3 Doors Down singer Brad Arnold diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer, cancels tour: 'I have no fear'

Brad Arnold, the pb vocalist of 3 Doors Down, announced that the American stone band’s summertime circuit would beryllium canceled for a heartbreaking crushed — helium has been diagnosed with Stage 4 kidney crab that has dispersed to his lungs.

Arnold broke the quality successful a video to his fans Wednesday, telling them that the diagnosis was “not existent good,” but acknowledgment to his religion successful God helium has “no fear. I really, sincerely americium not frightened of it astatine all.”

The 46-year-old vocalist said helium was sick a fewer weeks agone and was hospitalized. Doctors learned helium had wide compartment renal compartment carcinoma that had metastasized to his lungs.

Clear compartment renal compartment carcinoma is the astir communal signifier of kidney crab and whitethorn beryllium treated done immunotherapy and country to region tumors, according to the National Cancer Institute. The five-year endurance complaint for patients is 50% to 69%. When tumors are ample oregon person dispersed to different parts of the body, attraction is much challenging, and the five-year endurance complaint falls to astir 10%.

Arnold said the set is atrocious they were forced to cancel their summertime tour, which was acceptable to footwear disconnected connected May 15 astatine Daytona Beach and question crossed America, co-headlining with Creed for prime shows. Tour accusation connected the 3 Doors Down website has been removed and replaced with Arnold’s video.

Creed vocalist Scott Stapp shared his enactment for the vocalist successful the Instagram comments conception of the video.

“If anyone has the FAITH and STRENGTH to look this fight, it’s YOU brother,” helium wrote. “I deliberation I tin talk for each of us, we are lifting you up successful supplication close present believing without uncertainty for your full healing!”

The station garnered thousands of comments successful the archetypal fewer hours, with fans and different musicians sharing their emotion and prayers for Arnold.

“May God bless you brother. Showing america however to conquer the acheronian with light,” wrote American singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw.

In the caption, Arnold wrote that the band’s 2008 deed “It’s Not My Time” has go a idiosyncratic anthem and asked for the enactment of his “prayer warriors,” saying helium has the champion fans successful the world.

“I’d emotion for you to assistance maine up successful supplication each accidental you get,” helium said successful the video.

3 Doors Down began successful 1996 arsenic a three-piece set retired of Escatawpa, Miss., with Arnold, pb guitarist and backing vocalist Matt Roberts and bassist Todd Harrell. Two years later, Chris Henderson joined connected bushed guitar and backing vocals.

The radical rose to fame successful 2000 with their debut album, “The Better Life,” featuring deed azygous “Kryptonite,” which became a defining stone opus of the aboriginal 2000s and has much than a cardinal streams connected Spotify. They continued to turn their instrumentality basal with consequent medium releases “Away From the Sun” successful 2002 and “Seventeen Days” successful 2005.

The band’s lineup has undergone respective changes implicit the years. Current members are Arnold, Henderson, guitarist Chet Roberts, drummer Greg Upchurch and bassist Justin Biltonen.

Roberts, the band’s founding guitarist, near the set successful 2012 and died from an overdose of medicine pills successful 2016.