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Singer Patti Smith Hospitalized In Italy

Legendary singer and poet Patti Smith has been hospitalized in Bologna, Italy. Her hospitalization happened right before she was due to perform.  

Smith later took to Instagram to inform fans that she was in good health and would return to the stage as soon as she could.

“Thanking all at the hospital for their help and guidance,” Smith said in her post, which was a photo of her surrounded by medical professionals. “I am so sorry that we had to cancel concerts in Bologna and Venice. I will return to fulfill my happy obligations.” 

Smith was due to perform at the Teatro Dome before it was announced that she was not able to make the stage due to a sudden illness that led to her hospitalization. She was in Italy to play eight shows. Her shows in Venice and Milan have since been canceled.

Smith also has several shows back in the United States this year, including one concert in Chicago and two concerts in Brooklyn.

Smith, 76, has talked about her health before during a 2020 interview with The Guardian.

“I was a sickly kid, sometimes they were worried that I wouldn’t pull through,” Smith said. “I had so much responsibility and a true purpose. To be in limbo almost ten months, for a person like me who doesn’t like sitting in the same place, it’s been very challenging. I feel like I’m part wolf, roaming from room to room.”

In 2016, Smith memorably forgot her lines while performing at her Nobel Prize award ceremony.

Zach Ament

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