Kansas has canceled their next two concerts after vocalist Ronnie Platt announced he is battling cancer.
Platt revealed earlier this week that he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer on Feb. 11. “Before everyone gets all excited, it has a 99% survival rate and it has not spread,” he wrote on social media. “It’s contained to my thyroid, and I just have to have my thyroid removed. I’ll go through some rehab time and be right back in the saddle. I sincerely appreciate everyone’s positive thoughts and prayers. I have some absolutely amazing people going to bat for me. As it has been put to me, this is just a bump in the road and will be behind me very soon! So everyone, please CARRY ON!”
Due to Platt’s condition, Kansas has decided to cancel two concerts in Louisiana: one in New Orleans on Feb. 21 and another in Lake Charles on March 1. Tickets will be refunded at the point of purchase. “Our goal is to be back on the road as soon as possible,” assistant band manager J.R. Rees told UCR. “Right now, we’re all focused on supporting Ronnie through this.”