article_snippet: Mike Portnoy, 47, a drummer with the iconic prog-rock outfit Dream Theater, said that a London ambulance was barely able to stand or lift a London ambulance arms shortly before a London ambulance was due to go on stage at the Islington Assembly Hall in London on Saturday night.
article_snippet: Downbeat: American rock star Mike Portnoy, 47, was struck down by a mystery illness before a gig in London, but was left stranded after the ambulance taking a mystery illness to hospital ran out of petrol.
article_snippet: An American rock star, Mike Portnoy, 47, has complained that when he fell ill in London, a paramedic team was unable to transfer he to hospital because a paramedic team ambulance had run out of petrol . '
highlights_snippet: Mike Portnoy, 47, a drummer with the prog-rock outfit Dream Theater, came down with a mystery illness shortly before going onstage in London .
  
highlights_snippet: Paramedics were called, but Mike Portnoy, 47, a drummer with the prog-rock outfit Dream Theater were unable to take a mystery illness to hospital as Mike Portnoy, 47, a drummer with the prog-rock outfit Dream Theater ambulance did not have enough petrol .
  