Sick Of It All vocalist Lou Koller revealed yesterday that he's currently battling cancer. Koller broke the news on Instagram with the below video, and now there's a GoFundMe launched by his brother Pete to help with the bills. Donate to that right here.
"Hi I'm Pete my big brother Lou He has been Diagnosed with adenocarcinoma cancer," wrote Pete on the GoFundMe. "He has a cancerous tumor in his esophagus. We Sick Of It All Have canceled the rest of the year of touring and will not be Is touring until Lou beats this and Recovers.
"As you know touring is the lifeline for a band like Sick Of It All. So if you could help him it would be greatly appreciated and please pass this go found me on to other.
"'Good friends will always be there'!!"
We wish Koller all the best and hope for a speedy, healthy recovery. The following was Koller's message on Instagram, transcribed.
"What's up everybody, Lou here," said Koller. "As you may or may know, we had to cancel out full European tour this Summer. There's some rumors going around as to why, and we're here to set the record straight. But we wanted to wait 'til we got all the information before making an announcement.
"The reason it is canceled is because they found a tumor in my esophagus that goes into my stomach, and I'll have to be getting treatment all summer. And of course, full support of the band, as soon as they heard it they were like 'forget the tour, just get healthy'.
"You know we're not happy about it, seriously. Like I said they're all behind me staying home, and us staying home. We really feel sorry. I feel sorry, for the fans. All of our crew was banking on you know — we were all gonna have another fun summer together, all the promoters. But everyone who knows has been very supportive and now everybody knows.
"So that's the reason. No other reason you heard is the truth. This is the truth. So yea, just thanks for all your support. And hopefully we beat this thing and see you at the end of the summer, or maybe the winter.
"Take care."
