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Meat Loaf collapsed onstage while performing in front of a Canadian crowd.

The 68-year-old rocker was at the Jubilee Auditorium Thursday night in Edmonton when he hit the floor in the middle of "I'd Do Anything for Love," and lay motionless onstage.

The video is intense ... panic sets into the crowd as they realize the severity of the situation ... and one of the roadies tries to rally everyone with applause.

Meat Loaf recently canceled a string of shows for an undisclosed illness ... his current condition is unclear.

Story developing ...

Anthony Kiedis stumbled into the opportunity to play a real life hero -- for a panicked mom and her unconscious child -- and the rock star knocked it out of the park.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman says it went down while he was shooting that "Carpool Karaoke" with James Corden that everyone's talking about this week.

Anthony described the insane scene when they stopped for a break and suddenly a woman holding a baby ran out of her house screaming, "My baby can't breathe!"

Check out the clip ... AK makes it sound like it was no big deal, but ... IT'S A BIG DEAL!

Witnesses tell us the mom was beyond grateful, and seemingly had NO IDEA a famous singer saved her child's life. Not that it matters.

By the way, Anthony's CPR skills? Honed as a surfer and as a dad.

Famed attorney Robert Shapiro thinks there's little doubt ... Disney is going to pay dearly for the alligator attack that resulted in the gruesome death of a 2-year-old boy.

O.J. Simpson's former lawyer was leaving Madeo Thursday night when our photog asked about Disney's legal exposure.

TMZ broke the story ... neighboring resorts specifically warned of alligators, but the Disney resort in question only had "NO SWIMMING" signs. Fact is ... the 2-year-old was not even swimming ... he was wading in 1 foot of water.

REO Speedwagon guitarist Dave Amato jumped to the defense of Led Zeppelin, which is being sued for allegedly ripping off "Stairway to Heaven." Problem is ... Dave got schooled by the guy in front of him at LAX.

Our photog asked Dave about the suit by Spirit, which claims it has exclusive right to the guitar lick in the famous song.

Check out the video ... the guy in line, who claims to be a lawyer who specializes in intellectual property, explains why Zeppelin is goin' down.

Quentin Tarantino called BS on stories that have been circulating that he was casting for real-life whores.

We got Quentin Thursday at LAX and he scoffed at reports attributing a Facebook casting call to him.

Future just dropped his lawsuit against baby mama Ciara ... because he's getting more time with his son.

As TMZ reported -- Ciara sued Future for $15 million back in February for calling her a bad mom. Future countersued but he's just had a change of heart, asking the judge to dismiss his case against her.

Sources close to the rapper tell us he wants to calm the waters after scoring joint custody of baby Future. We're told Future is worried if he goes after Ciara in court she'll continue her efforts to restrict his custodial rights, and his son is more important than a court judgment.

Ciara is not like-minded. Her lawsuit is still full steam ahead.

Multiple players on the Denver Broncos tell us ... they're NOT upset at Von Miller for threatening to sit out the 2016 season ... telling TMZ Sports it's all a part of the business.

The 911 Richard Simmons emergency was rooted in some medical problem ... which is clear from the heavily redacted emergency call.

TMZ has obtained the 911 call from June 3rd, and it's apparent whatever the emergency, it's covered by patient privacy.

Simmons' people say he was just dehydrated, but that's a little curious because it doesn't seem that information would be redacted.

TMZ broke the story ... Simmons was incoherent when paramedics arrived. He spent 3 days in the hospital before being released.

KFC left a Mexican taco shop with a bad taste in its mouth ... it's suing the Colonel for JACKING its Spanish slogan.

According to legal docs, Taqueria El Amigo -- based in Orange County, CA -- claims KFC ripped off its slogan, "Para Chuparse Los Dedos," which Amigo trademarked in 2014.

Translation: "To suck your fingers" or "To lick your fingers." To be clear ... TEA makes no bones over KFC's "Finger Lickin' Good" slogan. It's the Spanish version that pisses them off.

The taco shop says KFC has no business using the Spanish slogan since KFC's trademark application for the same slogan was shot down in February. Amigo says KFC went ahead anyway, launching the Hispanic marketing campaign last month.

We reached out to KFC ... it had no comment.

Taylor Swift is clearly on cloud 9 with Tom Hiddleston.

No doubt anymore about their relationship ... they left Taylor's Rhode Island home and boarded her private jet for parts unknown.

The 2-year-old boy attacked by an alligator at a Disney hotel in Florida died from a combination of drowning and traumatic injuries ... this according to the Orange County Medical Examiner.

The M.E.'s office made its determination just a day after the body of Lane Graves was retrieved from the Disney lagoon.

For some reason the resort is still hunting for the alligator that killed the boy, despite the fact that all alligators are capable of killing a small child and mistaking it for food. Search teams have already captured and euthanized five gators.

Calvin Harris is pumped for 2 reasons ... he hit the weights Thursday, and he's getting ready for his big moment with Rihanna.

We got Taylor Swift's ex leaving a gym in WeHo, and he could not have been in better spirits ... despite what is now clearly a bitter breakup which he believes involves cheating and lying.

Calvin was pretty talkative -- for Calvin -- telling our photog about his plans with RiRi as some awestruck fans got a big prize.

Amber Heard will not have her day in court Friday, because the hearing on her bid for a permanent restraining order against Johnny Depp has been postponed.

We've learned Johnny's lawyer, Laura Wasser, and Amber's attorney, Samantha Spector, had a telephone conference with the judge Thursday afternoon and Wasser asked for a continuance so her team could take the depositions of Amber and others. She also said both sides wanted to talk settlement.

We're told Spector did not address Wasser's specific points but did agree to the continuance.