Patti Smith in New York City in April 2019.Photo:Jim Spellman/WireImage
Jim Spellman/WireImage
Patti Smith has been discharged after undergoinghospital treatment due to a “sudden illness” in Italy.
Speaking to PEOPLE, hospital press officer Ilaria Maria Di Battista revealed that the head of the emergency unit, Dr. Alessio Bertini, had told her that “Mrs. Smith was very polite and collaborative with us which made it easier for us to do our job to the best of our capabilities.”
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Patti Smith performs in the Unesco World Heritage Modena Cathedral, in Modena, Italy, on Dec. 9, 2023.ELISABETTA BARACCHI/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
ELISABETTA BARACCHI/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Another hospital source noted: “Before leaving she hugged and thanked the medical staff for their assistance, with one team member even drawing a laugh from her when he said not to forget to invite them to her next Italian concert.”
Battista also said that “after a necessary period of rest," Smith, 76, should be able to perform again. This comes after the cancellation of the singer’s concert in Bologna, as well as her show in Venice and book signing in Milan.
Teatro Duseannounced the cancellation of Smith’s show that was scheduled for Tuesday.
“With great regret, we inform the kind audience that the [Patti Smith] concert scheduled for today 12 December 2023 at 9 p.m. will not be able to go on stage due to a sudden illness that struck the artist,” the venuewrote on Instagram.
Patti Smith at a club called Local in New York City in 1975.Richard E. Aaron/Redferns
Richard E. Aaron/Redferns
Smith journeyed to Italy to perform her eight-date “A Tour of Italian Days” tour but fell ill shortly after arriving in Bologna. On Tuesday evening at roughly 6 p.m. local time, hotel staff at the Grand Hotel Majestic say that they were informed of a “person feeling unwell." A doctor was immediately called in to conduct a brief general consultation with Smith, and the decision was made to transfer the star in a chauffeured car to a local hospital.
Before her hospitalization, Smith’s tour dates in Italy included Ancona on Nov. 28, as well as Bari, Naples and Modena. She was also scheduled to perform in the U.S., starting with Chicago on Dec. 23, and Dec. 29 and 30 in Brooklyn, New York.
Meanwhile, Smith has been using her Instagram account to post updates about her tour in Italy. “This is my son Jackson with my suitcase,” she wrote as sheshared a photoof her son in Milan Central train station. “I move at my pace as we go from place to place conscious of one another.”
source: people.com
