Phoebe Bridgers isn’t sweating the controversy.
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Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge has been appointed as the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society’s first president.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe was the arena for her big break, when in 2013, BBC comedy executives saw her one-woman show, Fleabag, and decided to reimagine it for television.
In her role as president of the Fringe Society charity, she will advocate for and support those taking part in the arts festival, attending events and speaking on behalf of the organization.
Waller-Bridge said:
Phoebe Bridgers isn’t sweating the controversy.
Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor“I would have driven her anywhere, because I thought she was really good and needed to get some performing experience,” says Phoebe Bridgers’ mother, Jamie, who is a real-estate agent and standup comic, but as we see below, also the best kind of stage mom. Phoebe, who is up for four Grammy Awards at Sunday’s big show, spent much of her teen years performing — and being driven to performances all over Los Angeles by her mom.
Phoebe Bridgers rose to indie-rock stardom the traditional way: by performing her incisive and plaintive songs for gradually growing audiences on tour, night after night.
Phoebe Bridgers has joined forces with Jackson Browne for a new version of ‘Kyoto’ – you can listen to it below.The collaborative reworking of the track – the original of which appears on Bridgers’ second album ‘Punisher’ – was recorded for the Spotify Singles series, and is accompanied by a cover of the late John Prine‘s ‘Summer’s End’.Throughout this week, the streaming platform will also share new Singles recordings from Chika, D Smoke, Noah Cyrus and Ingrid Andress – who join Bridgers in the
Chris Willman Music WriterFive of the artists that are up for best new artist at next Sunday’s Grammy Awards are reimagining their original material as well as covering other artists’ songs, at Spotify’s behest — with Phoebe Bridgers and Chika debuting two new recordings to kick off the series today.Others taking part in the Spotify Singles rollout in the coming days, doing a pair of songs apiece: hip-hop upstart D Smoke on Wednesday, pop breakout Noah Cyrus on Thursday and country chart-topper
Architects have shared their desire to collaborate with Phoebe Bridgers and Hayley Williams in the future.The metal band released their ninth album ‘For Those That Wish To Exist’ yesterday (February 26).The new album features collaborations with Royal Blood’s Mike Kerr and Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil, and the band’s Sam Carter has discussed the idea of more collaborations in the future.“It doesn’t just have to be 15 tracks of me trying to do 15 different types of vocals,” Carter told
Edinburgh city centre incident.Emergency services swarmed Hunter Square around 10pm last night and rushed a 35-year-old to Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.Several police vans and an ambulance were spotted at the scene.The cordon stretched across the steps of the Tron Kirk which backs on to the square.A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 10pm on Friday, 26 February, officers in Edinburgh responded to reports of a concern for person in Hunter Square.“Emergency services attended and a
Edinburgh city centre tonight where police have erected a cordon.Several police vans and an ambulance were spotted at the scene.The cordon stretches across the steps of the Tron Kirk which backs on to the square.Police Scotland have been contacted for comment.We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.For the latest news and breaking news visit dailyrecord.co.ukGet all the big headlines, pictures, analysis, opinion and video on the stories that
Phoebe Robinson, who starred in HBO’s 2 Dope Queens, is bringing her book Everything’s Trash But It’s Okay to Freeform.
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Naman Ramachandran Phoebe Waller-Bridge, creator and star of smash hit “Fleabag,” will take on the role of the first president of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society.Waller-Bridge performed her successful one-woman play “Fleabag” at popular venue Underbelly during the 2013 Fringe.
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