Country star Raul Malo shares cancer has ‘taken a turn' due to rare complication, cancels 2025 shows

Country star Raul Malo shared that his battle against stage colon cancer has taken a turn revealing he was lately diagnosed with a rare complication of the affection On Wednesday the -year-old Mavericks frontman who first disclosed his cancer determination in June revealed on social media that he has developed leptomeningeal ailment LMD According to the Cleveland Clinic LMD is an incurable condition in which cancer cells spread from an advanced cancer to the cerebrospinal fluid and the membranes around the brain and spinal cord Malo explained in an Instagram post that The Mavericks canceled their remaining tour dates except for two December shows so he can focus on his vitality I want to update you all on my soundness as things have taken a turn Malo wrote alongside a video in which he was seen sitting in a chair and playing a guitar COUNTRY SINGER JOSHUA RAY WALKER VOWS TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST AS CANCER SPREADS TO HIS LUNGS As it goes with cancer it s a very unpredictable and indiscriminatory malady the Grammy Award winner continued I ve developed something called LMD which stands for 'get this s--- out of my head ' Remedy for this is radiation which I will start the day after We will perhaps jump into several chemo and are even looking at alternative therapies Malo added But it s time to take your words to heart of resting recovering so that s what I m going to do While Malo shared that all shows going forward are canceled he promised fans The Mavericks will continue doing cool projects releasing live recordings merchandise Trovador and so forth APP USERS CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST The Mavericks have been touring with Dwight Yoakam on the country star's Cosmic Roundup Rodeo Tour but in the last few days canceled or postponed several dates due to Malo's strength struggles I want to thank Dwight Yoakam his band and crew for their kindness and understanding this year and sorry we couldn t finish the tour the way we planned Malo wrote However Malo recounted fans to hang on to your tickets for the band's two shows at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium on Dec and noting they are planning something special and will share details soon CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERThe Dance the Night Away hitmaker also assured fans he is in no way alone or scared I have an amazing wife and boys wonderful family band road crew band friends and fans he wrote I don t even have enough words to describe the love and patronage that I m getting right now LIKE WHAT YOU RE READING CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS To my friends who have sent me texts and messages I want you to know that I ve read them all he continued I can t return them all but your love prayers and well wishes have not gone unnoticed Malo also reflected on how he plans to approach his cancer battle moving forward and vowed to share more updates We don t know what this will look like a couple months from now but we are going into it like we have with everything else he stated Full steam ahead Fight recover rest repeat I want to thank you all for your incredible help through all this and sorry about the cancellations but we have no choice anymore Malo continued Find kindness empathy out there wherever you can Humans are alright even if you don t believe it from what you see on TV