Toby Keith’s Health Update: A Positive Trend Amidst Battle with Stomach Cancer

Country music icon Toby Keith, who has been battling stomach cancer since 2021, recently provided an update on his health. The 61-year-old star, known for hits like “Red Solo Cup,” revealed that the tumor in his stomach has shrunk by a third and his blood tests look good.

Keith was diagnosed with stomach cancer in the fall of 2021. He spent the following six months undergoing treatment, including chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery. Despite the challenges of his condition, Keith has maintained a positive outlook. “I’m feeling pretty good … I’m about another eight weeks from my last scan. So I expect next time I look for that tumor to be even less — and I’ve only got one that’s shown up,” he said.

The singer also expressed his desire to return to the stage. “I’ve got more wind, and I’m thinking about bringing the band in and setting up, playing two or three days somewhere just to see if I can get through two hours,” he said. He added that he is ready to go back to work once he gets a little break from his chemotherapy treatments.

Keith’s health update comes after he received the Country Music Icon Award at the People’s Choice Country Awards 2023. He performed “Don’t Let the Old Man In” at the awards ceremony, marking one of his first public appearances since his diagnosis.

While Keith’s journey has been challenging, his recent health updates have been encouraging. As he continues his battle with stomach cancer, fans around the world are rooting for him and looking forward to seeing him back on stage.

Please note that while Keith’s updates are positive, stomach cancer can be unpredictable. It is curable if detected in its early stages but can only be treated in its later stages. We wish Toby Keith all the best in his ongoing battle with this disease.

Toby Keith songs

Toby Keith has a vast discography with many popular songs. Here are some of his top hits:

1. “Should’ve Been A Cowboy”
2. “American Soldier”
3. “I Love This Bar”
4. “As Good as I Once Was”
5. “How Do You Like Me Now!”
6. “Who’s Your Daddy”
7. “Beer For My Horses”

You can find more of his songs in the Toby Keith Greatest Hits and Toby Keith Collection 2020 playlists on YouTube.

Toby Keith career

Toby Keith Covel, known professionally as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer. He was born on July 8, 1961. After graduating high school, he worked as a derrick hand for an oil company and eventually became a manager². It wasn’t until he was in his early 20s that Keith began seriously pursuing music.

Keith released his first four studio albums—1993’s Toby Keith, 1994’s Boomtown, 1996’s Blue Moon and 1997’s Dream Walkin’, plus a Greatest Hits package—for various divisions of Mercury Records before leaving Mercury in 1998. These albums all earned Gold or higher certification, and produced several Top Ten singles, including his debut “Should’ve Been a Cowboy”, which topped the country charts and was the most-played country song of the 1990s.

In late 1999, Keith released his breakthrough single “How Do You Like Me Now?!” This song was the number one country song of 2000. His next three albums, Shock’n Y’all, produced three more number ones each, and all of the albums were certified 4× Platinum.

When DreamWorks closed in 2005, Keith founded the label Show Dog Nashville, which merged with Universal South Records to become Show Dog-Universal Music in December 2009. He has released ten studio albums through Show Dog/Show Dog-Universal: 2006’s White Trash with Money, 2007’s Big Dog Daddy, 2008’s That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy, 2009’s , 2010’s Bullets in the Gun, 2011’s Clancy’s Tavern, 2012’s Hope on the Rocks, 2013’s Drinks After Work, 2015’s 35 MPH Town, 2017’s The Bus Songs, and 2021’s Peso in My Pocket.

Keith has released a total of 19 studio albums, 2 Christmas albums, and 5 compilation albums, totaling worldwide sales of over 40 million albums. He has charted 61 singles on the Hot Country Songs charts, including 20 number one hits and 22 additional top 10 hits. His longest-lasting number one hits are “Beer for My Horses” (a 2003 duet with Willie Nelson) and “As Good as I Once Was” (2005), at six weeks each.

Toby Keith acting career