Joe Perry, known as the guitarist of Aerosmith, collapsed onstage while performing with Johnny Depp and Alice Cooper during a show in Brooklyn tonight.
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Legendary rockstar Joe Perry has been rushed to the hospital after he collapsed on stage during a concert with his side project in Coney Island on Sunday night.
The band, which also features Alice Cooper and Johnny Depp, continued the rest of the set without Perry.
Perry posted on Twitter just hours before being taken ill: “Warming up with Tommy”.
Hollywood Vampires record label rep Sujata Murthy says Perry is “stable and resting”.
(Richard Harbus/for New York Daily News) Perry backstage with John Varvatos before Hollywood Vampires took the stage Sunday night. “He is stable right now, with family and is under the best care.’ A statement was also issued on the band’s official page with a similar sentiment”.
Fans and concert attendees, recorded a sick Joe Perry sitting down near the drumset still playing his guitar before making his way off the stage.
The 65-year old musician, collapsed in the middle of the second song according to Kevin Phalon, who attended the show. Later on the night, The Hollywood’s Vampires Twitter account released the same news.
After the show, Cooper tweeted that Perry was in stable condition.
Steven Tyler recently announced on Howard Stern that Aerosmith will begin a farewell tour in 2017. “Joe Perry.’ It was so sad”.
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The Hollywood Vampires, a supergroup cover band, played the David Bowie song, Rebel, Rebel, as EMTs carried Joe Perry out of the Ford Amphitheater on a stretcher.
