{"id":488926,"date":"2026-10-08T06:52:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T06:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/488926\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T06:52:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T06:52:24","slug":"lionel-richie-earth-wind-fire-cancel-twice-postponed-sf-concert-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/488926\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Richie, Earth, Wind & Fire cancel twice-postponed SF concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLionel Richie performs at Xcel Energy Center on in St Paul, Minn. on Aug. 4, 2023. Photo by Adam Bettcher\/Getty Images for Live Nation.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\"LionelLionel Richie performs at Xcel Energy Center on in St Paul, Minn. on Aug. 4, 2023. Photo by Adam Bettcher\/Getty Images for Live Nation.<\/p>\n

SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 The twice-postponed Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind & Fire concert at Chase Center has officially been canceled.<\/p>\n

Ticket holders on Wednesday received a Ticketmaster notification informing them that the event producer, Live Nation, had canceled the San Francisco stop of the Sing a Song All Night Long Tour. No reason was given.<\/p>\n

The concert was originally scheduled for Aug. 6 but was postponed after Earth, Wind & Fire drummer John Paris experienced a medical emergency<\/a> and was hospitalized in intensive care.<\/p>\n

A fundraiser was later launched to help Paris\u2019 family with expenses<\/a> related to his hospitalization. According to an Oct. 2 update<\/a> on Facebook, Paris is out of intensive care, in his own room and in stable condition.<\/p>\n

The Chase Center show was rescheduled for Sept. 26, but that date was also postponed after Richie underwent a procedure<\/a> to treat atrial fibrillation. His manager said he would take time away from performing to recover.<\/p>\n

Richie had required medical attention earlier in the tour as well, including after feeling faint and following an Aug. 29 performance.<\/p>\n

Ticketmaster\u2019s cancelation notice said refunds will be issued to the original method of payment after funds are received from the event organizer and should appear within 14 to 21 days.<\/p>\n

Richie is scheduled to return to the stage for his King of Hearts residency at Wynn Las Vegas, with dates beginning Oct. 14.<\/p>\n

Earth, Wind & Fire, meanwhile, has additional performances scheduled for late 2026 and a run of U.S. dates beginning in April 2027.<\/p>\n

About The Author<\/p>\n

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Glenn Gumin<\/a><\/p>\n

Glenn Gumin spends his days on a college campus as a higher education administrator involved in academic affairs and student & financial services. After many years of piano lessons, he\u2019s now attempting to learn to play the guitar and ukulele to prepare for island life in retirement. He\u2019s a live music enthusiast who loves to reminisce about shows he attended as a Bay Area teenager and a Midwest college student. He\u2019s also a big supporter of college radio.<\/p>\n

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Glenn Gumin spends his days on a college campus as a higher education administrator involved in academic affairs and student & financial services. After many years of piano lessons, he’s now attempting to learn to play the guitar and ukulele to prepare for island life in retirement. He’s a live music enthusiast who loves to reminisce about shows he attended as a Bay Area teenager and a Midwest college student. He’s also a big supporter of college radio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lionel Richie performs at Xcel Energy Center on in St Paul, Minn. on Aug. 4, 2023. Photo by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[172286,74454,74455,101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-488926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-earth-wind-fire","tag-earth-wind-and-fire","tag-lionel-richie","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}