Huey Lewis and the News used to do an average of 75 shows per year, but Lewis can no longer perform after being diagnosed last year with Ménière’s disease, an inner-ear disorder that causes fluctuating hearing loss. "This [pointing to his ear] has ruined everything," the 69-year-old singer says in a wide-ranging interview with the Whitefish Review literary journal. "This has absolutely ruined everything. I try not to let it get me down. In the first two months of this, I was suicidal. I can honestly share that with you. I thought, s---, I’m just going to commit suicide. I actually contemplated my demise. You know, like pills. I figured pills were the easiest way to go. I mean, would I have? I don’t know." He goes through periods where his hearing is better and then periods where it declines again, he explains, noting he's been able to sing twice during good periods. read more https://www.newser.com/story/284136/huey-lewis-on-hearing-loss-i-was-suicidal.html
