After cutting his tour short last year due to health struggles, Donald Glover returned to the Camp Flog Gnaw stage this weekend with an update.
On Saturday, the artist formerly known as Childish Gambino revealed that he suffered a stroke before postponing his The New World Tour last September, noting at the time that he planned to “focus on my physical health for a few weeks.”
“I was doing this world tour. I was having lots of fun, really loving seeing you guys out there,” he explained to the crowd during the concert, which live-streamed on Amazon Music. “And I had a really bad pain in my head in Louisiana, and I did the show anyway. I couldn’t really see well, so when we went to Houston, I went to the hospital and the doctor was like, ‘You had a stroke.’”
Glover continued, “And The first thing I thought was like, ‘Oh, here I am still copying Jamie Foxx.’ That’s really like the second thing. The first thing was like, ‘I’m letting everybody down.’ I know it’s not true.”
A month after postponing the tour, Glover cancelled the remainder, noting that he had to undergo surgery and needed “time out to heal.”
“I’d broken my foot. … and they found a hole in my heart,” added Glover on Saturday. “So, I had this surgery, and then I had to have another surgery. They say everybody has two lives, and the second life starts when you realize you have one. You got one life, guys. And I’ve gotta be honest, the life I’ve lived with you guys has been such a blessing. I love seeing and performing for you guys.”
Now that Glover is back in performing shape, he’s set to reprise his role as Troy Barnes in the upcoming Community movie, in addition to a Lando solo outing in the Star Wars franchise.
