Corporate promotion never sleeps

How fortunate that - despite being so tired she can't be expected to play for people who've bought their tickets, Lady Sovereign was able to drag herself up to Leeds to play for an event sponsored by T-Mobile.

Goodness, she must be very tired indeed

Lady Sovereign is still "exhausted" following her busy time, and has just yanked the rest of her UK UK tour:

"She is very disappointed at missing these shows but is bedridden following 18 months of intense touring and promoting, and requires time for treatment and recuperation. It is hoped that she will be able to reschedule the tour in the near future."

I'm not a doctor - as they keep reminding me down A&E when I pop in to help out - but "touring and promoting" isn't a disease as such, and even if it was, probably not one which would require bedrest and treatment. As I say, though, I'm not a doctor.

Sovereign runs out

For all her tough-talking stance, it seems that Lady Sovereign might be human after all - she's pulled gigs because she's tired, poor lamb.

Her management have explained why:

"Unfortunately Sovereign has to postpone her forthcoming shows at Glasgow King Tuts (April 10) and Birmingham's Academy 2 (April 11).

"(She) is bitterly disappointed as both shows meant a lot to her, but she is suffering from intense exhaustion following 18 months of non-stop touring and promotion. I urge all ticket holders to be patient and understanding and wait for further news on the postponement."

The good news, though, is she's not tired to turn up on Thursday to do some sort of PA in the middle of a Leeds Go-Kart track.

Endless cycle: Now Allen pokes Sov

"Girls are like that, Gregory. They help each other."

Maybe not, Susan. Shortly after Lady Sovereign gave Corinne Bailey Rae a lame talking-to, Lily Allen is taking umbrage.

Her beef is that Sovereign suggested Allen was only famous because of who her Dad was. Lily - famous for being Keith Allen's daughter - ain't 'avin' none of that:

“In response to Miss Sovereign, I’ve spoken to my dad and he says he’d be happy to adopt you if you think it will give you a leg up.”

Perhaps he should just try fostering at first, though.

Lady Sov won't put a record on

One of those great meetings-of-minds of our time, between two figures who aren't quite as important as their managers would lead them to believe. Join us to relive when Lady Sovereign met Corinne
Bailey Rae:

[D]uring a recording for T4 [Sov] met the pop singer and told her that "she should be called Corinne 'Boring' Rae."

She went on: "Corinne just said 'Whatever' and turned on her heels like she was the Queen.

We're not quite sure what Sovereign was expecting Rae to do - burst into tears? Admit "yes, you're right - I really should investigate a job at Marks and Spencers"? Retort "you're not a patch on Princess Superstar"?

Not to mention that there's something a bit rich about someone who has taken a name which suggests she is both a "Lady" and in some way "sovereign" calling someone else on acting "like she was the Queen."

Still, Sovereign's pressing need to tell Rae she was dull - Corinne Boring Rae, clever wording, cheers - was motivated by more than just the desire to show off her witty wordplay skills:

I think she's fake. She's too nice. She sings about life being as sweet as roses. But it's not, it's crap."

Now, we don't like Rae much ourselves, but we're not entirely sure what she's meant to be faking. It's not like, say, she was stepping out with Rupert Grint, earning a nice income from Universal Records, doing adverts for mobile phone companies, and sampling Gensis songs while pretending to still be a badass hoodie from a Wembley estate, for example. Or, indeed, pretending that life is crap while piling up royalties from Ugly Betty and seemingly every XBox football game going.