Matthew Sweet Suffers Stroke While on Tour With Hanson; GoFundMe Set Up for His Recovery
variety.comChris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Singer-songwriter Matthew Sweet suffered a debilitating stroke while on tour in mid-October, it was revealed on Tuesday, when a representative for his management company posted a fundraising appeal on GoFundMe to support his recovery.
Sweet had been out on tour opening for the group Hanson when he was stricken in Toronto, in advance of a date that was to have taken place there Oct.
13. Catherine Lyons, who represents Sweet at Russell Carter Artist Management, posted the GoFundMe on Tuesday afternoon, with a stated goal of raising $250,000 for the rocker’s medical care.
The effort got off to a good start. As of 6 p.m. PT Tuesday, about 770 individuals had contributed almost $50,000. “Matthew Sweet, our longtime inspiration and dear friend, suffered a debilitating stroke this past week in Toronto while in the early days of a national tour,” Lyons wrote on the GoFundMe page. “He has been unexpectedly and tragically forced off the road and onto a long, uncertain path to recovery.
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