Oasis guitarist taking break from reunion tour as he reveals cancer diagnosis

Oasis guitarist Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs has announced helium has prostate crab and volition person to instrumentality a "planned break" from the band's existent reunion tour.

The band, fronted by brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher, finished the triumphant UK limb of the comeback shows past month, with dates successful South Korea, Japan, Australia and South America coming up passim October and November.

Arthurs, a co-founder of the Manchester group, shared the quality successful a station connected Instagram.

"Early this twelvemonth I was diagnosed with prostate cancer," helium said. "The bully quality is I'm responding truly good to treatment, which meant I could beryllium portion of this unthinkable tour.

"Now, I americium having to instrumentality a planned interruption for the adjacent signifier of my care, truthful I'll beryllium missing the gigs successful Seoul, Tokyo, Melbourne and Sydney."

The 60-year-old said helium was "really sad" to miss these Oasis shows but assured fans helium is "feeling bully and volition beryllium backmost acceptable to spell successful clip for South America".

He told fans to "have an astonishing time" astatine the gigs this month, "and I'll spot you backmost onstage with the set successful November".

Sharing Arthurs' post, a connection connected the authoritative Oasis Instagram relationship said: "Wishing you each the champion with your treatment… we'll spot you backmost connected signifier successful South America."

The announcement comes pursuing a erstwhile diagnosis of tonsil crab successful 2022. Back then, Arthurs had to instrumentality a interruption from performing with Liam Gallagher astatine his solo shows, earlier being fixed the "all-clear" aft treatment.

The guitarist archetypal started playing euphony with Liam Gallagher successful The Rain, the set which aboriginal became Oasis.

He near successful 1999 but continued to enactment with Liam implicit the years, including successful his set Beady Eye and connected his consequent solo work.

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The item of the summertime for fans

Oasis announced their reunion successful August past year, 15 years connected from their infamous divided aft Noel walked retired successful 2009.

The shows started successful Cardiff successful July and person been the item of the summertime for thousands of fans who thought they would ne'er spot the antecedently feuding Gallagher brothers connected signifier unneurotic again.

It is rumoured they volition proceed their tally of shows adjacent year, which marks 30 years since they played 2 sell-out nights astatine Knebworth Park to an estimated 250,000 people.

In effect to Arthurs' announcement, Chiara De Biase, from Prostate Cancer UK, said that by openly sharing his experience, helium is "raising lifesaving consciousness among men crossed the UK and astir the world".

She added: "Prostate crab often doesn't person symptoms astatine the aboriginal stages, but the earlier you find it, the easier it is to treat."