3 Doors Down singer Brad Arnold announces cancer diagnosis as band cancels tour
The singer has stage 4 kidney cancer that has spread to his lungs
3 Doors Down singer Brad Arnold has announced heās been given a stage 4 cancer diagnosis.
The 46-year-old has led the Mississippi-based rock band since 1996. He wrote their breakout 2000 hit āKryptoniteā while still in high school.
In a video posted to the bandās Instagram, Arnold announced he had some ānot so good newsā to share.
He continued: āI'd been sick a couple of weeks ago and went to the hospital and got checked out. I actually got the diagnosis that I have a clear cell renal carcinoma that has metastasized into my lung... and thatās stage four, and that's not real good.ā
Clear cell renal carcinoma is the most common type of kidney cancer. Stage 4 cancer, also known as metastatic cancer, refers to cancer that has spread from its original location to other parts of the body.
Arnold went on to reiterate his Christian faith, saying: āBut you know what? We serve a mighty God, and he can overcome anything. So I have no fear. I really, sincerely am not scared of it at all, but it is gonna force us to cancel our tour this summer, and we're sorry for that.ā

The band had been scheduled to perform at the Welcome to Rockville Festival in Daytona Beach, Florida, next week ahead of a US tour throughout the summer. All forthcoming dates have now been cancelled.
Arnold concluded his message by saying: āI'd love for you to lift me up in your prayers every chance you get, and I think itās time for me to go listen to āItās Not My Timeā a little bit, right? Thank you guys so much. God loves you. We love you. See you.ā
3 Doors Down released āIt's Not My Timeā in 2008 as the first single from their self-titled fourth album. It was originally written for the 2006 remake of disaster film The Poseidon Adventure, and is about escaping death.

The bandās debut album, The Better Life, released in 2000, went platinum seven times over. They have released five albums since. Arnold is the bandās longest-serving and only original member. He is a recovering alcoholic who quit drinking in 2016 and discussed his newfound sobriety around the release of the bandās most recent album, Us and the Night.
3 Doors Down famously performed at Donald Trumpās first inauguration in 2017, performing renditions of āKryptoniteā, āThe Brokenā, āWhen I'm Goneā and āHere Without Youā.
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