Yesterday was the start of Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind & Fire’s Sing A Song All Night Long Tour. However, Richie had to leave the show early because he felt dizzy. As a precaution, he was rushed to the hospital by ambulance.
While he has not posted any updates on his health, the next two venues did. That is because he and EWF are postponing the next two dates.
Both the United Center and the Schottenstein Center posted this message on social media: “Under advisement by doctors to rest and return to full health, Lionel Richie has postponed his next two shows on Friday, June 26, in Chicago, IL, and Saturday, June 27, in Columbus, OH. He and Earth, Wind & Fire will return to the stage on Tuesday, June 30 in Pittsburgh, PA. Lionel is heartbroken to postpone these two shows and cannot wait to be back performing for his fans.”
Hopefully, he will be feeling better by their next date after those two which is July 1st in Michigan.
Yesterday, Lionel Richie was all excited to launch his tour with Earth, Wind & Fire at the Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul, Minnesota, and shared several smiling photos before the start of the show. However, mid-way through the concert, he fell ill.
While the 77-year-old was singing Dancing on the Ceiling, he had to sit down because he was feeling dizzy. His saxophonist, Dino Soldo, sat next to him for a while. But then both went on with the show.
The legend got up, walked over to the piano, and performed Three Times a Lady. But after that song, he exited stage right and never returned. After a brief time, Soldo came out and told the audience that Richie was not feeling well and could not continue on with the show.
Today, we are learning more about what happened after the American Idol judge left the stage. According to TMZ, paramedics met him backstage, and then he was taken away in an ambulance to the hospital as a precautionary measure.
Since then, it has been radio silence.
The Sing A Song All Night Long Tour’s next date is tomorrow in Chicago. Hopefully, he will feel well enough to do it. If not, shortly after that. Between now and August 14th, they are scheduled to play 26 shows.
To hear what Soldo told the audience, then click here!
Lionel Richie has been around since almost all of us have been alive. And we have been pronouncing his name incorrectly. I thought it was Lie-nole, almost as though it were one syllable.
However, KeKe Palmer told Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show that is not how he says it. He calls himself Lie+nell, so he breaks up the Li and the nel when he says it, and forgets the o.
And now that is what I am going to try to call him from now on. But since you cannot teach an old dog new tricks, I probably won’t. Even though the way he pronounces is so much more fitting for him.
Side note: I tried to find him saying it, but no such luck. I will make my friends who cover American Idol find out if it is true or not, and I will get back to you!
I am sure you have seen that meme, “You’ve seen Elf on a Shelf, but have you seen…?”
Well, Luke Bryan saw it too, and a lightbulb went off in his head. So he called his friend and American Idol co-judge, Lionel Richie, and asked him to come on over!
Then he had the Commodore sit on some shelves filled with records so that we could have Lionel on Vinyl.
I wonder if they also have a jukebox there, because then it would be Luke on a Juke. Or better yet, they can go to a zoo so we can get Bryan on a Lion. Although that might be the last thing we get from the Country star.
Every year, we wonder which judges will be returning to American Idol. And for the last few seasons, Luke Bryan has teased that he will not be returning. So did he make good on that tease this season?
Nope! ABC announced that Lionel Richie, Carrie Underwood, and the Country singer will be returning to the judges’ table this Spring.
Not only that, they also announced that producers’ auditions start tomorrow and will hit all 50 states between then and throughout September. To see where and when they will be near you, then you can see the list here.
If you think you have what it takes, then don’t miss your chance to be the next American Idol!
