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Brian Setzer Shares Health Update After Autoimmune Diagnosis

The 65-year-old rocker said it felt like he was wearing a pair of gloves while playing the guitar.
Brian Setzer Shares Health Update After Autoimmune Diagnosis
Brian Setzer during the CMA Country Christmas in Nashville, Tenn., on Nov. 7, 2015. Rick Diamond/Getty Images
Haika Mrema
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Brian Setzer, renowned guitarist and frontman of the Stray Cats group, has revealed that he was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, impacting his ability to play guitar.

The 65-year-old musician first noticed symptoms of the condition during the Stray Cats’ 2024 summer tour, which ran from late July to mid-August. “Towards the end of the last Stray Cats tour, I noticed that my hands were cramping up,” he wrote in a post on social media platform X on Feb. 13.
Haika Mrema
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Haika Mrema is a freelance entertainment reporter for The Epoch Times. She is an experienced writer and has covered entertainment and higher-education content for platforms such as Campus Reform and Media Research Center. She holds a B.B.A. from Baylor University where she majored in marketing.