Singer Meat Loaf collapses on stage at concert in Canada; no word on his condition
68-year-old, who has asthma and irregular heartbeat and had cancelled earlier concerts because of ill health, is rushed to hospital in Edmonton. Fan says he was ‘forgetting words, he wasn’t on cue’
Rock singer Meat Loaf collapsed on stage during a concert in Edmonton, Alberta, and was taken to a hospital in unknown condition.
The 68-year-old had cancelled two other Canadian concerts in recent days – in Regina, Saskatchewan, on Saturday and in Calgary, Alberta, on Tuesday – citing ill health.
A video of the June 16 performance at Edmonton’s Jubilee Auditorium showed the singer dropping his microphone and falling to the floor amid a performance of his classic I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That). Musicians went to his side to help, and the music eventually stopped.
Meat Loaf’s agent and music manager did not immediately return messages seeking comment.
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A spokesman for Alberta Health Services said a patient was transported from the auditorium to a hospital, but the spokesman declined to identify the patient or provide an update on the person’s condition for privacy reasons.