Patti Smith discharged from hospital after being stricken by ‘sudden illness’
Patti Smith has been discharged from hospital after she was struck down by a sudden illness that forced her to cancel a gig. The ‘Queen of punk’, 76, was set to perform at the Teatro Duse in Bologna, Italy, on Tuesday (12.12.23) night, but the venue announced in an Instagram story it had pulled the show due to the ‘Because the Night’ singer’s condition. In a statement translated from Italian, the Local Health Authority of Bologna said on Wednesday (13.12.23) night the singer had been discharged from the hospital earlier that day following a “short period of observation in emergency”. It added:...