Something wasn’t right that night in St. Louis.
Lionel Richie, 77, was nearing the end of his concert at the iconic The Muny venue when he asked his team for a chair. He needed to sit down to finish ‘All Night Long,’ his timeless classic.
Minutes earlier, he had confessed to the audience that he felt dizzy and strange, a phrase that lingered amid the applause.
That same night, paramedics took him to a city hospital, where he was admitted to the intensive care unit. According to TMZ, the diagnosis points to mild dehydration, and the medical team is keeping him under observation as a precaution, with discharge expected this week.
What stands out is that this is not an isolated incident: in June, during a show in Minnesota, Richie had already had to cut his performance short because of the same symptoms.
Two similar episodes in less than three months have his fans asking themselves the same question: what is behind these bouts of dizziness that keep recurring onstage? Many comment that it is due to the physical change he has undergone lately, but that information has not been confirmed by any outlet.