Raul Malo, the lead singer of The Mavericks, announced Wednesday that the band is canceling all remaining 2025 concerts as he faces a new health challenge in his ongoing cancer battle, Parade reports.

Malo revealed on Instagram that his stage 4 colon cancer has progressed to include leptomeningeal disease (LM), a serious condition where cancer cells invade the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord.

“I want to update you all on my health, as things have taken a turn,” Malo wrote to his followers. “As it goes with cancer, it’s a very unpredictable and indiscriminatory disease. I’ve developed something called LMD, which stands for ‘get this [expletive] out of my head.’”

According to the Cleveland Clinic , LM is incurrable, so healthcare providers “focus on treatment to keep

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