Rock icon Carlos Santana suffered a medical emergency earlier than his live performance in San Antonio, Texas, on Tuesday, and the efficiency was postponed, in line with studies.
The San Antonio Hearth Division instructed MySanAntonio.com {that a} medical crew responded to a attainable fainting round 5 p.m. on the Majestic Theatre and that the 77-year-old was transported to an space hospital.
Citing sources, TMZ wrote that the collapse occurred throughout a soundcheck. Video obtained by the leisure web site purportedly reveals Santana being taken on a gurney right into a ready ambulance, however the switch is generally obscured by employees.
His supervisor, Michael Vrionis, stated the trigger was dehydration.
“Mr. Santana was at the venue (Majestic Theatre) preparing for tonight’s show when he experienced an event that was determined to be dehydration,” Vrionis stated in a assertion to the theater on Fb. “Out of an abundance of caution and the health of Mr. Santana, the decision to postpone the show was the most prudent course of action. He is doing well and is looking forward to coming back to San Antonio soon as well as continuing his US Tour.”
HuffPost has reached out to Santana’s workforce for an replace.
Dehydration reportedly additionally was behind Santana’s collapse throughout a live performance in 2022.
He underwent a coronary heart process in late 2021.
Santana, who’s thought-about certainly one of rock ‘n’ roll’s most revolutionary guitarists, exploded onto the scene with a memorable efficiency at Woodstock along with his band of the identical title in 1969.
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