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Alice in Chains drummer Sean Kinney has shared an update on his health after facing a “medical emergency” earlier this month.
Earlier this month (May 8), the Seattle band were forced to cancel a concert at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut at the last minute. Shortly before the performance was due to start, they announced in a statement that the date would not be going ahead.
The group cited an incident involving drummer Sean Kinney. “After our soundcheck this evening at the Mohegan Sun Arena, Sean experienced a non-life-threatening medical emergency,” they wrote at the time. They have since cancelled festival performances and headline concerts over the drummer’s health.
“While we were all eager to return to the stage, Sean’s health is our top priority at this moment. Although the issue requires immediate attention, his long-term prognosis is positive,” they wrote at the time.
Over the weekend, Kinney took to social media to address the situation, providing fans with an update on his health. To kick off his statement, Kinney thanked fans and those affected by the show’s cancellation for their understanding.
Sean wrote that after being advised by doctors to take a break from performing, he “quickly went through the 5 Stages of Grief,” adding that he’s finally accepted the situation for what it is. While he never shares what he’s dealing with, Kinney told fans that he is “going to be fine and I’m going to live.”
See his full post below.
The band are currently still scheduled to make an appearance at Black Sabbath’s last-ever live show at Villa Park in Birmingham on July 5.
The stacked line-up also features the likes of Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Anthrax, Smashing Pumpkins‘ Billy Corgan, Guns N’ Roses, KoRn and Tool. Earlier this month saw Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and the surviving Soundgarden members join the bill for the historic date.
In February, Alice In Chains’ Jerry Cantrell performed the band’s song ‘Hate To Feel’ live for the first time in over 30 years during his solo tour.
Madonna revealed that she saw her late mother "on the other side" while she was in a medically induced coma in 2023.
In a conversation on the On Purpose with Jay Shetty podcast on Monday, the Queen of Pop explained that she was treated in intensive care and remained in a coma for two days after doctors discovered a "serious bacterial infection" that developed after a mild fever.
Thinking back to the health scare, Madonna shared that she experienced a vision of her mother, also named Madonna Ciccone, who lost her life to breast cancer in December 1963.
"I was almost there on the other side, and I had a conscious moment," she said. "My mother appeared to me, and she said, 'Do you want to come with me?' And I said, 'No.'"
She added that her assistant was present in the room and heard her say the word, "No."
"And then, when I did eventually wake up, I realised that the 'no' was about me needing to forgive and make good with people that I still held grudges against," the 67-year-old explained.
One of the long-standing conflicts she chose to release was her troubled relationship with her brother Christopher Ciccone.
The artist passed away from pancreatic cancer at 63 in October 2024.
"For my brother, I didn't speak to him for, you know, for years, years, and years. And it was him being ill (and) reaching out to me and saying, 'I need your help.' And me having that moment like, 'Am I going to help my enemy?' You know, that's how it felt. And I just did," the Ray of Light singer said. "And I ended up (helping) and I felt so relieved. And it was such a load off my back, such a weight that was removed, baggage that I could put down to finally be able to be in a room with him and holding his hand, even if he was dying and saying, 'I love you and I forgive you.' That was really important."
