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Lady A singer Charles Kelley reveals blood cancer diagnosis
Charles Kelley is the co-lead vocalist of Lady A, formerly Lady Antebellum
Lady A singer Charles Kelley has revealed he has been diagnosed with blood cancer.
The US musician, 45, founded the Grammy-winning country music trio, previously known as Lady Antebellum, in Nashville in 2006.
The group are known for hits like Need You Now, American Honey and Just a Kiss, and have won six Grammy Awards.
Sharing a health update on Instagram in a video, external alongside his wife Cassie, Kelley announced he had been diagnosed with multiple myeloma - a type of blood cancer that affects the bones and different parts of the body.
He said: "I had a couple of random rib fractures that happened, which sparked my doctor into having me do several different blood tests. And one of the last blood tests we did, they found a blood cancer in there called multiple myeloma, and it's rare."
He added: "But I'm young, I feel healthy, and the treatments I will say have just come so far, even in the past five years. Even life expectancy just far exceeds what it used to be and, I don't know, I feel really hopeful. I really do."
Kelley noted how "freeing" it feels simply "getting this stuff off your chest".
"But we're going to get through it," he continued - comparing his "one day at a time" approach to dealing with cancer to that of his journey to sobriety.
The singer, who shares two young sons with his wife, ended the video by saying he intended to carry on working, despite the diagnosis.