Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner had to undergo emergency heart surgery after an aorta in his heart blew out during the Louder Than Life festival in Louisville, KY.
In an Instagram message posted on the band's site, Faulkner said "I was able to return home from hospital 10 days after my surgery to continue recovery at home. It has now been seven weeks since the night it all happened and I'm feeling very strong and positive. My incisions have healed very well and I can definitely see the light at the end of the tunnel."
It all happened during Judas Priest's "Painkiller" at the Louder Than Life festival. On Sept. 26, the band were playing away, playing "Painkiller" when an aorta in Faulkner's heart ruptured and blood started filling his chest cavity. He was rushed to a nearby hospital after the show for emergency surgery, where doctors spent more than ten hours repairing the damage
Faulkner said he has "been playing guitar everyday" during his recovery and admitted he's lucky to be alive and to have survived the ordeal. "It's Thanksgiving this month, and whether you celebrate it or not, I have a lot to give thanks for this year." He's said that he's grateful that the Louder Than Life set was only an hour long and that the Heart and Lung Center was only four miles from the concert site. Prior to this nearly life-ending incident, the 41-year-old guitarist has had "no history of a bad heart, no clogged arteries, etc."
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