Jimmy Barnes undergoes open heart surgery after bacterial infection spreads

Cold Chisel singer, hospitalised two weeks ago for pneumonia, announces he is having a valve replaced

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Jimmy Barnes has shared that he is undergoing immediate open heart surgery on Wednesday because a bacterial infection he has been “battling for the last fortnight” has spread to his heart.

The 67-year-old Cold Chisel frontman was hospitalised two weeks ago for pneumonia, and cancelled a show onboard a cruise to Noumea as part of Rock the Boat festival.

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