Charles Kelley, a founding member and co-lead vocalist of the country music group Lady A, revealed he has been diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer.
Kelley said he has multiple myeloma.
“Hey everybody, just wanted to give a quick update on some health issues I’m dealing with,” Kelley said in an Instagram video alongside his wife Cassie McConnell Kelley.
“I had this – a couple random rib fractures that happened, which sparked my doctor into having me do several different blood tests,” he continued.
“And one of the blood tests we did, they found a blood cancer in there called multiple myeloma and it’s rare,” he added.
Lady A’s Charles Kelley reveals rare blood cancer diagnosis after alarming health scare
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September 29, 2026
ABC News shared further:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer where too many plasma cells crowd “out normal cells in the bone marrow that make red blood cells, platelets and other white blood cells.”
The CDC adds that it’s the most common type of plasma cell tumor and develops in the bone marrow and can spread throughout the body. According to the agency, scientists are still unclear about why some people get myeloma and others don’t, but age is the most significant risk factor.
Men are also more likely than women to develop myeloma, according to the CDC.
Despite the diagnosis, the “Need You Now” singer said he is hopeful.
“I’m young, I feel healthy, and the treatments, I will have to say, have just come so far, even in the past five years that, even a life expectancy is just far exceeds what it used to be,” the singer said, according to the outlet.
Lady A’s Charles Kelley Reveals Blood Cancer Diagnosis: ‘I Feel Really Hopeful’
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Variety has more:
Kelley likened sharing the news of his health with his sobriety journey: “Just getting this stuff off your chest is so freeing, and it takes the power away from it a little bit that we want to let y’all know what was going on. But we’re going to get through it. You know, I think in sobriety it’s all about one day at a time and that we’re not in control, and so that’s the way we’re looking at it.”
Kelley has been outspoken about his struggles with alcohol, and in 2022, the band — formerly known as Lady Antebellum — shared that they would be postponing the remainder of their “Request Line Tour” in support of Charles Kelley’s “journey to sobriety.”
The singer concluded the video by sharing that he is “hopeful” and will “try” to let fans in throughout the journey. “It’s just another hurdle, and you know, I’m confident that we’re going to get through it.”
From Dec. 10 through 21, the group will perform a run of Christmas shows as part of the “This Winter’s Night” tour.
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