The 65-year-old musician has decided to treat his fans to some final performances after deciding not to undergo chemotherapy to fight the disease. The tour gets underway on February 16 with a concert in Sheffield, before moving to dates in London, Bilston, Holmfirth, Glasgow and Guernsey. Feelgood star Wilko Johnson has announced that he will go on a short farewell tour following his diagnosis of terminal cancer. I was like, I should have thought of this earlier!" I came home to find myself besieged by reporters and photographers. on a farewell tour, capturing the imagination of the world as he went. The guys outlook in light of his recent diagnosis with terminal cancer is an inspiration - instead of receiving chemotherapy he books a farewell tour. "Most of the interest seemed to happen while I was away in Japan. The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson confronts our worst nightmares of impending death. When I do an album, I just slap it down, no messing around, so hopefully there's still time. "I did some gigs in France last week, and we're trying to work in an album. It's a place I love, and I toured there often and have many good friends there.
The news follows last weeks official statement on Wilkos Facebook page that he has been diagnosed with terminal cancer of the pancreas and has chosen not to undergo chemotherapy. Feelgood, will perform four farewell concerts in the UK during March 2013. "So the first thing I did, I went to Japan for two weeks. Wilko Johnson, guitarist and founding member of Dr. "I've been told I've got maybe six months to feel healthy like this, before the cancer starts its work," said Johnson. Johnson, who also played with Ian Dury's Blockheads and the Wilko Johnson Band, lost his wife Irene to cancer eight years ago.īut he said his own diagnosis had focused his attention on enjoying his last six months of relative health. But I'm happy to say it hasn't and I've been feeling in good spirits since." "Being by nature a miserable sod, I thought, this is bound to come crashing down by midday or so. Customers unable to attend the rescheduled date should contact their original point of purchase for a refund Buy Tickets: 16/07/22 Cheltenham: Cheltenham Town Hall: Box office: 08. "It seemed to me that finding this out had somehow completed my life. Tour: Wilko Johnson + John Otway 15/07/22 Nottingham: Albert Hall: Time: 7:30pm. "Everything was tingling, and I'm looking around thinking, I'm alive! By the time I got home I was almost euphoric," he said. Then I walked out of the hospital into the sunshine - and I just felt so alive. "When they gave me the diagnosis, I remained absolutely calm - not a flutter. Johnson, the guitarist credited with being one of the pioneers of punk, revealed he had been given less than a year to live by doctors, but said his reaction to the news had taken him by surprise. The iconic guitarist was recently diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer at the beginning of the year, but rather than retire from music, Johnson decided he’d line-up a farewell tour of the UK, vowing to play until the very end. It’s like the medieval saints when they have the revelation of God and eternity, but in the head of an atheist.” Julien Templeġ00% of profits from the Charity première evening on July 7th are being donated to the Teenage Cancer Trust,with a further 10% of net profits from the film itself going to the charity.Guitar legend Johnson has begun his farewell tour Facebookĭr Feelgood founder Wilko Johnson has begun bidding farewell to his fans as he kicked off a swansong tour of the UK following his diagnosis with pancreatic cancer in December. Dr Feelgood legend Wilko Johnson has been forced to cancel his last two remaining farewell gigs, due to being too physically unwell. “I called it The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson because Wilko was able to describe how he could see everything in a very revelatory way.
“If it’s going to kill me, I don’t want it to bore me.” Wilko Johnson. It tells the extraordinary, yet universal story of legendary musician Wilko Johnson who, diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given a few months to live, accepted his fate with uplifting positivity and embarked on a farewell tour, capturing the imagination of the world as he went. Two years later and confounding the odds, Wilko wakes up in a hospital bed, unexpectedly sentenced to live, having now to integrate those enlightened lessons learnt under sentence of death into the unexpected and ongoing future of his life.
The film confronts our worst nightmares of impending death and turns them upside down.
0 kommentar(er)
