Lionel Richie\u2019s ex-wife, Brenda Harvey-Richie, revealed the musician is on the mend after he was rushed to the hospital mid-performance last week.<\/p>\n
\u201cThanking everyone for their concern,\u201d the songwriter wrote via X <\/a>Thursday, in response to a news report about the 77-year-old musician\u2019s hospitalization.<\/p>\n \u201cLionel is OK and will be back on the stage.\u201d <\/p>\n Lionel Richie\u2019s ex-wife, Brenda Harvey-Richie, gave an update after he was rushed to the hospital last week. (Seen here: Richie and Harvey-Richie in 1990.) Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cLionel is OK and will be back on the stage,\u201d the songwriter wrote via X Thursday. X\/Brenda Harvey Richie<\/p>\n A rep for Richie did not immediately respond to Page Six\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n The \u201cHello\u201d crooner and Harvey-Richie, 74, were married from 1975 to 1993, and share daughter Nicole Richie, 44.<\/p>\n Additionally, he was wed to Diane Alexander from 1995 to 2004, and the exes are the parents to Miles Richie, 32, and Sofia Richie, 27.<\/p>\n The exes (seen above in 1986) were married from 1975 to 1993. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images<\/p>\n They share daughter Nicole Richie (seen here in 2016). Donato Sardella<\/p>\n The \u201cAll Night Long\u201d singer was performing at the opening night of his \u201cSing a Song All Night Long\u201d tour<\/a>\u00a0at the Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul, Minnesota, when he suffered a dizzy spell less<\/a> than an hour into the show on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Lionel was seen in videos taking a seat multiple times while singing his 1986 track \u201cDancing on the Ceiling.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you\u2019re feeling dizzy, sit your ass down,\u201d\u00a0he told the audience.<\/p>\n The Grammy winner attempted to push through his illness before deciding to take a break, and later saxophonist Dino Soldo announced that the show was canceled because the hitmaker was \u201cnot feeling well.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe won\u2019t be able to continue. Additional information will be available,\u201d Soldo said.<\/p>\n The Grammy winner also shares kids Miles Richie and Sofia Richie with his second ex-wife, Dianne Alexander. (Seen above: Nicole, Lionel, Sofia and Miles.) Getty Images<\/p>\n Live Nation announced that Lionel would be cancelling his following two shows in Chicago and Ohio on Thursday and Friday, respectively.<\/p>\n \u201cUnder advisement by doctors to rest and return to full health, Lionel Richie has postponed his next two shows,\u201d the social media post read.<\/p>\n \u201cLionel is heartbroken to postpone these two shows and cannot wait to be back performing for his fans.\u201d<\/p>\n Lionel (seen above in 2023) was performing on the opening night of his \u201cSing a Song All Night Long\u201d tour when he became dizzy on Wednesday. ABC via Getty Images<\/p>\n The hitmaker (seen here in March) was taken to the hospital. Disney via Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cWe apologize for any inconvenience this causes fans who have tickets for these two shows. Rescheduled dates will be announced soon,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n However, the \u201cEndless Love\u201d singer is expected to return to the stage alongside his co-headliner Earth, Wind & Fire.<\/p>\n Lionel has yet to personally address the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lionel Richie\u2019s ex-wife, Brenda Harvey-Richie, revealed the musician is on the mend after he was rushed to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":733922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,91,88,1493,68552,216],"class_list":["post-733921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-hospital","tag-lionel-richie","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=733921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/733922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}