New Found Glory’s Chad Gilbert recovering after surgery to remove brain tumors

Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at 6:39 PM

New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert is recovering after undergoing surgery to remove three tumors from his brain. In an Instagram post published Monday, Gilbert shares that he was playing a show on Feb. 20 and noticed he was "struggling to control the movements of [...]

New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert is recovering after undergoing surgery to remove three tumors from his brain.

In an Instagram post published Monday, Gilbert shares that he was playing a show on Feb. 20 and noticed he was "struggling to control the movements of my left hand."

"My left leg was getting weaker by the day and I started stumbling and falling at times," Gilbert writes. "On the 23rd I was taken to the ER where a CT scan showed 3 new tumors had appeared in my brain. On 2/27 I had successful brain surgery and have been recovering in the hospital since."

"I regained function of my left hand immediately," he continues. "My radiation oncologist described it like this: 'this is not a fatal blow and not the end of your story, just the beginning of a new chapter.""

Gilbert has undergone multiple surgeries since first being diagnosed with a tumor in 2021.

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