The Mexican musician had been performing in Michigan for 40 minutes when he lost consciousness and had to be evacuated on a stretcher.
Mexican guitarist Carlos Santana he passed out this Tuesday in full concert in an outdoor auditorium in Michigan (USA), according to several of the attendees on social networks and the local press. Santana had been in concert for about 40 minutes at the Pine Knob Music Theater in Clarkston, Michigan, northwest of Detroit, when he passed out and had to receive medical attention at the scene. Approximately twenty minutes later, the artist was removed from the stage on a stretcher.a moment that was captured by the phones of the attendees, who shared them on the networks and in them Santana could be seen waving.
Those responsible for the concert then warned that the rest of the show was canceled and asked to pray for Santana because of “a serious medical matter“.
Santana, 74, was a pioneer in fusing Latin rhythms with the rock genre in the band of the same name that he founded in 1966 and, since then, his figure and his music have obtained all possible recognition. Among others, they appear in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in the list of the 100 best guitarists in history, prepared by the Rolling Stones magazine.