Carlos Santana suffers major medical emergency on-stage in Michigan
UPDATE at 8:45 p.m.: Carlos Santana’s representatives have released a statement that he collapsed due to heat exhaustion. He was taken to McLaren Clarkston hospital for observation and was doing well.
A July 6 concert at Burgettstown, Penn., will be postponed to a later date, management said.
Bay Area icon Carlos Santana collapsed midway through his concert in Michigan on Tuesday.
The guitarist was was introducing the song “Joy,” from his latest album, Blessings and Miracles, when he appeared to pass out, according to several videos by concertgoers at the Pine Knob Music Theatre near Detroit.
First responders quickly rushed to the stage to provide care for about 20 minutes before wheeling him off the stage. He was seen raising an arm and waving at the time.
Carlos Santana waved to clapping fans as he’s helped off the stage pic.twitter.com/YA55N4QCZe
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The remainder of the show was canceled.
Santana is 74. Last year, he canceled several Las Vegas dates following an “unscheduled” heart procedure, his spokesman said at the time in a written statement. The Grammy winner also had COVID-19 in February.
Santana grew up in Mexico and moved to San Francisco in the 1960s, where he lived for about 50 years. He’s won 10 Grammys and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.
The concert was part of their Miraculous Supernatural Tour, which included shows in Mountain View and Concord last month.