They Are Gutting A Body Of Water’s Doug Dulgarian Reveals Cancer Diagnosis, Cancels Tour

Some really scary and awful news: Doug Dulgarian, frontman of the hugely important Philadelphia band They Are Gutting A Body Of Water and founder of the equally important indie label Julia's War, has been diagnosed with cancer. Dulgarian, the guy wearing a striped shirt in the above photo, made the announcement in a heartfelt Instagram post this morning, writing that he got his diagnosis on Friday, the same day that TAGABOW released the massive new mixtape KOOL FAITH / LOOSIES II. TAGABOW were scheduled to launch a North American tour on Thursday night in Baltimore, but that won't happen now. In his very candid post, though, Dulgarian says that "the prognosis seems to be pretty good."Dulgarian does not say what kind of cancer he's battling — merely that he will start treatment "in a couple weeks." He also says that the band will "keep the Philly & nyc dates on the schedule" — that's Dec. 10 at Warsaw and Dec. 18 at Union Transfer — "in hopes I’ll be able to do it." In his post, Dulgarian repeatedly emphasizes that he think he'll be fine, that his diagnosis "ain’t the end of the world." It's worth your time to read what he has written:damn. super bummed to have to talk about thi...