Lifestyle Health Celebrity Health Jamie Foxx Will Address His 'Serious Health Scare' in an 'Intimate' One-Man Show: What We Know So Far The show will take place in Atlanta on three nights, from Oct. 3 through 5 By Jen Juneau Jen Juneau Jen Juneau is a News and Movies Staff Writer at PEOPLE. She started at the brand in 2016 and has more than 15 years' professional writing experience. People Editorial Guidelines Published on September 4, 2024 01:48PM EDT Comments Jamie Foxx in Los Angeles on March 3, 2024. Photo: Kayla Oaddams/Getty Jamie Foxx is getting personal. On Monday, Sept. 2, the Oscar winner revealed more details about his upcoming "unforgettable one-man show," in which he will "[take] the stage to share his journey through a serious health scare, filled with humor, heart, and inspiration," he wrote on Instagram. Titled One More Chance: An Evening with Jamie Foxx, the show will take place in Atlanta on three nights, from Oct. 3 through 5, with "ticket information coming soon." Foxx's Instagram post consisted of a black box with the words "WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS," before going more into details about the show in his caption. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories. Jamie Foxx Says His Mystery Illness Started with a 'Bad Headache': 'I Was Gone for 20 Days' "Experience Jamie Foxx like never before in this intimate and engaging performance, as he opens up about his struggles, triumphs, and everything in between," continued the caption on the Monday post shared by Foxx, 56. It concluded, "Get ready for a night of laughter, reflection, and genuine connection." Among those in the comments expressing their excitement for the Back in Action star's newly announced venture was Chance the Rapper, who wrote, "I'm there." Added Questlove, "Damn I might have to roll to this jawn." Jamie Foxx in Los Angeles on Dec. 4, 2023. Leon Bennett/Getty Foxx's announcement comes six months after he attended the 7th Annual AAFCA Special Achievement Awards, where he teased that he would finally discuss his health journey in an upcoming stand-up comedy special. “Everybody wants to know what happened and I’m gonna tell you what happened but I got to do it in my way,” he said at the time, while accepting the AAFCA’s Producers Award for his company Foxxhole Productions. Foxx was midway through production on the Netflix movie Back in Action in April 2023 when he suffered a "medical complication" and spent a number of months out of the public eye. He and costar Cameron Diaz were seen filming again in January, and Netflix announced late last month that the film will begin streaming on Jan. 17. A few days before his appearance at the AAFCA Special Achievement Awards in March, Foxx shared that he planned to return to performing comedy live, as he posted a video from his 2002 HBO stand-up special I Might Need Security to Instagram. "Going to get on somebody’s stage somewhere near you. I got some jokes, and a story to tell ... " the They Cloned Tyrone actor wrote in a caption to the video. The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now! Jamie Foxx in Los Angeles on Dec. 17, 2023. Eric Charbonneau/Getty Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz Smile in Behind-the-Scenes Look at Back in Action as Movie Gets Pushed to January In July, Foxx divulged more details about the mystery illness that landed him in the hospital, telling a group of people gathered around him at an outdoor café in Phoenix that he had a "bad headache" and "asked my boy for an Advil." After snapping his fingers, as seen in a video shared by The Art of the Dialogue on X (formerly known as Twitter), the actor said, “I was gone for 20 days,” before adding, “I don’t remember anything.” “So they told me — I’m in Atlanta — so they told me my sister and my daughter took me to the first doctor,” Foxx said of his sister, Deidra Dixon, and daughter, Corinne Foxx. “They gave me a cortisone shot,” he told the woman next to him. (A cortisone injection, the Mayo Clinic explains, is used to "relieve pain, swelling and irritation.") Pointing to his head, Foxx continued, “The next doctor said something’s going on up there. I won’t say it on camera. But it was ... ", before shrugging and trailing off as the video came to an end. Close