Eighties pop star Adam Ant has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act, it was claimed this evening.
It follows a series of troubled public appearances, including a concert last week where he unleashed a tirade of abuse at Christians during a charity gig.
According to The Music Fix (TMF) website, Adam Ant sent a message to fans which said he had been admitted to hospital.
It read: 'Ant fans - please send me postcards at the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, Fulham Road. Please don't come down here as it may upset the staff who have been really pleasant.
'I am having a well earned rest at Her Majesty's Pleasure and am painting and continuing being an art student. I have a great view and am considering gigs later in the year.'
The 55-year-old popstar has a troubled history and has a history of depression.
The Antmusic singer announced earlier this year he would go back on the road for the sake of his 12-year-old daughter Lily.
But his return was marred last week with an odd performance in Portsmouth.
On May 11, Adam, real name Stuart Goddard, was due to play a 30-minute set at the Oasis Centre to raise money for starving children in the Phillipines.
During the show, he invited a four-year-old boy up on stage and began to teach him the words to The Who's My Generation.
And when the frustrated crowd started to leave, he began screaming obscenities at them.
He even asked if there were any Christians in the room, and then told them to 'f**k off'.
Goddard was then booed off the stage before twins - who he referred to as 'his nieces' - Alex and Naomi Hewston, 22, got into a fight with promoter Nick Courtney's son Sam backstage.
He then returned to London on Saturday to perform with his live band at Paper Dresstival.
According to an Adam & The Ants fansite, Goddard, who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, was sectioned after an incident on Tuesday evening.
n 2002, he threatened drinkers at a North London pub with an imitation pistol, but escaped a jail term on the grounds of mental illness.
And he was sectioned in September 2003 after a dispute with a neighbour where he threatened to smash in his patio doors with a shovel and was found lying naked in a cafe basement.
When he announced his comeback just weeks ago he told reporters that he had learned to live with manic depression.
The illness has caused him to be admit himself to hospital on several occasions.
But last month he said he would hit the road again for the sake of Lily, his only child and his �reason for living�.
�She has never seen Adam perform and doesn�t know what The Ants were all about,� he said.
'I�ve had this lifelong battle against manic depression, but I�ve had to overcome it for her sake. Times got bad. I lost my mind. But I�m back.�
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