The Mavericks’ Raul Malo Gives an Update on His Ongoing Cancer Battle: ‘I Am in No Way Alone, or Scared’

The Mavericks’ pb vocalist Raul Malo has fixed an update connected his aesculapian information and the contiguous aboriginal of the revered state band.

Malo has been receiving attraction for colon crab since June 2024 but has remarkably managed to support touring with periodic breaks for treatment. However, successful an Instagram station earlier Wednesday (Sept. 24), accompanied by a video of him sitting successful what looks similar a survey playing his electrical guitar, helium said each aboriginal shows are cancelled portion helium furthers treatment.

“I’ve developed thing called LMD, which stands for ‘get this sh-t retired of my head/’ Treatment for this is radiation, which I volition commencement tomorrow,” helium wrote. “We volition astir apt leap into immoderate chemo, and are adjacent looking astatine alternate therapies.”  According to the Mayo Clinic’s website, LMD stands for Leptomeningeal Disease, a information erstwhile crab cells dispersed to the membranes astir the encephalon and spinal chord.

Malo said the set volition proceed moving connected different non-touring projects, including releasing unrecorded recordings and merchandise. He besides said portion the Mavericks’ dates with Dwight Yoakam connected Yoakam’s Cosmic Roundup & Rodeo circuit are canceled, the set inactive hopes to play its shows astatine Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium successful December.

The vocalist besides sent acknowledgment to each who are wishing him good and for the ellipse of enactment helium has. “I privation to fto everybody know, I americium successful nary mode alone, oregon scared. I person an astonishing woman and boys, fantastic family, team, roadworthy crew, band, friends and fans,” helium said. “I don’t adjacent person capable words to picture the emotion and enactment that I’m getting close now. To my friends who person sent maine texts and messages, I privation you to cognize that I’ve work them all. I can’t instrumentality them all, but your love, prayers, and good wishes person not gone unnoticed.”

He besides vowed to support fighting. “We don’t cognize what this volition look similar a mates months from now, but we are going into it similar we person with everything else. Full steam ahead. Fight, recover, rest, repeat.”