{"id":625826,"date":"2026-09-24T09:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T09:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/625826\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T09:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T09:22:09","slug":"lionel-richie-is-doing-great-but-taking-a-break-from-performing-after-heart-procedure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/625826\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Richie is \u2018doing great\u2019 but taking a break from performing after heart procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK \u2014 Lionel Richie is taking a break from touring as he recovers from a heart procedure, a representative for the singer confirmed in a statement to The Associated Press on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Richie underwent a common procedure for atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, and the \u201cdoctor said everything went perfectly,\u201d it read. \u201cLionel is doing great but will take some time off and will be back on stage soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

A-fib is a quivering or irregular heartbeat that is a worrisome stage-setter for blood clots, stroke and heart failure. Some researchers believe more than 10 million Americans have it \u2014 most of them older.<\/p>\n

The 77-year-old singer also postponed two concerts earlier this year, in June, after falling ill. And in August, reports of Richie checking himself into a hospital after a performance in St. Louis made the rounds online.<\/p>\n

Richie was scheduled to perform with Earth, Wind & Fire<\/a> Saturday in San Francisco, Sept. 30 in Chicago and Oct. 3 in Columbus, Ohio.<\/p>\n

According to his website, he is currently scheduled to launch his \u201cKing of Hearts\u201d residency shows at Las Vegas\u2019 the Wynn in October and November.<\/p>\n

The Oscar and four-time Grammy Award-winning<\/a> Richie launched his career with The Commodores before becoming a successful solo artist. <\/p>\n

In addition to his well-known hits like \u201cHello,\u201d Richie co-wrote the iconic charity single \u201cWe Are the World\u201d with Michael Jackson<\/a> and has sold over 100 million records. He is also a judge on \u201cAmerican Idol.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK \u2014 Lionel Richie is taking a break from touring as he recovers from a heart procedure,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,85,46],"class_list":["post-625826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}