DS News: Mike Ness undergoing cancer treatment; Social Distortion postpone summer tour and upcoming album

Boy, just one bummer story after another lately, but today’s will hopefully at least have a happy ending. If you were like us here at Dying Scene headquarters, you were probably getting yourself psyched up for the upcoming Social Distortion summer tour (with our new friends The BellRays in tow). Unfortunately, that tour – and the new album that was FINALLY slated to follow, have been put on the shelf for now, as iconic Social D frontman Mike Ness is dealing with a recent cancer diagnosis. Here’s the statement as posted to Social D’s social media: We think that life is going to go according to our plan, but it has a way of saying “I don’t think so!” In the midst of pre-production, I was diagnosed with stage one tonsil cancer. I was feeling well enough to continue wit...

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