NEW YORK — Singer Gavin DeGraw has canceled several more concerts so he can recover from injuries suffered in a street attack, but plans to be back performing by Aug. 24.
A statement sent out by his representative on Thursday said doctors had advised DeGraw to take more time to recover after being beaten up Sunday by an unknown group of men in New York City. He was hospitalized and sustained a concussion, broken nose, facial cuts and other injuries in the assault; police are still investigating and DeGraw has said he doesn’t remember much about it.
The cancelations include dates in Nashville, Chicago and Toronto. However, he will resume his tour with Train and Maroon 5 on Aug. 24 in Columbia, Md.
The 34-year-old singer-songwriter’s hits include “Chariot” and “I Don’t Want to Be.”
Kate Moss inspired to wed by ‘Gypsy Weddings’ show
Kate Moss felt inspired to get married by watching the British reality show “Big Fat Gypsy Weddings” which follows real-life gypsy women planning to get married.
The September issue of Vogue magazine goes inside the supermodel’s July wedding to musician Jamie Hince. Moss says she was charmed by the extravagance of gypsy weddings with wedding gowns that are like “blinging butterflies times ten.”
The 37-year-old’s nuptials were also no small affair. She had 16 bridesmaids and flower girls, a carnival tent and tepees for children, specialty cocktails called Kate 76 made with vodka, champagne, crushed ice and sugar and a gown designed by John Galliano.
Moss admits in the article that planning the wedding made her “mental.”
The September issue of Vogue magazine goes on sale Aug. 23.
Billionaire Soros’ ex-girlfriend files $50M suit
The former girlfriend of billionaire financier George Soros has accused him of reneging on a promise to buy her an apartment in New York City and has filed at $50 million lawsuit.
Adriana Ferreyr filed the suit in Manhattan court on Wednesday.
The 28-year-old Brazilian soap opera star alleges that the 80-year-old Soros gave the $1.9 million apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan to a new girlfriend.
Soros’ lawyer William Zabel tells the New York Post ( http://nyp.st/o7Drdd) the lawsuit is frivolous, without merit and an attempt to extract money from his client.
Ferreyr’s lawyer Robert Hantman says it will be up to the court to decide.
Ferreyr is attending Columbia University. The couple met in 2006.
