Arts & Entertainment
Aerosmith's Joe Perry In Stable Condition After Staggering Off Coney Island Stage
Perry was performing with the super group Hollywood Vampires.
Photo by Nat Ch Villa via Flickr
Joe Perry, lead guitarist of Aerosmith, is in stable condition at Coney Island Hospital after staggering off stage Sunday night on Coney Island, the New York Times reported. Perry was performing at the Ford Amphitheater with the super group Hollywood Vampires.
Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton offered this update at 2:53 p.m. on Monday:
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Thankfully, Joe seems to be better than we all first feared. Here's hoping he's back on stage soon doing what he loves to do!
— Tom Hamilton (@THaerosmith) July 11, 2016
NYPD confirmed that a 65-year-old man was transported to Coney Island Hospital last night.
Hollywood Vampires lead singer Alice Cooper tweeted out that Joe Perry is in stable condition.
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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
Video shared on Instagram shows Perry struggling during the concert and moving backstage:
#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
A second video appears to show medical personnel attending to Perry:
Behind the small wall.....joe perry
A video posted by Eileen (@leeniepics) on Jul 10, 2016 at 6:39pm PDT
Johnny Depp is also a member of Hollywood Vampires. The band features a number of touring musicians, but Depp, Perry and Cooper are the three core band members.
Perry shared a YouTube video on July 7, encouraging fans to come out to the Coney Island show:
Both the official Hollywood Vampires and Joe Perry Twitter accounts have shared that Perry is stable:
Joe Perry is stable and resting. His brother Vampires and fans wish him a speedy recovery.
— Hollywood Vampires (@hollywoodvamps) July 11, 2016
Thanks to all of the fans reaching out and asking about Joe. He is stable right now, with family and is under the best care.
— Joe Perry (@JoePerry) July 11, 2016
Hollywood Vampires are scheduled to tour America throughout July, including at show on Tuesday, July 12 in Kettering, OH. Patch reached out to Hollywood Vampires to find out if those tour dates will continue as scheduled. We will update this story when we have more information.
The Coney Island Hollywood Vampires show was heavily promoted on social media. The band's official Twitter account confirmed that tickets were still available on the night of the show and Johnny Depp shared this video encouraging people to attend:
Let's go! A message from Johnny Depp. Don't miss us, July 10th at The Amphitheater at Coney Island in Brooklyn, NY. pic.twitter.com/po32klnXmD
— Hollywood Vampires (@hollywoodvamps) July 7, 2016
Joe Perry began his career in music forming Aerosmith along with Steven Tyler, Ray Tabano, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer in Boston, MA in 1970. The band has sold 150 millions records.
Steven Tyler recently announced on Howard Stern that Aerosmith will begin a farewell tour in 2017.
In subsequent interviews, Joe Perry has made it clear that he is skeptical about Aersomith closing up shop.
"I always hold my breath whenever Steven does an interview on his own," Perry told Rolling Stone last month.
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