New Found Glory's Chad Gilbert Undergoes Brain Tumor Surgery

Chad Gilbert, the 45-year-old guitarist for the punk rock band New Found Glory, has shared that he underwent successful brain surgery last month to remove three tumors after experiencing sudden neurological symptoms during a performance in Nashville, Tennessee.

On February 20, Gilbert was onstage at Grimey's record shop, celebrating the release of the band's twelfth studio album, Listen Up!, when he first noticed issues with his left hand. "I was struggling to control the movements of my left hand," he wrote in a social media update posted on March 24. Over the next few days, his left leg weakened, leading to stumbles and falls. By February 23, he sought emergency care, where a CT scan revealed the new tumors in his brain. Surgeons operated on February 27, and Gilbert reported immediate improvement in his hand function afterward.

This marks another chapter in Gilbert's ongoing battle with metastatic pheochromocytoma, a rare adrenal gland cancer first diagnosed in December 2021 after his wife found him unresponsive at home. The disease spread to his spine in 2022, prompting additional surgery, and later to his lungs and back, requiring intense chemotherapy and radiation...