Edwyn Collins is seriously ill after suffering a brain haemorrhage.
Writing on the singer's website his wife announced he had been taken ill on Sunday night, adding: "He is being well looked after in hospital. When there is more to report, I'll let you all know."
The news follows comments made by Collins on a recent BBC radio show in which he admitted he had been ill: "I suddenly got a horrible sense of vertigo, the room started spinning around and I started puking up". At the time he blamed the incident on food poisoning, adding: "I'm two days into recuperation and I should be fine."
Edinburgh born Collins first came to attention as frontman of Orange Juice, but got wider attention through his solo career, in particular with single release 'A Girl Like You'. More recently he has been working as a producer with new bands like **Sons and
Daughters, The Cribs and Little Barrie**