The Tragically Hip Singer Gord Downie Diagnosed With Terminal Brain Cancer
Tuesday, 24 May 2016
Written by Jon Stickler
Gord Downie, co-founder and vocalist of the Tragically Hip, has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.
The Canadian band, which Downie, 52, founded in 1984 alongside Gord Sinclair and Rob Baker, confirmed the news with a statement posted to their official website and social channels this morning, also announcing their plans to play a series of shows.
"Hello friends. We have some very tough news to share with you today, and we wish it wasn’t so.
A few months ago, in December, GordDownie was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.
Since then, obviously, he’s endured a lot of difficult times, and he has been fighting hard. In privacy along with his family, and through all of this, we've been standing by him.
So after 30-some years together as The Tragically Hip, thousands of shows, and hundreds of tours…
We’ve decided to do another one.
This feels like the right thing to do now, for Gord, and for all of us.
What we in The Hip receive, each time we play together, is a connection; with each other; with music and it’s magic; and during the shows, a special connection with all of you, our incredible fans.
So, we’re going to dig deep, and try to make this our best tour yet.
We hope you can come out and join us this summer - details and dates will be coming this week.
And we sincerely thank all of you, for your continued love and support,
Paul, GordD, Johnny, Rob, GordS"The message says dates and details for the tour will be coming this week.
The band have released 12 studio albums to date, nine of which went to the top spot in Canada.
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