Aerosmith Guitarist Joe Perry COLLAPSES After Performance, Rushed To The Hospital

OH NO.

According to this, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry collapsed on stage after a performance with Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden Saturday night.

Eyewitnesses tell TMZ, Joe had just finished “Walk This Way” with Billy Joel on stage and went back to his dressing room. A source connected with the concert tells TMZ, Joe collapsed and “looked terrible.”

Paramedics rushed to the scene and worked on the 68-year-old for around 40 minutes in his dressing room. We’re told they put a tracheal tube down his throat to clear the airway. There was panic in the dressing room, and one eyewitness says “Joe did not look good.”

As far as we know, he’s in the hospital but stable. Apparently, he’s been suffering from breathing issues.

UPDATE: 9:50 AM PT — Sources connected to Joe tell TMZ, he’s been having “breathing issues for the last few weeks and it came to a head last night.” We’re told it involves congestion in the lungs.

Something tells me if you KNOW you’re having breathing issues, you shouldn’t be performing on stage at Madison Square Garden.

Get better, dude!

h/t TMZ