Article content

Stuart McLean, one of Canada’s most popular radio storytellers, has cancelled the remainder of his annual Vinyl Cafe Christmas tour after learning he has melanoma.

McLean, 67, disclosed news of his illness on Saturday morning with a post on his Vinyl Cafe Facebook page.

We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or Stuart McLean cancels Vinyl Cafe Christmas tour after melanoma diagnosis Back to video

“Some unexpected and disappointing news,” he wrote. “We have to call off the Vinyl Cafe Christmas Tour as of Monday November 23rd – the day after the concert in Thunder Bay. I have just learned that I have melanoma. I begin therapy next week.”

McLean also wrote the that diagnosis is not “as ominous as it sounds (or not as ominous as it sounded to me).”

“Melanoma, which was once a deadly diagnosis, has, over the last couple of years, become eminently treatable. The treatment is, as my wonderful doctor describes it, the poster child of cancer therapy. He tells me a positive outcome for the immunotherapy I will be receiving should be in the neighbourhood of 85 per cent.”