Australian music icon Daryl Braithwaite has been forced to cancel scheduled Sydney concerts due to a shock health scare.
The Horses singer, 76, shared the news to social media earlier this week in a heartbreaking statement.
‘I have had to cancel today’s Cronulla gig due to a medical condition. It is so frustrating trying to make my voice work when it breaks down,’ Daryl began.
He added he was taking medication in the hopes of quickly getting back to his old self.
‘You try all of the old and new secret remedies and hope. Many thanks.’
Many of Daryl’s fans quickly took to the comment section to send him their well wishes.
Australian music icon Daryl Braithwaite (pictured) has been forced to cancel some scheduled concerts in Sydney due to a shock health scare
‘Take care of yourself. Hope to be on mend soon,’ one person wrote.
‘You will be back better than ever very soon,’ a second user added.
The Melbourne-born singer soared to huge fame in the ’70s and scored countless hits with his iconic band Sherbet.
But after the band split in 1984, Daryl decided to turn his back on music – and recently revealed why he briefly decided to shun the limelight.
After first attempting to go solo in his music career, the singer went on the dole and found an everyday gig as a council road worker.
He revealed he found it disheartening trying to secure gigs in clubs without his former bandmates Tony Mitchell, Garth Porter, Alan Sandow and Clive Shakespeare.
‘When the break came, it was more or less just like, I didn’t want to prostitute myself doing clubs and that with a fellow musicians, so I pulled back,’ Daryl told the Courier Mail last year.
He said he only rediscovered his motivation for music after stepping back from fame and working in his council job, which prompted him to pick up the mic again.
The Horses singer, 76, shared the shock news to social media earlier this week in a heartbreaking statement
‘I have had to cancel todays Cronulla gig due to a medical condition. It is so frustrating trying to make my voice work when it breaks down,’ Daryl told fans
‘And I guess the motivation [to play music again] then came by not singing and being on the dole, and working manual work,’ he explained.
‘And then, finally, I started probably thinking to myself, ”this is really buggered”.’
Daryl eventually made his big music comeback in 1988 with his number one album Edge.
In 1991, he had another hit with the single The Horses, a cover version of the Rickie-Lee Jones tune which was first recorded in 1989.
Now, the veteran performer has no plans on retiring any time soon and still loves to belt out a tune.
‘It’s the same thing as when I started out. You hear something that moves you, and it draws you in. I remember that explicitly from being 10, 12, 15 years old,’ he recently told Daily Mail Australia.
‘The same applies now. If you’re not passionate about it, you wouldn’t do it.’
Daryl added that performing his hit The Horses with global pop superstar Harry Styles during his Australian tour in 2023 was a career high.
‘It was unbelievable. I couldn’t believe it when I got the call,’ he recalled.
Daryl’s solo career includes the number one hits including You’re My World (1973) and Calvary (1975), Old Sid (1976).
In 2017, Daryl was honoured by the music business when he was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.
