Overview
- The collapse occurred during the performance of “Jolene” at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Saturday, September 5, and fan-shot video shows the singer falling backward onstage.
- Members of LaMontagne’s crew and local EMS rushed to his side, he was helped offstage, and the concert ended early.
- LaMontagne’s management posted on Instagram that he was being treated for heat-related dehydration and was “doing well now,” while a later report that he was rushed to a hospital relies on a deleted social post and is not fully corroborated.
- He returned to perform the following night at the Louisville Palace on September 6 and the Trouble 20th Anniversary Tour remains scheduled to continue through October.
- Several attendees said the Ryman felt unusually hot that night, a detail that raises questions about venue conditions and could prompt closer monitoring of stage and audience temperatures at remaining tour stops.