IPod Touch turned black and stopped responding after playing music

I was sitting listening to music last night with my iPod in my lap (not near any liquid), and when the album finished, I sat for a minute before trying to press the home button and choose new music. When I tried that, nothing happened; the screen remained blank. I tried pressing and holding the on/off switch and home button (not at the same time) and nothing happened. It did not respond to being plugged into my computer or to a wall outlet at home. My iPod has never had battery problems and that one, 45 minute album was the only thing I'd listened to since charging my iPod.
This morning, after I saw the troubleshooting option to press and hold the home and on/off buttons at the same time, I tried this and it did work after 10-15 seconds. When it came back on, it showed full power (it had been plugged in all night, although it still didn't respond to normal home button/ power switch pressing before the reset) and had its display set at the beginning of the final song I'd played the night before. It synced normally, although, again, the last song I'd listened to was not recorded with a new play count/last played date. It's also been sort of slow since then.
The problem is that I'm not going to be in town for long, and if this signals a deeper issue that's likely to recur or get worse, then I want to get it checked out before I leave. Is it worth it to take it into a store, or since it's working now, would there be nothing they could do to diagnose underlying issues?

I would perform a restore. You probably have some software corruption.
Basic troubleshooting steps.
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