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Reports: Joe Perry taken to hospital after Billy Joel concert

By Karen Butler
Joe Perry reportedly was taken to a hospital after a show in New York on Saturday night. File Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI
1 of 2 | Joe Perry reportedly was taken to a hospital after a show in New York on Saturday night. File Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo

Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Joe Perry was transported to a New York hospital Saturday night after performing "Walk This Way" as a guest at Billy Joel's Madison Square Garden concert.

Perry, 68, collapsed in his dressing room after he left the stage, TMZ reported.

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Paramedics called to the scene put a tube down the Aerosmith rocker's throat to clear his air path, gave him oxygen and took him to a hospital.

The New York Daily News said Perry's representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment and his condition remains unknown.

Neither Perry's nor Joel's Twitter feeds have mentioned the reported health crisis.

Perry's most recent post was a photo of him and Joel.

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