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“Go Live Your Life:” The Wade Hayes Story (So Far)

“Go Live Your Life:” The Wade Hayes Story (So Far)

“Live each day like it’s your last” is a mantra that can be taken for granted at times, that is, until that’s the only choice you have.

Wade Hayes was given a five percent chance at survival after a stage four cancer diagnosis. In fact, doctors were on the precipice of putting him on comfort care.

Hayes wouldn’t let that be the end of his story. A story that, to that point, had included number one songs on country radio, countless performances and hours spent in writing rooms crafting his brand of country music that his fans had come to love.

Not only did he beat the disease, he took the mantra his doctor gave him, “go live your life,” to heart, with a song and album of the same name being released just four years after his diagnosis. As the 90s country resurgence began in the late 2010s, Hayes released two more albums and has continued to take the stage all over the country for fans looking to re-live country music’s glory days. READ MORE

A live performance to benefit the Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center at Center Stage Magazine Cabanda Bar.

A live performance to benefit the Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center at Center Stage Magazine Cabanda Bar.

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Wade’s story of his survival from Stage 4 colon cancer

BY: Vanderbilt Health

Wade Hayes was enjoying a successful career in country music when a pain in his abdomen sent him to the emergency room in 2011. The country singer, then 42, was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer.

After surgery and chemotherapy, Hayes was cancer-free for nearly a year, but in 2012 the cancer returned. Hayes again underwent surgery and chemotherapy and has been cancer-free since. READ MORE

Wade guested on an episode of Jimmy Yeary’s Facebook Chapel Series

Wade guested on an episode of Jimmy Yeary’s Facebook Chapel Series. WATCH HERE

The Heartland Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

The Heartland Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awarded an Emmy to “Play It Loud” for its feature on Wade Hayes. A live interview as Wade tours his hometown for a well-done, interesting and insightful 30 minutes.

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