JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner is “stable and resting” after having “major emergency heart surgery.”
On Monday (September 27), JUDAS PRIEST announced that they were postponing the remainder of their U.S. tour due to Richie having “major medical heart condition issues”.
Earlier today (Tuesday, September 28), Faulkner’s girlfriend Mariah Lynch, daughter of former DOKKEN guitarist George Lynch, shared the following update via Instagram: “Thank you to everyone for all your messages. I will try to get back to you as soon as I can.
“Richie underwent major emergency heart surgery. He is stable & resting.
“If you know him, you know how tough & strong he is. So tough that he finished the show & kept the hair flips coming. There’s no one like him. We’d be lost without him. #HotDad”.
Faulkner joined JUDAS PRIEST in 2011 as the replacement for original guitarist K.K. Downing.
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