Worrying update on Carlos Santana, 77, after star was hospitalized due to medical emergency before concert

Daily Mail​

23-04-2025

Carlos Santana will miss a further show this week after he suffered a frightening health scare which saw him hospitalized.
The legendary guitarist, 77, had been set to perform at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio Tuesday as part of his Oneness Tour 2025 before his medical emergency attributed to dehydration.
The music icon has been forced to scrap another show slated for Tuesday Wednesday night in Sugar Land, Texas as he continues his recovery/
His representative told TMZ Santana 'has been discharged from the hospital and is resting in a hotel, but his show Wednesday night in Sugar Land, Texas has been canceled out of an abundance of caution.'
His manager Michael Vrionis previously said in a statement to DailyMail.com: 'Mr. Santana was at the [Majestic Theatre] preparing for tonight's show when he experienced an event that was determined to be dehydration.
'Out of an abundance of caution and the health of Mr Santana, the decision to postpone the show was the most prudent course of action.'
Santana's manager stressed that the guitar virtuoso–turned–hitmaker is 'doing well and is looking forward to coming back to San Antonio soon as well as continuing his US Tour.'
The musician had a similar scare in July 2022 when he collapsed on stage at the Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan, which was later reported to be due to heat exhaustion and dehydration.
Santana's manager added that the San Antonio show would be rescheduled soon.
The musician's medical issues were first reported on by TMZ.
The rock and jazz artist was reportedly taken via ambulance from the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio to a hospital.
Santana's team is urging anyone with tickets to hold on to them for the upcoming rescheduled date.
The rocker was previously forced to cancel several concerts in Las Vegas in December of 2021 after he began suffering from chest pains.
In a video subsequently posted to Twitter, he explained that he asked his wife to take him to the 'hospital 'cause I had this thing happening in my chest.'
Santana explained that he would be 'taking time off for a little bit' to recuperate after undergoing surgery for the unnamed condition.
He concluded by vowing that he would rest up so that he could 'play the way [he was] used to' so that he could give fans '150 percent.'
Santana's band broke out in the late '60s and '70s with a run of acclaimed albums and a star-making turn at Woodstock, which was immortalized in the documentary about the festival; seen in 1969 in Livermore, Calif.
'I wouldn't show up unless I could do that,' he said at the time.
The Mexico-born guitarist broke out in the late 1960s and early '70s with his band Santana.
Even before releasing its debut album, the group became a sensation based on its set at the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Festival after director Michael Wadleigh featured an 11-minute clip of the group performing Soul Sacrifice in his hit Woodstock documentary.
After an acclaimed self-titled debut album, the group released Abraxas in 1970, which featured the popular songs Oye Como Va and Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen, which continue to be staples of Santana's solo concerts to this day.
After initially breaking out with a Latin-inspired rock sound, Santana began exploring jazz fusion later in the '70s.
During that period, he recorded collaborations with a number of jazz greats, including John Coltrane's widow Alice Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Mahavishnu Orchestra guitarist John McLaughlin and Miles Davis band alumni Jack DeJohnette and Dave Holland, among many others.
After alternating between his earlier Latin rock style and his jazz interests in the '80s, Santana returned to dominate the charts with 1999's Supernatural, which featured a bevy of younger guest artists.
The lead single, Smooth, featured vocals from Matchbox Twenty singer Rob Thomas and went on to spend 12 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
The song's omnipresence eventually led to ridicule and claims that it was overplayed, but its success also helped Supernatural go to number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
Santana repeated its winning formula with several additional albums featuring multiple popular guest singers and collaborators.
But the artist lost goodwill from some of his fans in 2023 when he launched into an impromptu anti-transgender rant at a concert in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
During the speech, he said he was 'like this with my brother Dave Chappelle,' referencing the comic who has featured anti-trans digressions in several recent stand-up specials.
Earlier that year, Santana revealed in an interview that a man had sexually abused him 'almost every day' between the ages of 10 and 12, though he said he now forgave the unnamed man.