Rick Springfield Confirms Brain Damage from a 25 foot Stage Fall in 2000

Thu Mar 13 2025
Rick Springfield

Rick Springfield recently found out that a bad fall he took in 2000 resulted in brain damage. The 75-year-old "Jessie's Girl" singer has revealed that after getting a whole-body MRI scan he was told that he still has lasting brain damage from an on-stage tumble during a Las Vegas show 25 years ago.

"I fell 25 feet, hit my head and then wood came down and hit my head, and then my head hit the stage again," Springfield said of the nasty fall. "I thought I had just broken my wrist, but on the scan, I found out I have some brain damage from the fall, so I'm working on trying to repair that." Unlike most people, who Springfield said "don't want to know what's wrong with them," the singer and former soap opera star said he's the "opposite."

And with good reason.

Rick Springfield & Vance Degeneres “THE WALL WILL FALL” Raises Fund for Feeding America

Fri May 29 2020
Rick Springfield & Friends The Wall Will Fall

Rick Springfield and Vance DeGeneres “Ultimate Mini-Series: The 60-Second Guide to Songwriting with a Partner”, started off as a way for the two friends to have some fun online will home-sheltering during the current Covid-19 pandemic. But what began as a way to share a few laughs with their online communities grew into a popular 28-episode series and produced a rousing, uplifting universal anthem of hope and love. The song and video for “The Wall Will Fall” was released Friday, May 8 and all proceeds from the sale of the song will be going to benefit Feeding America.

Watch the video of ‘The Wall Will Fall’ here:
https://youtu.be/BMHI0KW39ho

The “Ultimate Mini-Series: The 60-Second Guide to Songwriting with a Partner”, series featured a very smart and witty back and forth between the two, veering from showcasing musical ideas, suggestions from some famous friends and hilarious revisionist music history lessons showcasing Rick’s impressive collection of Beatles memorabilia.