Former Nice White singer Jack Russell has revealed that he’s been identified with Lewy physique dementia and a number of system atrophy. Because of this, he has introduced that he’s retiring from touring.
Shared Russell in an announcement [via Pollstar]:
“It’s with the heaviest of hearts that I have to announce my retirement from the highway. After a current analysis of Lewy physique dementia and a number of system atrophy in Could 2024, I’m unable to carry out on the stage I want and on the stage you deserve. Phrases can not specific my gratitude for the numerous years of recollections, love and help. Thanks for letting me reside my desires.”
Lewy physique dementia (LBD) is the second commonest reason behind neurodegenerative dementia after Alzheimer’s illness, and LDB is usually misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s illness due the similarity of signs corresponding to motor and muscle weak spot and rigidity, in addition to sleep problems and hallucinations.
Russell has been touring beneath the identify Jack Russell’s Nice White after he exited Nice White in 2011 as a result of well being points.
Russell had fronted the band since its youth within the late ’70s, together with Nice White’s most profitable run within the late Nineteen Eighties that included hits with “As soon as Bitten, Twice Shy,” “Rock Me,” and “The Angel Music.” He was additionally the band’s frontman throughout the tragic venue hearth in 2003 at The Station in West Warwick, Rhode Island, that took 100 lives.
The information of Russell’s analysis comes after the discharge of Russell’s autobiography, The True Story of Mista Bone: A Rock + Roll Narrative by way of Gatekeeper Press. The ebook was penned by writer Katelyn Louise “Okay.L.” Doty alongside Russell and includes a foreword by Lita Ford, plus commentary from Eric Singer, Eddie Trunk, John Kalodner, Kip Winger, and extra.