Billings, Montana — A theatre official says Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Gene Cornish of The Rascals collapsed on stage while performing in Montana.
Cornish's publicist, Melissa Kucirek, said Saturday she didn't yet have an update.
Jody Grant, programming and marketing director for the Alberta Bair Theater in Billings, says Cornish and Rascals organist Felix Cavaliere had completed the first song of a concert and Cavaliere began the second when Cornish collapsed.
Medical personnel treated Cornish on stage before he was taken to a hospital.
#TheKinKs Kommunity is Sending our thoughts, prayers & love ❤️ out to Gene Cornish of the Rascals Gene collapsed on stage at a show last night and is in hospital, last reports were he is in stable condition. Here is a photo of Gene with his friend #DaveDavies of the KinKs. pic.twitter.com/XMf1IYCHl7
— Frank Lima - Dan The Fan (@KinKsDanTheFan) September 8, 2018
Prayers continue for (YOUNG) RASCALS guitarist GENE CORNISH, who collapsed on stage in Billings, MT last night while performing with band co-founder Felix Cavaliere. Prognosis good. Here's the band in 1966, covering the Lemme B. Good/Olympics' Good Lovin': https://t.co/6tBgTAVV6D pic.twitter.com/s8zIKtnbqH
— Michael McDowell (@BlitzMagazine) September 8, 2018
The Rascals' 1960s hits included "Good Lovin,'" "Groovin'" and "A Beautiful Morning." At their peak, the group reached the Top 20 of the Billboard 100 with nine songs between 1966 and 1968.
They were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.
* This is a developing story and will be updated as soon as more information becomes available.