By Diana Dasrath and Tim Stelloh -
NBC News
Mexican rock icon Carlos Santana, 74, has postponed six concerts of his tour to focus on his recovery, days after collapsing while performing in Michigan, a representative for the guitarist said Friday.
Manager Michael Vrionis explained that concerts scheduled in Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Arkansas and Texas will be delayed so that Santana can fully recover from the extreme exhaustion, heat stroke and dehydration that caused him to lose consciousness.
"Carlos is fine and eager to return to the stage soon," Vrionis said in a statement, specifying that Santana "deeply regrets" postponing appointments with his followers, "but his health is our main concern."
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The Indianapolis Star newspaper reported that the start of the Mexican musician's show scheduled for Friday with the group Earth, Wind & Fire at the Ruoff Music Center in Noblesville was postponed minutes before he took the stage.
The concert has been moved to August 3.
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This concert was to be the first since Santana fell in full performance at the Pine Knob Music Theater in Clarkson, north of Detroit.
"I forgot to eat and drink water so I got dehydrated and passed out," the 10-time Grammy-winning guitarist explained in a note the day after the fainting.
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Santana, 74, still plans to give the concerts scheduled between July 23 and the end of the year, according to his representatives.
His
Miraculous Supernatural Tour
will run through August, when he rejoins his residency at the House of Blues in Las Vegas, Nevada.
