Touring Green Day guitarist Jason White has been diagnosed with tonsil cancer. Confirming the news on their official website, the pop-punk trio wrote, “We have some news to report regarding our brother Jason White, and wanted you to hear it from us before word spread. Jason recently underwent a routine tonsillectomy, and his doctors discovered a treatable form of tonsil cancer. Thankfully they caught it early and he should make a full and speedy recovery. Please join us in sending him love and positive healing vibes during this time.”
In addition to his work with Green Day, of which he became a full-time member in 2012, White was in California punk outfit Pinhead Gunpowder and, alongside Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, co-founder of Adeline Records.
