Faulkner wrote that he was taken to a nearby heart and lung center, where he was rushed into a 10-and-a-half hour emergency open heart surgery.
“It could have all ended so differently – we only had an hours set that night due to Metallica’s performance after us – and it does cross my mind if it was a full set, would I have played until total collapse…?” he said. “If it hadn’t happened in such a high adrenaline situation would my body have been able to keep going long enough to reach the hospital…? The amazing Heart & Lung Center was 4 miles away from the gig site – if it had been further away…”
Following Faulkner’s heart incident the veteran band postponed the rest of their planned 2021 U.S. dates and rescheduled their planned 50th anniversary tour. “We can always drive ourselves crazy with these things but I’m still alive thankfully. Whatever the circumstances, when watching that footage, the truth is, knowing what I know now, I see a dying man,” Faulkner continued.
“I’ve been moved to tears and humbled by friends, family, my fantastic band, crew and management and also you guys sending me videos and messages of love and support during the last week – I thank you all so much and although I have a recovery road ahead of me, as soon as I’m able to get up and running again, you’ll be the first to know and we’ll get back out there delivering the goods for you all…!”
The guitarist for the group that is slated to release the huge 50th anniversary box set, Judas Priest: 50 Heavy Metal Years of Music on October 15 added one final, important note to the band’s fans.
“This came totally out of the blue for me – no history of a bad heart, no clogged arteries etc…my point is I don’t even have high cholesterol and this could’ve been the end for me. If you can get yourselves checked – do it for me please,” he wrote.
According to the band’s official website, Judas Priest’s North American Tour would have concluded in November with a three-show run in Canada. The European leg of the tour was set to resume on Jan. 26, 2022, at Berlin’s Mercedes Benz Arena. It remains unclear if their European dates are impacted by Faulker’s hospitalization and recovery.
Check out Faulkner’s statement below.
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