Leonard Cohen OK after fainting on stage
Canadian poet-singer Leonard Cohen is recovering after collapsing on stage while on a music tour in Spain.
Doctor Music Concerts released a statement early Saturday saying Cohen has been released from hospital after suffering stomach problems.
The singer ó who turns 75 on Monday ó fainted halfway through Bird on the Wire while performing in Valencia on Friday.
Video placed on YouTube by a concertgoer shows Cohen kneeling several times as he sings and then keeling sideways.
Band members rushed to his aid. He was treated on site at first and then sent to hospital, his record company said.
A band member told fans the performer had suffered stomach cramps and vomiting.
Cohen is due to perform Monday in Barcelona to wrap up his Spanish tour.
A spokesman for the Palau Sant Jordi concert hall in Barcelona said trucks bearing Cohen’s stage set arrived on Saturday and will be set up.
According to the poet’s website, after Spain, he isn’t due to perform until Oct. 17 in Sunrise, Florida.
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