Kinda surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet.
Richie Faulkner was rushed to hospital after a Judas Priest gig on September 26th, with the band saying it was a "major medical issue". Turns out he had an aortic aneurysm on stage right in the middle of playing "Painkiller"! And there was a specialist heart clinic practically in spitting distance from the show site. What are the odds????
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58814257
Quote:
Faulkner said he had "no history of a bad heart, no clogged arteries or high cholesterol" and that the aneurysm came "totally out of the blue".
"As I watch footage from the Louder Than Life Festival in Kentucky, I can see in my face the confusion and anguish I was feeling whilst playing Painkiller," he added.
The musician, who joined Judas Piest in 2011, said he was trying not to dwell on what would have happened if there hadn't been a specialist heart unit nearby.
"We can always drive ourselves crazy with these things but I'm still alive thankfully," he said. "Whatever the circumstances, when watching that footage, the truth is, knowing what I know now, I see a dying man."
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