Lady A singer Charles Kelley reveals blood cancer diagnosis

Lady A singer Charles Kelley has revealed he has been diagnosed with blood cancer.

The US musician, 45, founded the Grammy-winning country music trio, previously known as Lady Antebellum, in Nashville in 2006.

The group are known for hits like Need You Now, American Honey and Just a Kiss, and have won six Grammy Awards.

Sharing a health update on Instagram in a video , external alongside his wife Cassie, Kelley announced he had been diagnosed with multiple myeloma - a type of blood cancer that affects the bones and different parts of the body.

He said: "I had a couple of random rib fractures that happened, which sparked my doctor into having me do several different blood tests. And one of the last blood tests we did, they found a blood cancer in there called multiple myeloma, and it's rare."

He added: "But I'm young, I feel healthy, and the treatments I will say have just come so far, even in the past five years. Even life expectancy just far exceeds what it used to be and, I don't know, I feel really hopeful. I really do."

Kelley noted how "freeing" it feels simply "getting this stuff off your chest".

"But we're going to get through it," he continued - comparing his "one day at a time" approach to dealing with cancer to that of his journey to sobriety.

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