Sick Of It All Cancel European Tour Dates Due to Lou Koller’s Cancer Diagnosis, Launch GoFundMe for Koller’s Medical Expenses
Hardcore legends Sick Of It All are sick of cancer following the announcement of vocalist Lou Koller’s esophageal cancer diagnosis. As always, fuck cancer, fuck it forever. The band recently had to announce the cancelation of their European tour this summer in the unfortunate light of Lou Koller’s recent cancer diagnosis. Koller explained the cancelation in a video on the band’s Instagram that has since been transcribed by The PRP, saying:
“What’s up everybody, Lou here.
“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.”
In addition to cancelling the European tour dates, the band also launched a GoFundMe page to raise money for Koller’s medical expenses. At the time of this writing, the GoFundMe has raised over $53,000 of its $80,000 goal. That’s the hardcore community showing up for one of its own!
We wish Koller all the good luck in the world for a speedy and full recovery.
