Without you luke smallbone biography

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Luke Smallbone went from pounds to pounds because of a digestive disorder

His cellphone chirped and a text popped up while he was in his resort hotel room.

Within seconds, his spirit crashed.

Joel Smallbone, on his honeymoon in , found himself sitting on the edge of his bed wondering if his brother was going to die.

He turned to his wife.

Luke Smallbone was born on 22 October 1986 in Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia.

Smallbone - half of the Christian duo For King and Country - wrote the song "Without You" based on a conversation he had with his wife when he was fighting for.

Luke Smallbone endured during 2013 a life-threatening attack of ulcerative colitis.

Musician Luke Smallbone of For King & Country revealed the real-life story behind 'Need You More,' one of the most intimate songs on the band's new album.

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“It’s really bad.”

Luke, his brother and partner in popular Christian music duo For King & Country, was in critical condition. He had had a digestive disorder — ulcerative colitis — for a while, and now the 6-footinch singer weighed only pounds, too frail to hold his own newborn baby.

The text said, among other things, Luke had to stop touring for the foreseeable future.

Joel had emotional whiplash.

“Here I am, so thrilled to be married to this wonderful woman.

And now, I’m overcome with sadness and fear. I was afraid I was going to lose my best friend, my brother, my partner.”