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Posted on 04/24/2025 9:35:03 AM PDT by DallasBiff
Carlos Santana was taken to the hospital ahead of his San Antonio show.
In a statement obtained by PEOPLE, a representative for Santana, 77, confirmed that the guitarist will postpone his shows scheduled for Tuesday, April 22 and Wednesday, April 23 after being treated for dehydration and testing positive for COVID.
Michael Vrionis, president of Universal Tone Management and a representative for Santana, said, "It is with profound disappointment that I have to inform you all that tonight's show in San Antonio has been postponed. Mr. Santana was at the venue 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."
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Also, Carlos probably got the vax, and still got covid.
Gotta get ‘covid’ in the headlines again. Useless tests remain.
It do get pretty dry here in Tejas.
I have not seen Santana in concert. I would love to if I get the chance.
Dehydration and Covid? Whenever I see two excuses, I wonder if there’s a further back story.
I dont’ know for certain, but it’s possible they do it to keep up with property taxes. Many live in quite expensive homes with high property taxes. Carlos, from California, if in a big house may be on the hook for hundreds of thousands a year.
That’s probably right.
Retire, Carlos, You earned it!................
Because it’s the life they know. And it’s what they love. Deep Purple was planning on calling it a day in 2020. They were going to release 1 last album (Whooosh, very good album), give it a good tour and hang it up. Then of course the world turned off. And after a few months off they all realized, they had no idea what to do with their lives if they weren’t touring. So now they release another album last year (=1 also very good) and have all pretty much agreed they’ll retire when they’re too decrepit to do anything else. When you’re doing the thing you love most in the world retirement just isn’t that exciting. I mean really what’s Carlos supposed to do after he retires? Travel?!
Two reasons
They like money and they like touring
The discredited and denounced PCR test for ChinaVirus2019 is still being used…everyone is positive.
I've seen many Santana concerts. I'm a big fan.
That said, he's not close to being as good as he used to be.
Yup!
No sympathy, that’s called “self-inflicted” pain.
Any one of them could retreat to a simpler lifestyle, anytime they choose, but they don’t.
Some live for their desire to perform, others for fame and (mis)fortune.
“still don’t get why artists in their 70’s and 80’s(Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney) still tour.”
They like it. It’s what they do. Musicians traditionally have continued to play as they age. Of course they could continue recording and stop touring but many like to keep touring based on interviews I’ve seen. They are usually not as good as they were in their prime but that’s life.
Carlos had a previous dehydration incident a year or so back. Sometimes people get focused on things and forget to drink and hydrate. It can be a problem.
I think I’ll drink some water. :-)
I’ve heard Jagger describe how much preparation he puts in before a concert, it’s pretty impressive. I think he does it as much because it keeps him active and healthy as much as anything, it’s not like he needs the money ;-)
My wife and I saw him 2 years ago. We’re not great Santana fans, but he is a guitar and classic rock era legend and we assumed that chance might be the only chance.
He came out hot, playing what one would expect to be show- closing big hit songs, not openers. After about 45 minutes Carlos exited the show. His daughter plays drums and her man sings. They finished out the show. The 2nd half was all new stuff, very contemporary and urban sound. We took in about 15 minutes of that.
Worth the low under $100 admission price given Carlos’ status in Rock and Roll, but I’d not go again.
A few days later I read he collapsed at another show.
I just want to see the greats before they are retired or gone, even if they arent as good as they were 40 to 50 years ago.
I have managed to catch quite a few the last 10 years (Eagles, Chicago, The Who, ELO, to name a few). I missed seeing Bob Seger before he retired and I regretted it because I had the chance the year before that.
My gosh, the man was at WOODSTOCK for crying out loud!..........
Last year when the Stones were touring there was a meme going around. It was a picture of Jagger next to a picture of Mitch McConnell. Turns out they’re the same age. The tag was something along the lines of “explain why sex, drugs and rock and roll are bad again”.
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