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Lionel Richie tells his Las Vegas crowd "I'm back!" after months of health scares
Lionel Richie returned to his Wynn Las Vegas residency Wednesday and told fans he is back after hospital visits in June and August.
Lionel Richie wanted everyone to know one thing on Wednesday night. "I'm back!" he shouted to the crowd.
The music legend took the stage at Wynn Las Vegas for his residency show, "Lionel Richie–King of Hearts." Health problems had kept him off stage for a stretch.
A message first
Richie had something to say before the music started. He made his big announcement right after his intro.
Then he went straight into the hits. By all accounts the voice was in fine form.
A rough few months
The comeback follows a string of scares. In June he got sick in the middle of a concert in St. Paul, Minnesota.
He told fans he felt "dizzy" plus "strange." He ended the show early. Paramedics then rushed him to a hospital by ambulance.
Back in the hospital
In August it happened again. Richie went to the hospital after a show at The Muny in St. Louis. Doctors ran tests on him in the ICU.
He had looked like he was struggling at that concert. For his last song, "All Night Long," he asked his crew for a chair so he could sit.
Weeks ago his friend Smokey Robinson said Richie was doing great after a heart procedure. Now he looks ready to prove it.
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