{"id":833651,"date":"2026-09-02T02:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T02:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/833651\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T02:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T02:10:09","slug":"lionel-richie-remains-hospitalized-as-new-details-about-his-health-emerge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/833651\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Richie remains hospitalized as new details about his health emerge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lionel Richie remains hospitalized in the intensive care unit<\/a>, and doctors are reportedly now looking into him potentially suffering from heart problems.<\/p>\n

The singer, 77, is undergoing testing for cardiac-related issues, TMZ reported Tuesday<\/a>. <\/p>\n

He\u2019s expected to be released from the hospital Wednesday, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n

Page Six has reached out to Richie\u2019s rep for comment.<\/p>\n

Lionel Richie, seen here in 2024, is still in the hospital after checking himself in over the weekend. Getty Images for The Recording Academy<\/p>\n

The singer is reportedly being tested for cardiac-related issues. (Pictured here performing in 2026.) Getty Images<\/p>\n

The \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d judge checked himself into a local hospital\u00a0in St. Louis, Missouri, over the weekend after he struggled to finish his concert at the Muny Amphitheater Saturday.<\/p>\n

Doctors were reportedly looking into \u201cslight dehydration\u201d as the cause.<\/p>\n

During the concert, the Grammy-winning musician had to ask for a chair<\/a> while performing his final song, \u201cAll Night Long,\u201d so that he could sit down.<\/p>\n

Richie addressed his dehydration issues and\u00a0June hospitalization<\/a>\u00a0during the concert, according to the\u00a0St. Louis American<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During his show on Saturday, seen above, he asked for a chair. auraslifeadventure\/TikTok<\/p>\n

He sat down while performing \u201cAll Night Long.\u201d auraslifeadventure\/TikTok<\/p>\n

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\u201cSome things have been happening on this tour that kind of shook me up a little bit, because I couldn\u2019t figure out what the hell was going on,\u201d he told the audience, adding, \u201cI went back to the doctor, and he said, \u2018You are suffering from dehydration.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

He was previously hospitalized in June after he\u00a0fell ill onstage<\/a>\u00a0and abruptly ended his concert early at the Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul, Minnesota.<\/p>\n

Videos shared online at the time showed Richie \u2014 who is co-headlining his\u00a026-city North American tour<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0Earth, Wind & Fire \u2014 being forced to sit down several times while singing \u201cDancing on the Ceiling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re feeling dizzy, sit your ass down,\u201d he told the crowd, before he left the concert altogether.<\/p>\n

Richie, seen in 2022, was reportedly experiencing slight dehydration when he went in. WireImage<\/p>\n

He\u2019s expected to be released on Wednesday. (Pictured: Richie on \u201cAmerican Idol.\u201d) Disney via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Richie then\u00a0canceled two concert shows\u00a0<\/a>in Chicago and Columbus, Ohio.<\/p>\n

However, Richie\u00a0assured fans he was fine<\/a>\u00a0in a July 4 Instagram post.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you for every message, every kind word, and for all your love. \u2764\ufe0f,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI\u2019m doing well, and I\u2019m grateful for all of you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The father of three has yet to comment on his latest hospitalization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lionel Richie remains hospitalized in the intensive care unit, and doctors are reportedly now looking into him potentially…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":833652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,31147,91,6547,88,1493,68552,216],"class_list":["post-833651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-illnesses","tag-celebrity-news","tag-concerts","tag-entertainment","tag-hospital","tag-lionel-richie","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833651","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=833651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/833652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}