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A pop-punk band has a brand-new album out with \u201cclassic riffs<\/a>,\u201d but things are different this time around.<\/p>\n New Found Glory<\/a> guitarist-vocalist Chad Gilbert revealed in a new interview that his hand stopped working on Feb. 20, the same day the group was playing an album release party for their 12th LP \u201cListen Up!\u201d Gilbert threw up before the concert and had his bandmates carry him to a chair, where he performed from on stage in Nashville.<\/p>\n Gilbert told Rolling Stone<\/a> that he \u201cfell forward on the ground\u201d after the show and started losing control of the left side of his body. He ended up in an emergency room where doctors found three brain tumors<\/a>; one was the size of walnut and causing him to lose movement.<\/p>\n He underwent surgery and spent a month in the hospital. He told the magazine that he underwent 10 rounds of radiation and hallucinated, at one point trying to order Okinawaki because he thought he was in Japan.<\/p>\n Gilbert, 45, was previously diagnosed with a rare adrenal cancer known as Metastatic Pheochromocytoma in 2021. He had told fans about his journey through chemotherapy and other cancer treatments, but never had trouble moving his body or playing guitar. He\u2019s now on a treatment plan that includes a diabetes-specific drug of which he is the first patient to use for ACC treatment.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel very, very lucky that I could sit here,\u201d Gilbert told Rolling Stone during a Zoom interview. \u201cMy hope is to really get my energy and strength back. I don\u2019t want to lay in bed all day. I want to be able to get up and do my thing.\u201d<\/p>\n New Found Glory is scheduled to return to touring in May, including a June 11 concert with Yellowcard and Plain White T\u2019s at the Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage in New York City. Tickets are currently available via Ticketmaster<\/a>, Vivid Seats <\/a>and StubHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n Gilbert told Rolling Stone that he won\u2019t be able to appear at all tour dates.<\/p>\n \u201cI won\u2019t be able to tour normally ever again,\u201d Gilbert admitted to the publication. \u201cBut I will be able to play shows that are close by.\u201d<\/p>\n