The Grammy Awards were opened up by Lady Gaga with the usual, or perhaps I should say unusual, style she is known for. She wore a glittery green dress with shoulder pads and high heels. Her high energy performance of “Poker Face” was short and morphed into a duet sang with Elton John. Elton and Lady Gaga both were pushed to the stage on dueling pianos and sang together on “Your Song” and “Speechless.” They emerged wearing sparkly glasses and their faces were painted with what appeared to be ash. At times the two singers traded verses as they played their pianos simultaneously.

At one point John altered the lyrics from his classic song, singing “how wonderful life is with Gaga in the world.”

At the start of the performance as the curtain rose a group of dancers appeared from the crowed, touting Lady Gaga as if she was a living doll. They shouted that the real Gaga came with five No. 1 singles and that she had no soul. When Lady Gaga finished singing “Poker Face,” she was dragged from the stage.

She appeared again, covered in ashes, just a few seconds later where she shared piano playing with Elton John. He was covered in ashes as well and sported sparkly sunglasses along with a galactic earring inspired by Gaga. On top of the piano were severed mannequin arms that flashed Lady Gaga’s monster hand sign. John and Gaga traded verses on “Speechless” and then switched over to John’s 1970 hit “Your Song.” When they finished their performance the singers were given a standing ovation.

Lady Gaga earlier that day received two dance category Grammy awards. She won Best Dance Recording for “Poker Face” and Best Electronic/Dance/Album for “The Fame.” She was also nominated for the three major awards: Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Album of the Year. The red carpet look for Lady Gaga was completely different from her performance garb.

Several performances have been postponed by Lady Gaga lately because of illness including her show in Indiana on January 14, although the next day the singer did feel well enough to appear on “Oprah.”

In addition to canceling last week’s West Lafayette, IN show on Purdue University’s campus, Lady Gaga also had to cancel shows that were scheduled for Atlantic City NY on January 16; Wallingford, CT on January 17; and Uncasville CT on January 18. She will start a run of four nights on January 20 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

According to the University’s website the concert at Purdue was underway already when Lady Gaga, who hadn’t been feeling well, was advised by the medical staff at the theater that she should postpone her performance.

Although the opening acts Jason Derulo and Semi Precious Weapons were able to perform, the concert of Lady Gaga’s had been rescheduled and will take place on January 26. Her other shows that were canceled haven’t been rescheduled yet. Ticket holders have been advised that they should keep their tickets and wait for upcoming announcements.

Lady Gaga’s website reported that the singer was suffering from dehydration and exhaustion which had caused the cancellations and said that she had been advised by her physician to take a couple days off and rest. Many fans were surprised when Lady Gaga appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” on January 15 where she didn’t show any apparent signs of being ill. During the live show she performed a medley containing some of her hit songs.

In other news, Lady Gaga has pledged support for Haiti and offered all of her proceeds from the January 24 performance at Radio City Music Hall to go towards relief efforts in Haiti.

During her appearance on “Oprah” Lady Gaga said, Haiti is still suffering. During 9-11 I was in New York. I was thinking and have felt always that disaster wasn’t close to what has happened in Haiti. I remember feeling that no one really understood what had happened. I worry that young people don’t really know what’s going on over there.