Lady GaGa says hip injury left her with 'coin shaped holes' in her legs

She was forced to cancel a string of shows on her Born This Way tour to undergo delicate hip surgery.
And Lady GaGa admits the injury that prompted her to pull out of 25 sold-out gigs and go under the knife was so serious she almost needed hip replacement.
Speaking to Women’s Wear Daily, the 27-year-old singer says the injury  left coin shaped holes in her legs.

Back on her feet: Lady GaGa attends the 20th annual watermill Auction in the Hamptons on July 27, but she could've still been in a wheelchair had she not gone under the knife in February

Abstract: GaGa takes in a bizarre performance during her appearance at the annual fund-raiser in her native New York

‘When we got all the MRI’s finished before I went to surgery there were giant craters, a hole in my hip the size of a quarter, and the cartilage was just hanging out the other side of my hip,’ she revealed.

GaGa underwent surgery in February, after which she cut a typically outlandish figure in a string of garish wheelchairs – amongst them a gold plated number and a custom made wheelchair from designer Louis Vuitton.

But while she’s back on her feet and preparing for the release of her new album, the hit-maker says the outcome would have been much worse had she continued with the tour.

Hay fever: The singer with Marina Abramovich, whose brick she reportedly purchased for $60,000, and Robert Wilson at the annual event

Raising a glass: GaGa enjoys a glass of red wine as she takes in the auction with avant-garde director Robert Wilson

 ‘I had a tear on the inside of my joint and a huge breakage,’ she said. ‘The surgeon told me that if I had done another show I might have needed a full hip replacement. I would have been out for at least a year, maybe longer.’

GaGa is now looking ahead to the release of ARTPOP – her third album – and she admits her long lay-off gave her plenty of time to focus on her new music.

Front row: Lady Gaga, Marina Abramovich and Robert Wilson attend The 20th Annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit at The Watermill Center on July 27

Having fun: The outlandish singer is in high-spirits at the event after spending much of the year recovering from painful hip surgery

I had six months to beef up my brain and body,’ she said. ‘I got to put a giant white or black sheet of paint over my whole canvas and I got to review ARTPOP again. I was given the time to really be creative because it’s a gazing process, it really is.

‘I have to gaze into the work for long periods of time for it to be good.’

That work begins on August 19 with the release of new single Applause before the eagerly anticipated album drops in November.

So different: The singer was confined to this Louis Vuitton wheelchair after undergoing hip surgery in February

The cover for her latest single, shot by photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, sees the singer smeared with make-up.

Away from music GaGa cut a demure figure when she attended the 20th annual Watermill Centre Summer Benefit Auction in her native New York on July 27 - during which she purchased a $60,000 ‘Art is a Present’ quartz brick from Marina Abramovich at an auction hosted by Scottish actor Alan Cumming.

Dressed in a tasteful black outfit, she took in a series of bizarre performances at the event, which was also attended by Winona Ryder and Hugh Jackman.

Ready to drop: Lady GaGa's new single, Applause, will be available to buy from August 19. Third album ARTPOP goes on general release in November