Low cancel all 2022 tour dates as Mimi Parker continues most cancers remedy
Low have cancelled the rest of their 2022 tour dates because the band’s Mimi Parker continues remedy for ovarian most cancers.
Parker, who fashioned the band together with her husband Alan Sparhawk in 1993, was identified with ovarian most cancers in late 2020. She first spoke about her well being situation throughout an look on the SHEROES Radio podcast this January.
In August, the band cancelled a string of reveals because of “latest developments and adjustments” in Parker’s remedy. “Our hope is that she’s going to reply to new remedies and be capable to play the reveals we now have scheduled for the autumn,” Low mentioned on the time however earlier this week, confirmed that every one their 2022 tour dates would now be cancelled.
“We have been hoping she can be wholesome sufficient to do the UK/Europe tour we had deliberate for November, however it’s clear that we should always keep house and proceed with remedy and care as she remains to be combating ovarian most cancers,” the band’s Alan Sparhawk wrote.
He continued: “There have been troublesome days however your love has sustained us and can proceed to elevate us via this time. Our hearts exit instantly to others in comparable conditions however who don’t have as many individuals sending such love and therapeutic needs. Discover somebody who’s alone who wants a chat and provides them your time and love. With tears, we are saying thanks and hope to see you quickly.”
The band have a North American headline tour scheduled for March 2023.
Low launched their thirteenth studio album, ‘Hey What’ final September. In a four-star evaluate of the report, NME wrote: “The voices of guitarist Alan Sparhawk and drummer Mimi Parker stay certainly one of pop’s most wondrous pairings, however right here the canvas on which they paint footage is broader and taller than ever earlier than.
“Low aren’t merely enjoying rock music gently and slowly: now they’re making an attempt to rewrite the language of the style.”