RUSSIA CANCELS SELENA GOMEZ'S SHOWS DUE TO HER SUPPORT OF GAY RIGHTS

Selena Gomez has to cancel two shows planned for next week in Russia as the country will not allow her into the country based on her support of gay rights.

Selena had been scheduled to perform in St. Petersburg on September 23 and in Moscow on September 25.

 According to The Moscow Times, ''authorities in Russia have decided to make entry more difficult for foreign performers following Madonna and Lady Gaga's open advocacy for LGBT equality in the wake of that country's controversial law banning the promotion of "nontraditional sexual relationships."

Lady Gaga slammed the Russian government for what she described as its "criminal" stance on gay citizens, and Madonna is currently being sued for her support of the LGBT community.

Organizers have been forced to scrap the Selena shows.

CELEBRITIES: Lady Gaga has opened the iTunes festival in London, playing a set of entirely new material.

The 60-minute show marked The pop star's comeback, after a broken hip caused her to cut short her Born This Way Ball tour earlier this year.

"To say that I've missed you, it's a bit of an understatement," she told her fans on stage at London's Roundhouse.
Featuring pig men in boiler suits and multiple costume changes, the show was streamed live around the world.
In the audience were celebrity fans including Adele, Niall Horan from One Direction and TV personality Arlene Phillips.

For fans, it was the first taster of Gaga's forthcoming album ArtPop, as seven songs - including Manicure, I Wanna Be With You and Swine - were played for the first time.
Many attended the show in a dress code dictated by the 27-year-old on Twitter - including "bedazzled pig snouts" and "trash bags or artclothes".