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Thania Garcia Orville Peck has postponed the remainder of his “Bronco” tour, a lineup of summer dates across North America that kicked off June 20, due to his declining mental and physical health. The “Dead of Night” singer shared the news via social media on Wednesday, expressing his regrets and hopes that his fanbase could understand the “incredibly difficult decision.” “This was one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make, but I’ve come to realize that my current mental and physical health won’t allow me to bring you my best,” Peck wrote in his post. “My fans mean the absolute world to me and I am so incredibly thankful to every single person who has bought a ticket to come and see us play, I do not take it for granted.”

SZA kicked off her North American arena tour this week, debuting ‘SOS’ songs and covering Erykah Badu – see photos, footage, the full setlist and more below.The singer will tour her long-awaited second album, which was released last November, across the country for the next month. Dates began in Columbus, Ohio and Chicago this week (February 21 and 22).At the first show of the tour in Columbus, SZA gave live debuts to ‘SOS’ tracks ‘PSA’, ‘Seek & Destroy’, ‘Notice Me’, ‘Conceited’, ‘Gone Girl’, ‘Kill Bill’ and more as part of a mammoth 32-song setlist that also saw her cover Badu’s ‘Bag Lady’ and perform her Kendrick Lamar (‘All The Stars’) and Doja Cat (‘Kiss Me More‘) collaborations.See footage, photos and the full setlist from the Columbus gig on February 21 below.‘PSA’‘Seek & Destroy’‘Notice Me’‘Conceited’‘Love Galore’‘Broken Clocks’‘Forgiveless’‘Used’‘Bag Lady’ (Erykah Badu cover)‘Blind’‘Shirt’‘Too Late’‘Smoking On My Ex Pack’‘All The Stars’‘Prom’‘Garden (Say It Like Dat)’‘F2F’‘Drew Barrymore’‘Doves In The Wind’‘Low’‘Open Arms’‘Supermodel’‘Special’‘Nobody Gets Me’‘Gone Girl’‘SOS’‘Kiss Me More’‘Love Language’‘Snooze’‘Kill Bill’‘I Hate U’‘The Weekend’‘Good Days’See the full list of tour dates and buy your tickets here.

A statue of Christopher Columbus in Philadelphia remains hidden by a plywood box while its fate is decided in the courts, but the box has now been painted with the colors of the Italian flag. City officials told the news station KYW that they painted the box covering the 146-year-old statue in south Philadelphia's Marconi Plaza with green, white and red stripes at the request of Councilmember Mark Squilla, who represents the district. The new look came just in time for Columbus Day, the holiday now celebrated in Philadelphia and elsewhere as Indigenous Peoples Day.

First lady Jill Biden is scheduled to travel to Fort Benning this week to visit with members of the military and their families, according to the White House. During her visit on Thursday and Friday to the army post near Columbus, Georgia, and Phenix City, Alabama, she's also set to stop by the U.S.

Post Malone has announced a slew of North American tour dates in support of his new album, ‘Twelve Carat Toothache’.Post’s tour will kick off in Omaha in September and run through to mid-October, with stops in Chicago, Toronto, Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, New York, Atlanta, Texas, Seattle, Vancouver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and more.On many of the dates, Post will be joined by Roddy Ricch, who features on ‘Twelve Carat Toothache’ single ‘Cooped Up’ and performed the track alongside Malone during a Saturday Night Live performance in May. See dates and venues below.

L7 have announced plans to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their seminal third album, ‘Bricks Are Heavy’, with a special reissue and North American tour.There are 17 dates on the itinerary, with the Californian grunge icons starting off in Nashville on Monday October 3. They’ll head to Atlanta, New York, Brooklyn and Boston over the rest of that week, before playing in Philadelphia, Toronto, Columbus, Detroit and Chicago across the following week.

Columbus Short is in trouble with the law once again. The actor, 39, was arrested Wednesday night (Feb. 2) on domestic violence charges, according to TMZ. The outlet reported that Columbus — best known for his role as Harrison Wright in Scandal — allegedly got physical with his wife, Aida Abramyan, following a “verbal argument” between the two. Police reportedly arrived at a home in California’s San Fernando Valley and Columbus claimed his wife punched him in the face, despite allegedly having no injuries. Aida, however, did have “a minor injury,” according to TMZ. Columbus was subsequently arrested and reportedly spent 12 hours in jail, but was bailed out for $50,000. He has not yet been charged, per TMZ. HollywoodLife has reached out to the authorities for comment.

A dad-of-two is home for Christmas after waking from a coma following a pool accident and asking for a pizza and a pint of Stella.

A British granddad suffered a broken neck by diving into a swimming pool while on holiday with friends in Tenerife.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorWelcome back, live sports.It’s been a historic day in Washington but also in Canada, where the first game of the NHL’s coronavirus-delayed Stanley Cup Playoffs is headed into a fifth overtime. And with the Columbus Blue Jackets and Tampa Bay Lighting locked in a stalemate, the second game scheduled for the Western Conference “bubble” in Edmonton today has been postponed.Game 1 of the Boston Bruins-Carolina Hurricanes series, which had been slated to follow Columbus-Tampa Bay at 5 p.m.