Oasis guitarist Paul Arthurs steps away from reunion tour as he undergoes prostate most cancers therapy

Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs, the longtime guitarist for and founding member of Oasis, is stepping away from the band's present reunion tour to deal with most cancers therapy.

"Early this yr I used to be recognized with prostate most cancers. The excellent news is I'm responding rather well to therapy, which meant I might be a part of this unimaginable tour," Arthurs defined in a publish shared to social media on Friday. "Now, I’m having to take a deliberate break for the subsequent section of my care, so l'll be lacking the gigs in Seoul, Tokyo, Melbourne and Sydney."

Whereas Arthurs, 60, shared that he's "actually unhappy to be lacking these reveals," he additionally reassured followers that he's "feeling good and will likely be again able to go in time for South America. Have an incredible time if you happen to're going this month and l'll see you again onstage with the band in November."

Arthurs had not publicly mentioned his prostate most cancers analysis previous to Friday. The musician opened up about being recognized with tonsil most cancers in 2022, nonetheless, reflecting the next yr, "I used to be recognized final yr [in] March with tonsil most cancers, so it was powerful, a troublesome yr to say the least, however completed therapy on June twenty fourth. Three months after that I obtained the all clear."

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Oasis is thought the world over because the supergroup containing the infamously caustic pair of brothers, Noel Gallagher and Liam Gallagher. However when the band fashioned in 1991, it included Arthurs and three others — none of which have been the Gallaghers. The brothers joined the band shortly thereafter, and by 1994 had develop into a world success with the discharge of their breakthrough debut album Positively Possibly.

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Whereas founding members Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan (bass) and Tommy McCarroll (drums) each left the band in '90s, Oasis soldiered on, retaining Arthurs and the Gallaghers. The band broke up in 2009, stemming from an argument between the brothers over a present that Liam canceled, an argument that grew so heated it almost dragged the Gallaghers right into a authorized battle.

The band stayed damaged up till 2024, and introduced a reunion tour for this yr. Although the three remaining members of the lineup are notoriously mum with regards to press, that means the Reside '25 tour the band are at the moment within the midst of got here with little or no promotional preamble, the Gallaghers did glancingly deal with the one power robust sufficient to carry them again collectively: Arthurs.

Whereas shouting out their guitarist to the gang at a July tour date in Cardiff, Noel famous, "If it wasn't for him, none of this may have occurred."

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