Brad Arnold, the principal singer of 3 doors downannounced that the summer tour of the American rock group would be canceled for a heartbreaking reason – it was diagnosed with stadium cancer 4 which has spread to its lungs.
Arnold announced the news in a Video to his fans Wednesday, telling them that the diagnosis was “not really good”, but thanks to his faith in God, he “has no fear. I really don't fear that at all. ”
The 46 -year -old singer said he was sick a few weeks ago and was hospitalized. Doctors learned that he had clear kidney cell carcinoma that had metastasized in his lungs.
Renal cell carcinoma with clear cells is the most common form of kidney cancer and can be treated with immunotherapy and surgery to eliminate tumors, according to the National Cancer Institute. The five -year survival rate for patients is 50% to 69%. When tumors are large or spread to other parts of the body, treatment is more difficult and the rate of survival at five years falls to around 10%.
Arnold said that the group was sorry that they were forced to cancel their summer tour, which was to start on May 15 in Daytona Beach and travel through America, co-fright with Creed for certain shows. Information on the visit to the 3 DORS Down website was deleted and replaced by Arnold's video.
Creed singer Scott Stapp shared his support for the singer in the Instagram comments section of the video.
“If someone has faith and the strength to face this fight, he is your brother,” he wrote. “I think I can speak for all of us, we lift you in prayer right now by undoubtedly believing for your total healing!”
The post collected thousands of comments in the early hours, with fans and other musicians sharing their love and prayer for Arnold.
“May God bless you brother. Showing us how to conquer darkness with light,” wrote Gavin Degraw, American singer-interpreter.
In legend, Arnold wrote that the 2008 Hit of the group “It's not My Time” has become a personal anthem and asked for the support of his “prayer garriors”, saying that he has the best fans in the world.
“I would love you lifted me in prayer whenever you have,” he said in the video.
3 Doors Down began in 1996 as a three -piece group from Escatawpa, Miss., With Arnold, main guitarist and support singer Matt Roberts and bassist Todd Harrell. Two years later, Chris Henderson joined the rhythmic guitar and voices.
The group Ris to glory in 2000 With their first album, “The Better Life”, with the successful single “Kryptonite”, which became a decisive rock song from the early 2000s and has more than a billion flows on Spotify. They continued to develop their fans base with following album releases “Away from the Sun” in 2002 and “Seventeen Days” in 2005.
The group's programming has undergone several changes over the years. The current members are Arnold, Henderson, the guitarist Chet Roberts, the drummer Greg Upchurch and the bassist Justin Biltonen.
Roberts, the group's founding guitarist, left the group in 2012 and deceased from an overdose of prescription pills in 2016.
