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| Paul McCartney has been treated in hospital after falling ill in Japan. The former Beatle is expected to "make a complete recovery" from a viral infection, a representative for the musician said. He had already cancelled several Asian tour dates. | Paul McCartney has been treated in hospital after falling ill in Japan. The former Beatle is expected to "make a complete recovery" from a viral infection, a representative for the musician said. He had already cancelled several Asian tour dates. |
| On Thursday afternoon, McCartney's spokesman Stuart Bell confirmed reports that the 71-year-old had been taken to a Tokyo hospital earlier this week. "Since contracting a virus last week that led to the postponement of tour dates, Paul [has] received successful medical treatment," he wrote. "He will make a complete recovery and has been ordered to take a few days rest." | On Thursday afternoon, McCartney's spokesman Stuart Bell confirmed reports that the 71-year-old had been taken to a Tokyo hospital earlier this week. "Since contracting a virus last week that led to the postponement of tour dates, Paul [has] received successful medical treatment," he wrote. "He will make a complete recovery and has been ordered to take a few days rest." |
| McCartney has been sick for about a week, reporting his first symptoms not long after arriving in Japan on 15 May. He initially scrapped concerts on 17, 18 and 19 May but has since expanded the run of cancellations: he will skip his Friday show in Osaka as well as a Seoul date on 28 May. "Just awaiting Paul's recovery," his guitarist, Rusty Anderson, tweeted on Thursday. | McCartney has been sick for about a week, reporting his first symptoms not long after arriving in Japan on 15 May. He initially scrapped concerts on 17, 18 and 19 May but has since expanded the run of cancellations: he will skip his Friday show in Osaka as well as a Seoul date on 28 May. "Just awaiting Paul's recovery," his guitarist, Rusty Anderson, tweeted on Thursday. |
| "Unfortunately my condition has not improved overnight," McCartney wrote after his initial problems. "I was really hoping that I'd be feeling better today. I'm so disappointed and sorry to be letting my fans down." Sankei Sports, a local newspaper, reported that the singer had been vomiting and suffering from diarrhoea. | |
| While McCartney's Asian performances have all been postponed until a later time, he is still due to begin a US tour on 14 June. Those 18 concerts will take him from Lubbock, Texas to San Francisco, California, where McCartney is scheduled to play the last-ever gig at Candlestick Park stadium. Candlestick was also the site of the Beatles' last full public show, on 29 August 1966. | While McCartney's Asian performances have all been postponed until a later time, he is still due to begin a US tour on 14 June. Those 18 concerts will take him from Lubbock, Texas to San Francisco, California, where McCartney is scheduled to play the last-ever gig at Candlestick Park stadium. Candlestick was also the site of the Beatles' last full public show, on 29 August 1966. |