"With all the strife in the world, this explainable incident does not merit so much attention," she wrote on Instagram.

Patti Smith will be dancing barefoot again soon. The 78-year-old rocker told her fans she’s “absolutely fine” after she experienced a “small incident” onstage while performing in Brazil on Wednesday.

Patti Smith says she is “absolutely fine” after “grossly exaggerated” reports that she collapsed onstage at a show in São Paulo, Brazil. The New York punk rock pioneer and singer-songwriter, a Chicago native who grew up in Deptford, South Jersey, took to Instagram to clear up what happened.