{
  "id": 1937984,
  "title": "Phoebe Bridgers Postponing This Week’s UK Shows Due To Appendicitis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/phoebe-bridgers-postponing-this-weeks-uk-shows-due-to-appendicitis",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-19T12:52:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Stereogum",
    "slug": "stereogum",
    "url": "https://stereogum.com/2508715/phoebe-bridgers-postponing-this-weeks-uk-shows-due-to-appendicitis/news/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Phoebe Bridgers has postponed her UK shows this week due to appendicitis. She had been scheduled to perform in Kingston, London, Brighton, and Bristol, with matinee and evening performances at each location.\n\nBridgers had played two intimate shows at London's Union Chapel on Monday, which was her 32nd birthday. Her new album, Lost Weekend, was released last Friday. According to Billboard, she announced the postponement on her Instagram stories, saying \"I got appendicitis for my birthday... Everything in the UK this week will have to move but I’ll make it up to you!!!!\"\n\nThe shows were announced just last Wednesday, a week before they were set to take place. Bridgers performed a stripped-back show at Union Chapel, debuting new songs from her album.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Billboard",
        "title": "Phoebe Bridgers Forced to Cancel Intimate U.K. Shows at Last Minute Due to Illness: ‘I Got Appendicitis For My Birthday’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/phoebe-bridgers-forced-to-cancel-intimate-u-k-shows-at-last-minute",
        "published": "2026-08-19T12:16:22.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}