Toby Keith’s health news saddened fans. The fan favourite recently revealed that he is ill.
The Oklahoma-born musician revealed that he was diagnosed with stomach cancer in fall 2021 and has been treated since.
Keith described the event on social media. “I’ve had chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery for six months,” he said. Good. I need to breathe, recover, and relax.”
Toby thanked fans despite his health issues. “I’m excited to see my family,” he said. I’ll see fans soon. Excited. -T.”
Keith’s remaining performances this year were unclear. His website says his next concert will be in Wheaton, Illinois, on June 17.
After taking a break from touring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he released “Peso in my Pocket” last year, the site reported.
PEOPLE interviewed him about his album. Running inspired Keith’s album songs. He said, “I’d look at the song ideas I had in my phone before I started running, and then I would take off.
I’d be working on the songs until my time was up. I’d get home, turn on my phone’s recorder, and write down what I got.
“It was a great time to write,” he said.
After Keith’s announcement, the Ohio State Fair postponed the July 28 Columbus show.
“But I’m not sure how many at this point,” Keith’s publicist Elaine Schock said of tour cancellations.
Musician Toby Keith is famous. According to the National Endowment for the Arts, Keith received the “National Medal of Arts” in 2021.
The National Endowment for the Arts stated in January 2021: “Toby Keith is a singer, songwriter, musician, and humanitarian who has completed 11 USO Tours. 32 #1 hits.”
Keith debuted in 1993 with hits like “Red Solo Cup” and “I Wanna Talk About Me.” After 9/11, his 2002 song “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)” made him famous.
Keith has performed hundreds of shows for American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. He performed for Presidents Donald Trump, Barack Obama, and George W. Bush.
. He founded the Toby Keith Foundation for cancer-afflicted children in 2006. In 2014, the foundation opened “OK Kids Korral,” a free, convenient, and comfortable home for paediatric cancer patients receiving treatment, according to its website.