21 h. ago Gracie Abrams UK Tour: pop star postpones first two UK performances due to illness

The US performer was set to play in Nottingham and Leeds this week

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4 d. ago Gracie Abrams, the year’s biggest pop star: ‘Trump has only been in office a month, and everybody is more at risk’

After dodging toxic fans, ‘nepo baby’ jibes and her own projectile vomit, the 25-year-old has just spent eight weeks at UK No 1. She explains why she’s now writing about our dark, uncertain futureOn a video call from a hotel room in Hamburg, Gracie Abrams is expounding on the virtues of decoupling yourself from social media and living a life offline. “You can literally do so much when you’re not scrolling!” she enthuses. “You can retain more information; everything gets lighter. You have a greater capacity to be more present, to be there for the people in your life, to read a book that’s going to inspire your next album, or go on a hike and breathe air instead of sitting in a dark room on fucking Instagram. I’m doing lots of, like, tactile stuff, staying off social media,” she adds. “Needlepoint and shit like that. I’m just trying to make things to have some tangible evidence of having lived this year.”Of course, this is nothing the world hasn’t heard before: we’re well used to bein...

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4 d. ago Internet sensation Reductio bringing classical pop fusion organ tour to Kirkcudbright

Reductio - AKA Matt Walters - has attracted tens of thousands of followers on social media by bringing the playing of the pipe organ right up to date.

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6 d. ago BBC EastEnders' Ruby Allen star's real life from postponed wedding to forgotten Harry Potter role

Louisa Lytton has played Ruby Allen on and off in EastEnders since 2005

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1 week ago Shakira world tour: Singer resumes Lima show after cancelling due to illness

Singer performed in Lima on Monday night after cancelling show due to illness

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2 w. ago Paul Mescal and singer girlfriend Gracie Abrams 'make up' after public spat last month as Gladiator II star re

Paul Mescal and singer girlfriend Gracie Abrams 'make up' after public spat last month as Gladiator II star re  Daily Mail

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