{"id":423510,"date":"2026-05-12T07:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/423510\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T07:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:26:08","slug":"singer-bonnie-tyler-in-induced-coma-after-emergency-surgery-in-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/423510\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer Bonnie Tyler in induced coma after emergency surgery in Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"JtBQMqmXyJmFvekYOB\" style=\"display:none\">Total Eclipse of the Heart later topped the charts in both Britain and the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"JtBQMqmXyJmFvekYOB\" style=\"display:none\">The Grammy-nominated Tyler, who was born Gaynor Hopkins, was due to start a European tour on May 22 in Malta, to mark 50 years since the release in 1976 of Lost in France, which was her breakthrough hit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"JtBQMqmXyJmFvekYOB\" style=\"display:none\">Other concert dates have been planned for Germany, the Czech Republic and Turkey, with a final show planned in Cardiff in December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"JtBQMqmXyJmFvekYOB\" style=\"display:none\">Other hits include Holding Out For A Hero in 1984, which featured on the soundtrack to the huge US box office success Footloose.<\/p>\n<p class=\"JtBQMqmXyJmFvekYOB\" style=\"display:none\">In 2013, Tyler represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, with the song Believe In Me, finishing in 19th place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"JtBQMqmXyJmFvekYOB\" style=\"display:none\">She was recognised in 2022 by the late Queen Elizabeth II, who, before her death, awarded Tyler an honour for her five-decade music career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"JtBQMqmXyJmFvekYOB\" style=\"display:none\">\u2013 AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Total Eclipse of the Heart later topped the charts in both Britain and the United States. The Grammy-nominated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[74,200503,94411,15974,156,4999,2241,217307,78,94410,685,111,139,69,21940,25928,3048,4625,47964,6290,24465,135157],"class_list":["post-423510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-after","tag-bonnie","tag-coma","tag-emergency","tag-entertainment","tag-friday","tag-hospital","tag-huskyvoiced","tag-in","tag-induced","tag-last","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-placed","tag-portugal","tag-said","tag-singer","tag-spokesperson","tag-surgery","tag-tyler","tag-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}