Mark Chesnutt missed a scheduled performance in Louisiana on Thursday night (Oct. 16) after he was rushed to the hospital in the morning, hours before he was set to take the stage.

Why Was Mark Chesnutt Hospitalized?

According to WBRZ in Baton Rouge, Chesnutt was set to open for Alabama at Raising Cane's River Center on Thursday, but officials with the venue issued a statement saying that the traditional-leaning country singer had been hospitalized "for medical reasons."

The head of Chesnutt's management team, Tony Conway, tells the Eastern New Mexico News that the 62-year-old "Too Cold at Home" singer was suffering from "low sodium count and extreme high blood pressure."

Chesnutt's band played the show in Baton Rouge without him, and the singer had to cancel another performan

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