Stevie Nicks Was Hospitalized For Two Days With An Infection, She Reveals
Earlier this month, Stevie Nicks canceled a solo concert in Glasgow, Scotland. At the time, she blamed it on a leg injury that required surgery.
Now, Nicks is revealing her condition was much more serious, requiring hospitalization for the 76-year-old singer.
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Nicks’ health crisis forced her to abruptly postpone her July 6 Glasgow show and her July 9 Manchester show.
The initial announcement downplayed things.
“Due to a recent leg injury requiring a minor surgical procedure that will need a few days of recovery time, Stevie Nicks’ scheduled performances in Glasgow Saturday 6 July and Manchester Tuesday 9 July have been postponed,” Glasgow venue OVO Hydro posted on X (formerly Twitter).
During the rescheduled Glasgow show on July 24, Nicks told the crowd what actually occurred.
“I don’t know what happened. I just got this weird infection, and it just went crazy,” she told the crowd at the concert.
The musician said that she was staying in a “fabulous castle” in Glasgow for her concert on July 6.
“We get here days early because we want to be here for a few days,” she said. “I finally just looked at my assistant – it was like two in the morning – and I said, ‘I think we need to go to emergency’. She looked at me and I said, ‘I’m not kidding! I think we need to go to the hospital.’ “
Nicks continued, “And so our butler – this wonderful man – throws us in his BMW Sedan, which is so great, and off we sped through the night to a hospital.”
The singer said she spent two days in the hospital, before she returned to the castle and decided to cancel the Glasgow show.
“I’ve been fighting this for this whole thing,” she told her fans.
“This whole tour I’ve been fighting what started here. And I would be damned if I wasn’t coming back here,” she said.
She played the rescheduled Manchester show on July 16.
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