Carlos Marín, singer of Il Divo, in an induced coma in the ICU of a UK hospital

Carlos Marín, the Spanish singer who is part of The celebrity, is admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a Manchester hospital (United Kingdom), intubated and in an induced coma.

The information, published by the Spanish newspaper La Voz de Galicia after speaking with the promoter of the concert that the famous vocal quartet had planned to celebrate next week in A Coruña (northern Spain), indicates that Marín, 53, He began to feel ill in recent days and finally had to be hospitalized at Manchester Royal Medical Center, although the cause is not indicated.

“Our dear friend and colleague, Carlos, is in the hospital. We hope and pray for a speedy recovery “, confirms the official profile of Il Divo on Twitter.

As a result of this medical setback, Primer Beat Producciones has announced “For reasons unrelated to the organization and that affect the health of one of the members of Il Divo” the postponement until June 15, 2022 of the concert that was to be held at the Coliseum in A Coruña on December 22.

Il Divo was founded by the famed Simon Cowell, himself from One Direction, after imagining that an entirely male lyrical quartet would have possibilities covering mythical songs.

Marín, that he had forged a previous career as an actor in musicals such as “Los miserables” or “Beauty and the beast”, He joined this project in 2003, for which Urs Bühler, Sébastien Izambard and David Miller were also hired.

Together they have released nine studio albums so far, from the homonym “Il Divo” (2004) to the most recent “For Once In My Life: A Celebration of Motown” (2021), with which it has managed to sell nearly 40 million copies worldwide.

Alone, last year he released an album entitled “Portrait” in which he dared to cover “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen, among other hits.