Reneé Rapp postpones remaining shows on UK tour due to illness

Reading & Leeds would look very different this year if it weren’t for grassroots music venues.As revealed in a concept poster shared by the Music Venue Trust, the festival would be missing virtually all of its 2024 artists – including headliners Liam Gallagher, Fred again.., Lana Del Rey, Catfish And The Bottlemen and Gerry Cinnamon – if it weren’t for their foundations in grassroots venues.The reimagined poster highlights how many of today’s most successful artists came up by playing smaller music venues, which continue to face indefinite closure across the UK without urgent government action and investment.“Today’s festival headliners can only sell thousands of tickets because of the essential role played by these venues in their development,” the MVT shared in a social media post today (Monday 25).“Nurtured in grassroots music venues, they built their audiences from tens to hundreds, laying the foundation for their success on the grand stages of festivals like Reading & Leeds.”Check out the bare line-up poster below.The Reading & Leeds festival lineup poster, minus any artists who launched their careers in Grassroots Music Venues….Posted by Music Venue Trust on Monday, March 25, 2024Only artists like Reneé Rapp, who started in theatre, Digga D, who rose to prominence with freestyles, and Kenny Beats, who came from a production and industry background, would remain on the bill.It’s not just the Reading & Leeds line-up that would lose most of its acts were it not for grassroots music venues.

Frank Skinner has announced his departure from Absolute Radio after 15 years at the station.The broadcaster and comedian, 67, has been on Absolute Radio since 2009 and was inducted into the Radio Academy Hall of Fame in December 2015. He has hosted the Saturday breakfast slot The Frank Skinner Show, alongside co-hosts Emily Dean and Pierre Novellie, and also hosts Frank Skinner’s Poetry Podcast, which will continue for two more series.

Megan Thee Stallion announced on Good Morning America she’d be going on tour.Last week, she made the news Instagram official revealing the cities she’d hit this spring and summer.Finally, on Wednesday, March 20, the “Hiss” singer has revealed the dates for her massive summer 2024 ‘Hot Girl Summer Tour’ in support of her upcoming album along with special guest GloRilla.Early on in the run, the Hip-Hop icon will stop in at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, May 21.“THEE HOT GIRL SUMMER TOUR IS HERE and I’m bringing my girl GLORILLA WITH ME,” Megan Thee Stallion shared on Instagram.

Today’s savage news from Megan Thee Stallion is nothing to hiss at: The Grammy-winning, chart-topping rapper has revealed the dates for the Hot Girl Summer Tour, which launches May 14 in Minneapolis and runs through July 27 in Washington, D.C.

wrote in an Instagram post on Saturday in honor of International SPS Awareness Day.“Trying to overcome this autoimmune disorder has been one of the hardest experiences of my life, but I remain determined to one day get back onto the stage and to live as normal of a life as possible,” she penned. “I am deeply grateful for the love and support from my kids, family, team and all of you!”The “My Heart Will Go On” crooner — who posed with her three sons René-Charles Angélil, 25, and twins Nelson and Eddy, 13 — also sent her encouragement and support to others battling the autoimmune disorder.

Khruangbin have announced four extra shows on their UK and European tour for November this year, including a third at London’s Eventim Apollo. See the full list below.The tour was first announced a week ago, and due to high demand, the band will now play extra shows in Amsterdam’s AFAS, Paris’s Olympia and Manchester’s O2 Apollo, in addition to the capital.

Renée Rapp called for an “immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza” during her acceptance speech for a GLAAD Media Award in Los Angeles last night.

Renée Rapp has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during the GLAAD Media Awards.The singer, songwriter and Mean Girls star made the comments during last night’s ceremony (March 14), at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.When on stage receiving the award for Outstanding Music Artist, Rapp used her acceptance speech to share her thoughts on the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict and speak out in support of those in Gaza.“We’re in a room of very influential people, very privileged people, which is exciting and also a huge privilege to be a part of that,” she began. “Having said that, I’d like to take the opportunity to show support and call for an immediate ceasefire and permanent ceasefire in Gaza.”Her comments were met with applause, and towards the end of the speech she urged the attendees to stand up in support of all sectors of society that face oppression.

Jack Dunn “Bottoms,” “Ru Paul’s Drag Race,” “Ted Lasso,” and Reneé Rapp took home top prizes at the GLAAD Media Awards, which this year celebrates the 35th anniversary of the annual award show. Awards were handed out Thursday night at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.

The Los Angeles ceremony tonight for the 35th annual GLAAD Media Awards, hosted by Wayne Brady, revealed 16 of the year’s 33 category winners spanning film, TV, music, theater, podcasts, video games, comic books and journalism. The winners list includes Ted Lasso, Yellowjackets, RuPaul’s Drag Race and Reneé Rapp.

Will Best jokingly let slip one of the potential reasons that Sharon Osbourne's stay in the Celebrity Big Brother house was so short.The former X Factor judge, 71, who left the show on Tuesday, had been a "celebrity lodger" rather than a full housemate and was even given a private bedroom. Sharon is believed to have been paid a huge £500,000 for just one week in the house. She had previously shared that she didn't want to stay for the entire series as she didn't want to be away from her husband Ozzy for that long.

Karol G continues her meteoric rise in the music industry with her “Mañana Será Bonito Tour,” taking over Latin America after closing a successful United States leg. The Colombian is breaking barriers and setting new milestones at every stop.

Reneé Rapp is seemingly confirming a new romance!

Chat show star Luke Littler shines at Belgian Open Luke Littler put in another stellar performance on Saturday night, progressing to the third round of the Belgian Open.

Sharon Osbourne does not seem to have high opinions of Anna Wintour or Ellen DeGeneres.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Tyla has canceled her upcoming North American tour, citing a longstanding injury that has worsened over time. The South African singer, who rose to prominence last year with her single “Water,” was scheduled to kick off her Tyla Tour on March 21 in Oslo, Norway, with eight international dates on the itinerary before she intended to swing back Stateside.

From those iconic granny pants to her bumbling attempts at finding romance, Bridget Jones is one of literature’s most popular singletons. And now, Renée Zellweger is set to step back into Bridget’s shoes for a fourth instalment of the romcom movie franchise.

Renee Graziano is recalling the most harrowing time in her life.

Donny Tourette, who was a housemate on Celebrity Big Brother 17 years ago, is almost unrecognisable now.The punk rocker, best known as the lead singer of Towers of London, has ditched his signature style and looks completely different. Donny made headlines when he walked out of the Big Brother house in 2007, just three days into the series.

Reneé Rapp has covered The Cranberries‘ hit song ‘Linger’ at one of her recent UK tour stops this past weekend. Check out the footage below.While performing at The Roundhouse in London on Saturday (March 2) as part of her ‘Snow Hard Feelings Tour’, the ‘Tummy Hurts’ singer covered the 1993 track from the iconic Irish band’s debut album ‘Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?’.Rapp welcomed Towa Bird, the musician who is serving as her tour opener, on stage for a blissful rendition of ‘Linger’.