Exene Cervanka, lead singer of X, has announced that she has multiple sclerosis. She said that she has not felt 100 percent for several months, and doctors determined that she has probably been suffering from MS for some time.

However, she said the recent diagnosis will not affect X’s summer tour, which includes a June 23 date at the Cabooze. Exene also said that plans for her solo album, due this fall on Bloodshot Records, remain unchanged.

Said Exene: “Although this is obviously unfortunate news, I am choosing to see the positive in it. I, and X as a band, have supported the Sweet Relief charity since the mid-1990’s; the irony of this is not lost on any of us. Sweet Relief was started as an aide to uninsured artists by musician Victoria Williams when she herself was diagnosed with MS in 1992.”

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