In early February 2022, Cathy-Sarah Holmes, the wife / manager of former W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes, revealed that her husband had been diagnosed with cancer in the throat and neck, which would require seven weeks of treatment.

A GoFundMe campaign, aiming to raise €20,000, has been launched by Cathy-Sarah Holmes to assist Chris Holmes in his battle against cancer. 

A new update from Cathy-Sarah Holmes reads as follows:

“Thank you for all your messages for Chris, he really appreciates them. I apologise for not updating and answering all your worries and concerns but all my energy is for him for the next six weeks. Chris started the first chemo (he will have three rounds) last Monday. They don’t let me sleep at the hospital then at 8pm I had to leave it was difficult. Chris said to the doctor ‘Do you know in 10 years it is the first time my wife and I are separated’, but when I arrived the next morning with a big smile he said ‘I missed you’.

He started also his radiation every day from Monday to Friday. He has nausea and can’t eat very well because of this, but the first week of radiation was ok. He don’t suffer for now any bad effects. He is getting tired quickly but it is normal apparently. I was watching him eat yesterday and I told him ‘I will never imagine I will be so happy to see you eat,’ he laughed.

He is in good spirit and positive. He asked to the nurse who do his radiation to take pictures this is one of them Chris want we share with all of you (see above)."

Holmes had been scheduled to bring his "Rock On" Solo Tour to Canada this May. Understandably, those dates have been rescheduled to September / October; the new routing can be found in the official poster below. 

All of us at BraveWords send positive thoughts and best wishes to Chris for a quick recovery.