pics below and vote:

Relax, 24 million monsters. It's just a joke.

Despite a picture posted to photographer friend Terry Richardson's blog with the caption "showing off her new engagement ring," Lady Gaga is single.

One can see how confusion might arise, but rest assured, our girl is really not engaged to recent ex Taylor Kinney or anyone else for that matter.

Richardson, whose job is apparently to produce viral content like Lindsay Lohan pics or the Kate Upton "Cat Daddy" video, posted the photo on Sunday.

The two have been collaborating on a new book of Lady Gaga photos, which is how this image - of her showing off a massive diamond ring - came to be.

Gaga and Kinney (The Vampire Diaries, Chicago Fire) had been dating for the better part of a year, but reportedly broke up for good a few weeks back.

Friday, Richardson also posted a photo of Gaga wearing nothing but black tape on one of her nipples. Check it out in our gallery of Lady Gaga pics!