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| Driving Home for Christmas singer in stable condition following fall during live performance in Oxford | |
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| Sun 10 Dec 2017 12.04 GMT | |
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| The singer-songwriter Chris Rea has cancelled a scheduled concert in Brighton following his collapse while performing in Oxford. | The singer-songwriter Chris Rea has cancelled a scheduled concert in Brighton following his collapse while performing in Oxford. |
| Rea, who had a stroke last year, was mid-song at the New Theatre when he suddenly clutched his microphone and fell to the stage. He had been 45 minutes into the 35th concert in his 37-leg Road Songs For Lovers tour. | Rea, who had a stroke last year, was mid-song at the New Theatre when he suddenly clutched his microphone and fell to the stage. He had been 45 minutes into the 35th concert in his 37-leg Road Songs For Lovers tour. |
| A spokesperson said: “Unfortunately, Chris Rea has had to cancel tonight’s show at Brighton Centre due to illness. | A spokesperson said: “Unfortunately, Chris Rea has had to cancel tonight’s show at Brighton Centre due to illness. |
| “A decision about the outstanding date on his UK tour on 12 December at Bournemouth International Centre will be made in the near future.” | “A decision about the outstanding date on his UK tour on 12 December at Bournemouth International Centre will be made in the near future.” |
| Rea, 66, known the songs Driving Home for Christmas and The Road to Hell, rose to prominence in the late 1970s and has a distinctive, gravelly voice. | Rea, 66, known the songs Driving Home for Christmas and The Road to Hell, rose to prominence in the late 1970s and has a distinctive, gravelly voice. |
| Following his collapse, the curtain was drawn and the audience was told the show was cancelled. South Central ambulance service described Rea as being in a stable condition when it treated him. | Following his collapse, the curtain was drawn and the audience was told the show was cancelled. South Central ambulance service described Rea as being in a stable condition when it treated him. |
| Darren Fewins, who had been watching the performance, said: “He was standing by the microphone and he had the guitar in his hand and he kept shaking his left hand as if there was something not quite right with it. | Darren Fewins, who had been watching the performance, said: “He was standing by the microphone and he had the guitar in his hand and he kept shaking his left hand as if there was something not quite right with it. |
| “He walked forward to the microphone and he was trying to grab the microphone with his left hand, and it was swinging from side to side. I thought at first there was something wrong with it and he was trying to keep it steady. | “He walked forward to the microphone and he was trying to grab the microphone with his left hand, and it was swinging from side to side. I thought at first there was something wrong with it and he was trying to keep it steady. |
| “Then he just collapsed on the stage backwards. He was on his back for about two minutes before they brought the curtain down and then that was it.” | “Then he just collapsed on the stage backwards. He was on his back for about two minutes before they brought the curtain down and then that was it.” |
| The Middlesbrough-born musician was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2001. He has spoken about quitting smoking after having a stroke in 2016. “I’m fine when I’m sitting down, I’ve just got a little bit of balance – it’s a bit dodgy, just in case anyone thinks I’m drunk on stage,” he told BBC Breakfast in August. | The Middlesbrough-born musician was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2001. He has spoken about quitting smoking after having a stroke in 2016. “I’m fine when I’m sitting down, I’ve just got a little bit of balance – it’s a bit dodgy, just in case anyone thinks I’m drunk on stage,” he told BBC Breakfast in August. |
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