Carlos Santana He contracted the disease during a concert on Tuesday evening (July 5) in Michigan.
According to multiple reports from the scene, the great guitar collapsed on stage at Pine Knob Music Theater (formerly DTE Energy Music Theater), an outdoor amphitheater in Clarkston, about 40 miles northwest of Detroit.
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– Gary Graff (@GraffonMusic) 6 July 2022
Billboard’s Gary Graff wrote on Twitter around 10 p.m. ET.
Rob Raj, host and evening reporter for Fox2 Detroit, retweeted a photo of what appears to be Santana receiving medical attention. Medical staff on stage. Crowd asked to pray for him due to a “serious medical” problem, he writes.
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– Rob Raj (@rooprajfox2) 6 July 2022
Graf tweeted an update at 10.37pm ET. “Carlos Santana walked off the stage on a stretcher 20 minutes after he collapsed at Pine Knob Music. No word on condition yet but he waved as he rolled.”
In a follow-up tweet, Graff noted that Santana has been taken to the hospital. However, his condition is still unknown.
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– Gary Graff (@GraffonMusic) 6 July 2022
Santana appeared to have suffered from heat exhaustion and dehydration and was taken to the emergency department at McLaren Clarkston for observation, his representative, Michael Freones, explained. The veteran artist is said to be “doing well”.
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– Gary Graff (@GraffonMusic) 6 July 2022
The 74-year-old artist On the road for him Miraculous Supernatural Tour 2022: Santana + Earth, Wind & Fire, In support of his 26th studio album and latest album, 2021 Blessings and miraclesfor the first time through a deal with BMG.
His scheduled performance Wednesday night at The Pavilion at Star Lake (formerly S&T Bank Music Park) in Burgstown, Pennsylvania, will be rescheduled for a later date, Vrionis adds.
Regarded as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, Santana has won 10 Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards, with nine Grammys set records for one project, 1999 supernatural.
His long list of accolades include a Billboard Century (1996), Lifetime Achievement Honors for the Billboard Latin Music Awards (2009), Kennedy Center Honors (2013), and in 1998 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. (1998).
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