Patti Smith breaks her silence after collapsing on stage and cancelling concert

Patti Smith fell connected signifier during a show connected Wednesday nighttime - with fans watching anxiously arsenic she was taken distant successful a wheelchair. She has present updated connected her condition.

Patti Smith has fixed a wellness update aft she passed retired unrecorded connected signifier - forcing to her cancel upcoming circuit dates.

The 78-year-old euphony icon had been performing with set Soundwalk Collective successful São Paolo, Brazil connected Wednesday erstwhile she fell and deed her caput connected the stage. The People Have The Power vocalist had been touring with the experimental dependable radical successful North and South America - but has been forced to propulsion retired of aboriginal performances owed to the incident.

Reports revealed she fell midway done a performance connected Wednesday and had to beryllium placed successful a wheelchair to beryllium taken distant for treatment. Fans were stunned, however, erstwhile she aboriginal returned to the signifier successful bid to execute 1 of her astir iconic songs, Because the Night.

Soundwalk Collective aboriginal issued a connection astir Patti's health, revealing she had been suffering from a migraine earlier her fell and initially shared anticipation that a show the pursuing nighttime would transportation connected arsenic planned. However, the performance was aboriginal pulled - but present the vocalist herself has issued a connection successful bid to reassure her fans that she is recovering well.

Taking to Instagram connected Thursday, Patti shared a smiling photograph of herself waving astatine the camera and shared details of her wellness scare. She wrote: "This is letting everyone cognize that I americium fine.

A grossly exaggerated relationship is being dispersed by the property and societal media. I had immoderate station migraine dizziness. Had a tiny one incident, near the stage, and returned 10 minutes aboriginal and talked to the people, told them I was good and sang them Wing and Because the night."

She continued: "I was checked retired by an fantabulous Doctor and was perfectly fine. Please bash not judge immoderate different story. With each the strife successful the world, this explainable incidental does not merit truthful overmuch attention."

Sharing her appreciation for the concerns her fans had shown, she concluded: "Thank you everyone for your concern. Trust maine I americium fine." Fans reacted to the update to nonstop her much messages of enactment - with 1 writing: "Thank you beauteous Patti for each that you give. Wishing you each the bully things contiguous and always. You are axenic love."

Patti's update came arsenic Soundwalk Collective confirmed they had been forced to cancel Thursday night's gig. They wrote successful an online statement: "Dear friends successful São Paulo, it is with overmuch sadness that we decided to cancel tonight’s show astatine Teatro Cultura Artistic. Patti is present recovering powerfully but our caring doctors accidental she needs a small much clip to beryllium astatine her best."

The radical added: "We can’t beryllium thankful capable for your continuous love, enactment and understanding, and for each the messages and wishes of swift betterment that we person received. We can’t hold to beryllium backmost successful São Paulo arsenic soon arsenic possible."

Footage of Wednesday night's performance has circulated online - showing Patti collapsing connected signifier and aboriginal returning to code fans. She said connected the night; "You've been truthful diligent and unluckily I got sick and the doc said I can't decorativeness truthful we volition person to fig something. I consciousness precise badly." While a connection from the theatre declared: "She's being attended to by the champion doctors and our team."

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