{
  "id": 7721538,
  "title": "New Order’s Gillian Gilbert is Receiving Treatment For Cancer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/new-orders-gillian-gilbert-is-receiving-treatment-for-cancer",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-16T06:11:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Billboard",
    "slug": "billboard",
    "url": "https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/new-order-gillian-gilbert-treatment-cancer-1236341341/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "New Order's keyboardist and guitarist Gillian Gilbert has revealed she is living with cancer just two months before the band's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Gilbert shared her diagnosis on New Order's official social media accounts, clarifying that her partner and bandmate Stephen Morris is well. Morris had previously told Rolling Stone that he had been diagnosed with a serious health problem, but Gilbert emphasized that the illness is hers and not his. She thanked fans for their support and requested privacy as she undergoes treatment. New Order, along with Joy Division, will be inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame in November. The band achieved significant mainstream success in the UK and US, with several top 10 albums and entries on the Billboard charts. Gilbert left New Order's touring in 2001 but rejoined in 2011. Morris and Gilbert announced they would not perform at a show in Chile due to personal health reasons, which Gilbert now explains as her cancer diagnosis.",
  "summary": "\"It is in fact me, who like many other people, is living with cancer,\" Gilbert writes.",
  "key_points": [
    "Gillian Gilbert diagnosed with cancer",
    "Announcement on New Order's social media",
    "Band inducted into Rock Hall of Fame in November"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Gillian Gilbert's cancer diagnosis comes at a significant moment for New Order, just before their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and may impact their upcoming performances.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}