Lady Gaga has showed fans the black eyes she received after being hit on the head by a metal pole during a concert.

The 26-year-old singer took to Twitter to assure her Little Monsters that she was on the mend following the accident on stage in New Zealand.

In the candid snap showing her bruised eyes, the Poker Face hitmaker puts on as brave face and poses with messy hair and red lipstick.

She accompanied the image with the caption: "Emerging from hours of sleep. Still remiss if I should go outside, with this clonker I may be of questionable styling."

The star also thanked her 25.5 million followers for their messages of support by later tweeting: "Thank you so much for all the thoughtful messages. I feel a bit woozy but a little better every day. Very happy to be in beautiful Australia."

Gaga was left clutching her head on stage when a backing dancer accidentally struck her with the prop as she completed the New Zealand leg of her Born This Way world tour.

A consummate professional, she bravely finished the show despite the head injury.

She told the crowd "I want to apologise. I did hit my head and I think I may have concussion but don't you worry, I will finish this show."

IBTimes UK takes a look at other stars who have been injured while performing for their fans.

Pop diva was in midst of performing hit Judas at Vector Arena in Auckland when backing dancer accidentally hit her in head with prop in show

In 2009, Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler suffered head, neck and shoulder injuries after falling from stage during outdoor concert at Buffalo Chip Campground in South Dakota

Beyoncé Knowles fell face first down flight of stairs during performance in Orlando, Florida in 2007. Despite mishap, singer barely missed beat and completed rest of her set.

Late King of Pop suffered serious burn injuries to head when stunt went wrong while filming advert for Pepsi Cola in Los Angeles in 1984