It's not a career ender but it certainly puts a speed bump in tour plans.  Unfortunately Tyler Farr is going to have to sit on the sidelines for awhile while he recouperates after vocal surgery.

It's called microlaryngeal surgery and Farr had to get it to remove polyps that had showed up on his vocal cords.

“This is the last thing I would’ve ever expected,” says the operatically-trained Farr. “I sing hard, and I give it everything I have every night, but I really believed I was putting my training to work. After a #1 song, an awesome tour with Jason and getting engaged, this is not how I thought I was going to be winding up 2015.”

Farr first became aware of vocal issues while on tour with Jason Aldean this summer – and the problem was identified during a severe bout of bronchitis at the end of 2015.

He has now been placed on immediate total vocal rest.  That also means that he will have to pull out of the Lee Brice "Life Off My Years" tour.


“I know what it takes to get out there and really deliver,” Farr says. “I hate canceling shows, especially the upcoming tour with my buddy Lee Brice, but I never want to give the fans less than everything… And I know the sooner I let my body heal, the sooner I can get back out there — and the fewer problems I will have in the long run. To me, it’s never about the next few days, but doing the right thing overall, and now I’m under doctor’s orders.”
There has been no announcement as to who will take Farr's place on the tour.

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