Phoebe Bridgers cancels intimate UK album shows due to illness

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The singer-songwriter played two small gigs at the Union Chapel in London on Monday (August 17), which was her 32nd birthday.

She had been scheduled to continue the brief trek with a pair of small dates in Kingston today (Wednesday August 19), before heading to Brighton tomorrow (Thursday August 20) and concluding the run in Bristol on Friday (21).

The special shows were being held to celebrate the release of Bridgers’ third album ‘Lost Weekend’ last Friday (August 19).

Banquet Records, which was hosting today’s Kingston shows, said it was “working closely with her global teams” and would share an update on the rescheduled performances.

🚨 TONIGHT’S PHOEBE BRIDGERS SHOWS ARE OFF 🚨.

as on her insta story (pictured), Phoebe is unwell – get well soon!! – so the Kingston events will have to move.

we of course wish her all the best, and apologise for any disappointment.

we’re working closely with her global teams,… pic.twitter.com/oy0geNCIan.

Per the NHS, appendicitis requires “urgent treatment in hospital”. It is described as “swelling and infection in your appendix (part of your bowel)” that “causes pain in the lower right side of your abdomen”.

Bridgers is due to embark on the North American leg of her phone-free ‘Lost Tour’ next month before, visiting the UK and Europe in November and December.

The UK and Ireland run includes shows at Dublin’s 3Arena, Manchester’s Co-op Live and London’s The O2. Find any remaining tickets here (UK and Ireland) and here (North America).

NME gave ‘Lost Weekend’ a glowing five-star review, calling it “a staggering, strange and stirring opus”. It added: “[It’s] the opposite of emotional evasion: more a reckoning with herself and the romantic and familial love and loss that have shaped her story and storytelling.

Bridgers has earned praise from her friend and former collaborator Taylor Swift, too, with the pop giant hailing ‘Lost Weekend’ as “an absolute triumph in every way”.

Meanwhile, fans are speculating that the track ‘The Governor’s Waltz’ is about her past relationship with Paul Mescal, and there is a rumour that Geese frontman Cameron Winter sings under an alias on two ‘Lost Weekend’ songs.

The artist also hid a collaboration with former Black Country, New Road singer Isaac Wood on the LP.

Bridgers led fans around a roller-skating rink at a recent album listening party in the US, and premiered it in full at planetariums worldwide, accompanied by some custom-made visual displays.

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