Chart-topping dance star CANCELS tour after revealing he’s secretly battling health issues and needs emergency surgery
A TOP DJ has scrapped his upcoming tour after doctors warned him he’d need emergency surgery.
The Algerian-French music star, 39, told fans a health issue he’d been battling “finally caught up with me” and that he can’t “push or delay” further treatment.
DJ Snake, whose real name is William Sami Étienne Grigahcine, then revealed he’d “need a month to fully rest and recover”.
While the In The Dark hitmaker did not reveal the exact nature of his illness, it has prompted him to postpone tour dates in Canada and India.
The record producer, who produced Lady Gaga‘s hit Applause alongside the tracks of many other well-known stars, posted a statement on social media to reveal the worrying news.
He wrote in a post with black text on a white background: “Hey guys.
“I’ve been battling a health issue for a while and it’s finally caught up with me.
“After talking with my doctors I need to have surgery in early February.
“It’s something I can’t push or delay anymore, and I’ll need a month to fully rest and recover after that.
“This means cancelling all my shows, including the India tour and that decision has been incredibly hard.
“But I need to get back to 100 per cent and this is the only way.”
DJ Snake, whose debut track Turn Down For What with Lil Jon was released to huge acclaim in 2013, added: “Thank you for your love and understanding.
“I will be back soon, stronger than before. William.”
He finished his upload with a white love heart Emoji icon.
Fans on X were quick to react and one wrote: “Wish you all the best. Get well soon”.
A second posted: “Hope it goes smoothly,” as a third uploaded: “Get well soon’.
One then added: “Get well soon DJ. Waiting for your great comeback”.
This isn’t the first time DJ Snake has cancelled a show.
In 2015, he was sadly injured in a car crash alongside electronic producer Tchami, and the pair were forced to miss Toronto’s Monster Mash Festival.
SNAKE SUCCESS
Previously, DJ Snake told how his stage name came about following a nickname in his youth.
It was sparked after he was known for graffiti and avoiding the police in his youth.
He said of his moniker: “When I started DJing, everyone called me Snake in my city first, I was like DJ Snake, OK let’s go for it.
“The name sucks, but it’s too late now.”
He also revealed to Rolling Stone Magazine the real reason for his sunglasses-clad look.
He told the publication: “In the clubs, people were dancing, but now they were just looking at me, like I was gonna do some magic tricks or some s**t, so I was panicking for real.
“I was petrified of making a mistake, and one of my friends told me to wear some sunglasses so that I couldn’t see the whole crowd.
“Now it helps me stay in the zone, stay focussed.”
He is a Grammy Award nominee, having scooped the nod in 2012 for Lady Gaga’s Born This Way album.
In 2016, he was also named on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list.
Five years later, he slammed French side PSG for using one of his tracks as a walk-out song.
He was unimpressed after the Ligue 1 heavyweights dropped their traditional Phil Collins entrance track – even though they replaced it with one of the DJ’s own hits.
PSG have taken the field to the sound of Collins’ 1985 hit ‘Who Said I Would’ for almost 30 years.
But in 2021, the Paris club dropped the song in favour of DJ Snake’s ‘Intro Mixed’.
The DJ then claimed the bespoke track was initially only intended for the one-off video to announce the arrival of superstar Lionel Messi that year.