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Phoebe Bridgers performs with Boygenius at Way Out West Festival on August 12, 2023 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Rune Hellestad/Corbis/Getty Images Phoebe Bridgers fans in the U.K. are unfortunately in for a bit of a lost weekend.
The Punisher singer, who celebrated her 32nd birthday on Aug. 17, announced on Instagram that several of her upcoming U.K. shows will have to be rescheduled after Bridgers was diagnosed with appendicitis. “I got appendicitis for my birthday,” she wrote — accompanied by a grim-faced selfie from a hospital bed. “Everything in the U.K. this week will have to move but I’ll make it up to you!”
Have no fear for the intrepid guitarist and Boygenius member. Appendicitis is considered a medical emergency and occurs when the organ gets sore or inflamed. But according to Johns Hopkins, appendicitis is the “most common cause” of sudden stomach pain and can be fixed with surgery and a few days of recovery.
