i know a lot of people paid money to that show, but im sorry to me a persons heath comes before anything else!, yes it is a short stay but from my experience the hard stuff is only starting now for him, temption is only now going to start to really kick in but im more than sure hes strong enough to get over it.

outside support could be just his friends or maybe support from a professional that just checks in every now and again see if he's coping, im sure if richie had wanted to play the show he would have, im sure u would have had a worse taste in your mouth if he had shown up drunk and recked the show