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Aerosmith Guitarist Joe Perry Stable After Collapsing During Concert

“If you notice one of our brothers is not onstage with us, he was very sick before the show.”
Musician Joe Perry arrives at the 58th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California February 15, 2016. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok
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Musician Joe Perry arrives at the 58th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California February 15, 2016. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok

NEW YORK, July 10 (Reuters) - Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry collapsed on stage while performing in New York on Sunday and was hospitalized, according to reports.

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.

Cooper said on Twitter hours later that Perry “is stable.”

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.

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.

Warming up with Tommy. #HollywoodVampires

A photo posted by Joe Perry (@joeperryofficial) on

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