American singer Patti Smith has cancelled a live performance in Italy due to a "sudden illness".

The 76-year-old songwriter had been as a consequence of carry out in Bologna on Tuesday night.

The Duse Theatre wished the rock icon a "speedy recovery" in a press release on Instagram.

The theatre mentioned: "With great regret, we inform the kind audience that the Patti Smith concert scheduled for today will not be able to go on stage due to a sudden illness that struck the artist.

"We are all sorry for the inconvenience attributable to this news.

"Our best wishes for a speedy recovery go to the artist."

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There have been Italian media experiences Smith was taken to hospital and positioned beneath commentary, however these haven't been confirmed.

At the top of final week, the artist was pictured arriving at Milan's La Scala opera home for the opening of the gala season.

It just isn't but clear whether or not she might be properly sufficient to carry out at her subsequent scheduled gig on Thursday in Venice.

Her most up-to-date efficiency was on Monday in Siena as a part of a string of dates in Italy.

Smith, who has launched 17 studio, reside and compilation albums, is typically often called the "punk poet laureate" and is extra extensively recognised for her affect on different artists like Madonna, Courtney Love, Michael Stipe and The Smiths, than her chart successes.

Her most generally identified track was Because The Night which was co-written with Bruce Springsteen and reached quantity 5 on the UK Singles Chart in 1978.