(KRON) — Oasis guitarist Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs will miss the next leg of the band’s reunion tour to undergo cancer treatment. Arthurs, a founding member of the Manchester rock group, announced on his Instagram Friday that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this year.
“The good news is I’m responding really well to treatment, which meant I could be part of this incredible tour,” Arthurs wrote. “Now, I am having to take a planned break for the next phase of my care, so I’ll be missing the gigs in Seoul, Tokyo, Melbourne and Sydney.”
Arthurs added that he was “really sad” to be missing the shows but would be back in time for the South American leg of the tour.
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“Have an amazing time if you’re going this month and I’ll see you back onstage with the band in November,” he wrote.
Oasis reunited earlier this year for their first live performances in over 16 years. Although the North American leg of the band’s tour did not include a Bay Area stop, Oasis played two sold-out nights at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena last month.
Arthurs started Oasis, then called “Rain,” in Manchester in 1991 along with bassist Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan, drummer Tony McCarroll, and singer Chris Hutton. Hutton was later sacked and replaced by Liam Gallagher.
Gallagher suggested the band change its name to Oasis and later recruited his older brother, guitarist Noel Gallagher to join. They went on to become the definitive British rock band of the 1990s, spearheading the Britpop movement and selling millions of records before their acrimonious split in 2009.