Patti Smith apologizes for canceling the show after collapsing on stage in Brazil

Sao Paulo (AP) – The veteran singer and poet Patti Smith reassured the fans that she is “good” after having collapsed during a presentation in Brazil And returned later to apologize to the public for putting an end to his early program.

A video published on social networks has shown that the 78 -year -old man lying on the scene of the place in Sao Paulo Wednesday evening.

“I’m fine. You can hear that I’m fine,” she told the Associated Press on Thursday morning when he was reached by phone. “The whole thing was largely exaggerated.”

She added that a statement she published on her Instagram, in which she said that she had experienced post-migraine dizzy, “talks about herself.”

“I was consulted by an excellent doctor and I was absolutely well. Please do not accept any other account. With all the conflicts in the world, this explanatable incident does not deserve as much attention, ”said Smith.

Cultura Artística Theater said that Thursday evening’s performance would occur as planned.

Smith was in Sao Paulo for a two -day presentation of the “Correspondences” project with the Berlin Soundwalk group group. During the representation, she recited some of her writings alongside musicians.

Soundwalk Collective said Smith had suffered from an intense migraine in the past two days, but “always wanted to be there for all of us and you play”. The group published a statement, signed by them and Smith, to their Instagram stories.

Smith collapsed about 30 minutes after the start of the event while reading a text on climate change, according to local media. She came across the stage and stayed there for a few minutes before receiving help.

“She felt clearly dizzy. She started back and fell in a way – I think she tried to support herself on the microphone or the music stand. And everything came across her. It was a weird scene, “said Micheline Alves, a journalist who was sitting in one of the front lines, in a telephone interview.

Alves said that a doctor, who was in the audience, went on stage to check Smith. “After a few minutes, we saw that she was not unconscious. She got up alone, ”added Alves.

She was then placed in a wheelchair and took behind the scenes. Later, she returned to a wheelchair and apologized, showed a video on the local media.

“Unfortunately, I fell ill and the doctor said I couldn’t finish. So we will have to understand something. And I feel very bad, ”said Smith.

The public replied in English: “Don’t be!” We love you! “The artist then sang” Wing “and” because at night “a capella.

“It was very beautiful because she was very sad, very vulnerable not to be able to make the show,” said Alves.

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Italy reported in New York.