Overview
- His team confirmed late Tuesday that Richie was hospitalized this week for an irregular heartbeat and underwent a catheter ablation to treat atrial fibrillation.
- Three shows on the Sing a Song All Night Long tour — Sept. 26 in San Francisco, Sept. 30 in Chicago and Oct. 2 in Columbus — have been canceled or postponed while he recovers.
- This is the third hospital visit in roughly three months after onstage dizziness in June and a late‑August stay for cardiac testing that included time in an ICU.
- Atrial fibrillation is an irregular heart rhythm that can cause dizziness and raise stroke risk, and catheter ablation is a common, minimally invasive procedure that aims to block faulty electrical signals in the heart.
- Richie’s representatives say he is doing well and will take time off; his Oct. 14 Las Vegas residency remains listed as scheduled but promoters and his team have not yet announced further changes or rescheduling details.