{"id":117629,"date":"2024-10-24T00:33:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T17:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117629"},"modified":"2024-10-24T00:33:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T17:33:49","slug":"matthew-sweet-alt-rocker-known-for-90s-hit-girlfriend-suffers-debilitating-stroke-on-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117629","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Sweet, alt-rocker known for &#8217;90s hit &#8216;Girlfriend,&#8217; suffers &#8216;debilitating&#8217; stroke on tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">Singer-songwriter Matthew Sweet suffered a &#8220;debilitating&#8221; stroke while on tour in Toronto in mid-October, his manager confirmed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">To assist with recovery expenses, Sweet\u2019s management company, Russell Carter Artist Management, posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-matthew-sweets-stroke-recovery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GoFundMe<\/a> page this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;He is now on a long, difficult road to recovery,&#8221; Russel Carter said in a statement to NBC News. &#8220;He cannot perform for the foreseeable future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The 60-year-old Sweet, who\u2019s best known for \u201890s alternative rock hits like &#8220;Girlfriend&#8221; and &#8220;I\u2019ve Been Waiting,&#8221; currently doesn\u2019t have &#8220;insurance or touring income,&#8221; the page reads. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Catherine Lyons, who represents Sweet for Russell Carter Artist Management and organized the fundraiser, wrote in the GoFundMe page&#8217;s description that &#8220;the doctors and hospital care in Toronto were instrumental in saving Matthew\u2019s life, but health care is not free for Americans in Canada.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Sweet must be flown back to the U.S. on an ambulance transport plane with medical staff on board, and then spend six weeks at a specialized rehabilitation center &#8220;where he will receive around-the-clock care and therapy,&#8221; Lyons said. She added that this will be followed by months of treatment and rehabilitation, estimating the total cost of Sweet&#8217;s care to be &#8220;close to a quarter of a million dollars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Please donate financially if you possibly can,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;Matthew will be forever grateful to you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">As of Wednesday morning, the fund had raised over $150,000 from about 2,700 donors, including notable names like director Judd Apatow, musician John Mayer and R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Matthew has always been intensely focused and tenacious in all of his endeavors \u2014 not only in his recording career, but in all of his artistic and intellectual pursuits,&#8221; Carter said. &#8220;I am confident that his signature determination will serve him well as he focuses now on recovery to good health.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Sweet canceled over a month of shows this month due to health issues, according to an Instagram post he shared. He had been opening for fellow &#8217;90s stars Hanson at the time, and was preparing for his own headlining dates.<\/p>\n<section class=\"embed-widget embedWidget embed-widget--medium\" data-testid=\"embed-widget\"\/>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Due to a medical illness and on doctors advice, Matthew Sweet must cancel all remaining upcoming shows with Hanson, and his own headline dates, from October 10 thru November 16,&#8221; the post read. <\/p>\n<p class=\"endmark\">Sweet has recorded over a dozen albums since the release of his first, &#8220;Inside,&#8221; in 1986. His most recent was 2021&#8217;s &#8220;Catspaw.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/pop-culture\/pop-culture-news\/matthew-sweet-alt-rocker-known-90s-hit-girlfriend-suffers-debilitating-rcna176779\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer-songwriter Matthew Sweet suffered a &#8220;debilitating&#8221; stroke while on tour in Toronto in mid-October, his manager confirmed on Wednesday. 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