Thurston Moore. Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images.
Thurston Moore has cancelled a 10-date speaking tour of the United States, originally scheduled to run from October 24 in Jersey City to November 4 in San Francisco to promote his forthcoming memoir, Sonic Life. The Sonic Youth co-founder shared the disappointing announcement on Instagram this afternoon (October 10), citing health concerns.
“It utterly bereaves me to pass on the news that I have been advised by my medical team here in the UK to cancel my upcoming USA book tour,” the post reads. “For years I have been dealing with a longstanding health condition, though it has never seriously stopped me from touring and recording. Regardless it’s always been an underlying issue and as I reach my mid-60s this year it has become rather, and consistently, debilitating. After a recent consultation, my doctors have strongly advised against me flying anywhere under any circumstance until they get it all sorted out.”
Sonic Life is due out October 24 via Doubleday. The FADER has reached out to representatives of Thurston Moore for more information, including whether his condition will affect his U.K. book tour, which is scheduled to start in mid November.
