Phoebe Bridgers cancels intimate UK album shows due to illness

    Phoebe Bridgers. CREDIT: Olof Grind

    Phoebe Bridgers has cancelled the rest of her intimate UK shows this week 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).

    However, she took to Instagram Stories this morning to confirm that the rest of the dates have been axed for the time being. “I got appendicitis for my birthday,” she wrote, captioning a photo of herself in a hospital bed.

    “Everything in the UK this week will have to move but I’ll make it up to you!!!!”

    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.