Doug Dulgarian, frontman and founder of rock band They Are Gutting a Body of Water was recently diagnosed with cancer.

The band has canceled all remaining tour dates except for those in Brooklyn and Philadelphia. Dulgarian made a statement on the band's Instagram regarding the diagnosis. Read his full statement below.

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"I was diagnosed with cancer last Friday, same day we put out Kool Faith. Crazy day, every possible emotion lmao

We obviously can’t do the tour, as I need to get this figured out. I have treatment in a couple weeks

I have a feeling it will all work out. been thru a lot of things in my crazy and (atp) relatively long existence and I'm no stranger to putting my best foot forward and facing some difficult shit

I wanna make this clear. im not seeking pity. I do not want to sway your emotions to feel bad for me. I just want to inform you. I genuinely believe this will work out just fine. There are many people with much worse problems and my life has been so infinitely blessed and privileged & I never lose sight of that

Also I don’t think that kind of mindset is beneficial. If I start to believe that I deserve pity from others, I would feel bad for myself, & that’s the beginning of giving up

This ain’t the end of the world.

We’re gonna keep the Philly & NYC dates on the schedule in hopes I’ll be able to do it.

Life's so weird man. I'm a firm believer that everything happens for a reason. Most of the time i don’t understand why at the time, but it always makes sense in the end. I'm sure this situation is no different.

The fact that i got the diagnosis the same day we put out a massive compilation featuring as many friends as i could muster, well that symbolism that is not lost on me

I know I can be real corny sometimes but music and community has given me a purpose in my life that I didn’t have before I found it. you live one time and I haven’t got time to not mean everything I say, or to leave things unsaid

I love nothing more than making music and seeing my friends & it breaks my heart to cancel a tour

I hope what I can walk away with from this situation is gratitude for another experience. I've been blessed to experience a full spectrum of emotion in my life. very good, very bad, a whole lot in between.

I'm scared and unsure of how this will all go. the prognosis seems to be pretty good. thats cool.

love yall

I’ll keep ya posted."

There is a Go Fund Me to support Dulgarian during his cancer treatment.

Remaining tour dates:

12/09 Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere Hall
12/10 Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw
12/18 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer