Carlos Santana has taken ill during a concert Tuesday (July 5) evening in Michigan.
According to multiple reports from the scene, the guitar great collapsed onstage at Pine Knob Music Theatre (formerly DTE Energy Music Theatre), an outdoor amphitheater in Clarkston, some 40 miles northwest of Detroit.
Santana was “being treated as we speak,” tweeted Billboard’s Gary Graff, at approximately 10pm ET.
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.@SantanaCarlos just collapsed onstage at @PineKnobMusic Being treated as I type
— Gary Graff (@GraffonMusic) July 6, 2022
Roop Raj, evening anchor and reporter at Fox2 Detroit, re-tweeted a photo of what appears to be Santana receiving medical attention. “Medical personnel on stage. Crowd asked to pray for him because of a ‘serious medical’ issue,” he writes.
#BREAKING: Carlos Santana just passed out on stage at @PineKnobMusic. Medical personnel on stage. Crowd asked to pray for him because of a “serious medical” issue. Pic via @LoriPinsonFOX2 pic.twitter.com/6VqHkBwVIT
— Roop Raj (@rooprajfox2) July 6, 2022
Graff tweeted an update at 10.37pm ET. “Carlos Santana taken offstage on stretcher 20 minutes after collapsing at Pine Knob Music No word on condition yet but he waved while being rolled off.”
Update: @SantanaCarlos taken offstage on stretcher 20 minutes after collapsing at @PineKnobMusic
No word on condition yet but he waved while being rolled off— Gary Graff (@GraffonMusic) July 6, 2022
The 74-year-old artist is on the road for his Miraculous Supernatural 2022 Tour: Santana + Earth, Wind & Fire, in support of his 26th and latest studio album, 2021’s Blessings and Miracles.
He’s scheduled to perform again Wednesday evening at The Pavilion at Star Lake (formerly the S&T Bank Music Park) in Burgettstown, PA.
Santana is fresh off a performance for CNN’s star-studded The 4th in America special.
More to come.
