Lionel Richie hospitalized in ICU after Missouri concert
American singer Lionel Richie was hospitalized in the intensive care unit in St. Louis, Missouri following a performance at The Muny in Forest Park over the weekend.
International media including The Hollywood Reporter and TMZ reported that Richie checked himself into a local hospital following his Saturday, Aug. 29, concert to undergo medical tests.
According to witnesses cited by TMZ, Richie appeared to struggle toward the end of the concert. During his final song, the 1983 hit “All Night Long,” he asked his team to bring him a chair and performed the remainder of the song while seated.
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The outlet noted that doctors evaluated Richie for possible mild dehydration, saying the singer hopes to be discharged on Tuesday.
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The hospitalization comes months after another health scare involving the singer.
In June, Richie was taken to a hospital after becoming ill during a concert in St. Paul, Minnesota. He told the audience that he felt “dizzy” and “strange” before cutting the performance short. Paramedics later met him backstage and transported him to a hospital by ambulance.
His latest hospitalization follows his return to the road for the “Sing a Song All Night Long” tour with American band Earth, Wind & Fire, known for the hit “September.”
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Richie’s next scheduled performance is on Sept. 26 in San Francisco, although it has not been confirmed whether the latest health issue will affect his upcoming dates.
Richie first rose to fame as the lead singer and saxophonist of the Commodores, the funk and soul group behind the hit song “Easy.”
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The veteran singer launched his solo career with the hits “Endless Love,” “Say You, Say Me,” “Stuck on You,” and “The Only One,” among others. A four-time Grammy winner, he was later inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022.
Richie’s 1983 album “Can’t Slow Down” won the Grammy for Album of the Year and sold more than 10 million copies in the United States. He also won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Say You, Say Me,” from the 1985 film “White Nights.”
The 77-year-old singer co-wrote “We Are the World” with Michael Jackson in 1985. The charity single, performed by an ensemble of major artists under USA for Africa, won the Grammy for Song of the Year.
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Richie first visited the Philippines with the Commodores in 1978, when the group performed at the Big Dome. He returned to Manila as a solo artist in April 2014, for his “All the Hits — All Night Long” World Tour at the same venue. /edv
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