- Title: Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry stable in hospital after collapsing on stage
- Date: 11th July 2016
- Summary: WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - SEPTEMBER 15, 2015) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES, ALICE COOPER, AND AEROSMITH GUITARIST AND MEMBER OF THE HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES, JOE PERRY, GIVING INTERVIEW PHOTOGRAPHER, THEN COOPER AND PERRY POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS PERRY CLOSE UP
- Embargoed: 26th July 2016 06:37
- Keywords: Joe Perry Aerosmith Vampires Hollywood Johnny Depp
- Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, AND WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- City: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, AND WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Celebrities,Arts/Culture/Entertainment
- Reuters ID: LVA0014Q8RRKD
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- Story Text: Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry collapsed on stage while performing in New York on Sunday (July 10) and was hospitalised, according to reports.
Perry, 65, was playing in Coney Island in Brooklyn with his band the Hollywood Vampires, along with rocker Alice Cooper, when he staggered off-stage and collapsed, media reports said.
Chyanne Leland was at the concert when Perry took ill.
"It happened on stage. He kind of tumbled off and then fell off stage. But people saw him kind of wobbling around. And then the police had to resuscitate him backstage, and then they finally got him stabilised enough to get him into a hospital bed, or a gurney, to get him to an ambulance," Leland said.
Leland said seeing Perry collapse was "traumatising".
"Joe Perry was a childhood hero, and seeing someone so great suffering so much, that's really depressing," she said.
Cooper said on Twitter hours later that Perry "is stable right now, with family & is under the best care."
A Facebook account quoted Cooper as saying from stage "If you notice one of our brothers is not onstage with us, he was very sick before the show," Billboard magazine reported.
Perry himself posted on Twitter just hours before being taken ill: "Warming up with Tommy. #HollywoodVampires @ Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk," along with a link to photo of the pair playing. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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