Bonnie Tyler recuperating after emergency surgery in Portugal

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7 May 2026 at 14:12:15

Bonnie Tyler recuperating after emergency surgery in Portugal

FILE PHOTO: British singer Bonnie Tyler performs the song "Believe in me" during the dress rehearsal for the final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmo Arena Hall May 17, 2013. The final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest will be held on May 18.

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LISBON, May 7 (Reuters) - Welsh pop singer Bonnie Tyler is recuperating after undergoing emergency surgery in Faro, southern Portugal, where she has a home, according to a statement on her official website.

The intestinal surgery for the 74-year-old singer, famed for 1980s power ballads such as "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Holding Out for a Hero", had gone well, the statement said.

Tyler, born Gaynor Hopkins in Wales, was due to perform at a music festival in Malta on May 22, and then in Germany on May 30. She represented the UK at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest.

(Reporting by Andrei Khalip; editing by Charlie Devereux, Alexandra Hudson)