Moore, 65, said his doctors advised him against flying “anywhere under any circumstance” until they figure out how to treat his condition.
Thurston Moore was gearing up to launch a 10-date speaking tour of the U.S. to promote his upcoming memoir about his life as one of the front people of the pioneering 1980s guitar noise rock band Sonic Youth, Sonic Life, before the guitarist was forced to cancel the entire run due to a serious health issue.
At press time the London-based Moore had not provided additional details on his condition.
Moore said the decision to cancel has been “utterly distressing” following several years of intense writing and editing of the Penguin Random House books that is described as “a passionate memoir tracing the author’s life and art—from his teen years as a music obsessive in small-town Connecticut, to the formation of his legendary rock group, to thirty years of creation, experimentation, and wonder.”
Moore co-founded the experimental guitar band in New York in 1981 with his ex-wife, singer/bassist/guitarist Kim Gordon and guitarist/singer Lee Ranaldo; the group broke up in 2011.
The publisher promises that the book will offer a firsthand account of New York during an explosive time of creativity, providing “a history of alternative rock as it was birthed and came to dominate airwaves, and a love letter to music, whatever the form. This is a story for anyone who has ever felt touched by sound — who knows the way the right song at the right moment can change the course of a life.”
Sonic Life is due out on Oct. 24.
Check out Moore’s post below.
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