Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry collapses mid-performance. Stable now

Perry, 65, was playing in Coney Island in Brooklyn with his band the Hollywood Vampires, along with rocker Alice Cooper, when he staggered off-stage and collapsed.

music Updated: Jul 11, 2016 10:02 IST

Perry, 65, was playing in Coney Island in Brooklyn with his band the Hollywood Vampires, along with rocker Alice Cooper, when he staggered off-stage and collapsed.(Twitter)

Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry was hospitalised after he collapsed behind the stage while performing in New York on Sunday.

Perry, 65, was playing in Coney Island in Brooklyn with his band the Hollywood Vampires, along with rocker Alice Cooper, when he staggered off-stage and collapsed, media reports said.

#JoePerry collapsed on stage just now! He had to sit on drum kit and then went behind a small wall and passed out. FDNY and NYPD carried him off quickly. #Aerosmith #hollywoodvampires

A video posted by Eileen (@leeniepics) on Jul 10, 2016 at 6:33pm PDT

Cooper said on Twitter hours later that Perry “is stable right now, with family & is under the best care.”

Thanks to everyone asking about our brother @JoePerry. He is stable right now, with family & is under the best care pic.twitter.com/oxCRUqRAk6
— Alice Cooper (@RealAliceCooper) July 11, 2016

A Facebook account quoted Cooper as saying from stage “If you notice one of our brothers is not onstage with us, he was very sick before the show,” Billboard magazine reported.

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Warming up with Tommy. #HollywoodVampires

A photo posted by Joe Perry (@joeperryofficial) on Jul 10, 2016 at 5:08pm PDT

Perry himself posted on Twitter just hours before being taken ill: “Warming up with Tommy. #HollywoodVampires @ Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk,” along with a link to photo of the pair playing.

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