The group canceled its Monday appearance on the late-night program comes after Joe Perry, the iconic guitarist for the band Aerosmith, collapsed while performing alongside his Hollywood Vampires bandmates, Johnny Depp and Alice Cooper, during a show at the Coney Island Amphitheater in NY on Sunday night. The guitarist was then taken to the hospital in the middle of the show as fans anticipated news on the icon’s medical condition.
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Fan video posted on social media shows Perry sitting onstage while playing guitar, then slowly walking off. Witnesses said medics immediately went to his aid offstage.
Hollywood Vampires have canceled their late-night debut following Joe Perry’s collapse during a Brooklyn show Sunday night.
The Joe Perry cardiac arrest news made his fans really sad, but we are glad to report that he is in a stable condition now.
In place of The Hollywood Vampires, The Late Show will feature a performance by Blink-182, whose new album California current sits at #1 on the Billboard 200.
An administrator at Coney Island Hospital confirmed the 65-year-old Perry is undergoing tests.
The Joe Perry collapse was bad because he sat down and struggled to play during the Hollywood Vampires’ first song.
But Alice Cooper, the Vampires’ lead singer, announced that the band would resume its nationwide tour Tuesday in Kettering, Ohio.
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The clip also shows frontman Alice Cooper searching for Perry onstage after turning around to face the band. “Thanks to everyone asking about our brother Joe Perry”, he wrote. “Here’s hoping he’s back on stage soon doing what he loves to do!”
