Patti Smith blames ‘post-migraine dizziness’ for collapsing onstage in Brazil: ‘Absolutely fine’
NY Post
Patti Smith will be dancing barefoot again soon.
The 78-year-old rocker told her fans she’s “absolutely fine” after she experienced a “small incident” onstage while performing in Brazil on Wednesday.
Smith scared fans when she appeared to collapse in São Paulo during her set with the Soundwalk Collective group. She was helped offstage and later briefly returned in a wheelchair.
However, the “Because the Night” singer chalked the ordeal up to the effects of a migraine, taking to her social media on Thursday to blast the scare as “grossly exaggerated.”
Smith posted a smiling selfie while waving to the camera and wrote, “This is [me] letting everyone know that I am fine.”
She added, “I had some post migraine dizziness. Had a small incident, left the stage, and returned 10 minutes later and talked to the people, told them I was fine and sang them Wing and Because the Night.”