Toby Keith made a big announcement on Friday.
The 62-year-old country singer will be back on stage, he announced on YouTube.
The star will perform two concerts at the Dolby Live Theater at Park MGM in Las Vegas on December 10th and 11th. These will be his first official headlining shows since announcing his cancer diagnosis in June 2022.
‘Hello folks! This is Toby Keith. “It’s been a while,” he began. “You know what I did – I rode the old rollercoaster, but the Almighty is riding shotgun.”
“For some reason he’s letting me drive, but we’re making a big announcement. ‘I’m making a little deal and thought I’d start in great Las Vegas.’
Back to the fun: Toby Keith made a big announcement on Friday. The 62-year-old country singer will be back on stage, he announced on YouTube. Seen in September
Last month, he brought his wife Tricia Lucus to tears during his acceptance speech for the first-ever Country Music Icon Award at the People’s Choice Country Awards while battling stomach cancer.
The singer was presented with the awards by Blake Shelton at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee.
As the Grammy-nominated artist, who said he was battling cancer in June 2022, gave his speech, his wife could be seen getting emotional in the audience.
“I bet you thought you’d never see me in skinny jeans,” the Clinton, Oklahoma, native said.
“I want to thank the Almighty for allowing me to be here tonight.” “You’ve been riding shotgun with me for some time.”
The Red Solo Cup artist thanked his family and camp, noting that “a lot of people aspire to have a career as big as this over 30 years.”
New dates: The star will perform two concerts at the Dolby Live Theater at Park MGM in Las Vegas on December 10th and 11th. These are his first official headlining shows since announcing his cancer diagnosis in June 2022. Seen with Trisha Lucas
Keith accepts the Country Icon Award presented by Blake Shelton
The I Love This Bar singer said: “Most of all I want to thank the fans for continuing to allow us to do what we do.”
Keith then performed his 2019 track “Don’t Let the Old Man” on the show. This was his first appearance on television since going public with details of his health battle.
Keith told People before the show that the award marked a “pretty awesome” milestone in his life and career.
“A lot of people behind the scenes helped make this happen,” said the “Should’ve Been a Cowboy” artist. “I’m just seeing the magnitude of the career I’ve built over 30 years when they show the video.”
“You know where you were when you wrote all those songs and you hear those numbers and it’s like you looked one day and suddenly 30 years went by.”
Last summer, Keith said he planned to tour this fall as he remained on the right track in his battle with stomach cancer.
“I feel pretty good,” Keith told The Oklahoman at an event earlier this month ahead of his Toby Keith & Friends golf tournament. “Basically everything is in a real positive trend.”
“With cancer you never know, so you have to prepare.”
Lucus could be seen getting emotional in the audience at the event at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville
Keith said he’s preparing to “hit the road this fall” while he’s feeling strong.
“I have more wind,” he said. “And I’m thinking about bringing the band here and setting it up, playing somewhere for two or three days, just to see if I can last two hours.”
He said he plans to familiarize himself with the routine before heading out.
“I just need to see if I can get through two or three nights of work and get a little break from this chemo and then we’ll get back to work… I’m ready… this is life,” Keith said.
Keith told the newspaper that he is continuing to receive chemotherapy amid the health battle and that the results are trending in the right direction: blood tests are showing better signs and the tumor he has is a third smaller.
Keith said it was about eight weeks away [his] On the latest scan, he added: “I expect there will be even fewer of them the next time I look for this tumor – and I only found one that was shown.”
Keith told the newspaper that he is undergoing immunotherapy and regularly sees a nutritionist.
Keith first spoke publicly about his health battle in June 2022, after he was first diagnosed in the fall of 2021.