Deacon Blue’s co-founder James Prime has been rushed to hospital and is at present present process care as he is “critically ailing”, the band has introduced in an announcement
Deacon Blue star James Prime is in intensive care and “critically ailing”, the band has introduced.
Prime, the Scottish band‘s keyboardist and co-founder, has been taken to hospital with a thriller well being subject. Deacon Blue stated he “inspired us to proceed” on their tour with out him.
It comes as a number of different music icons have revealed their well being battles in latest weeks, together with A-ha singer Morten Harket who has been recognized with Parkinson’s. Westlife stated singer Mark Feehily will not be becoming a member of the band for his or her twenty fifth anniversary gigs as he is recovering from surgical procedure after struggling a hernia and sepsis.
The band stated in an announcement: “Expensive mates, we wished to share some information with you about our brother, Jim. Sadly, he’s critically ailing and present process care in hospital. We wish you to hitch us in wishing him properly and to share our love with him.
“We spoke to Jim yesterday about Deacon Blue’s plans for the remainder of the yr, and he inspired us to proceed with love in our hearts and together with his full blessing that the exhibits go forward, even when it means changing the irreplaceable James Miller Prime in the interim.
“Along with Jim’s household, we wish to thank all of the nurses, docs and ICU workers for his or her ongoing care, professionalism and compassion. With love, Ricky, Lorraine, Dougie, Gregor, Lewis and Tom.”
Deacon Blue’s tour comes because the group, fashioned in Glasgow in 1985, have fun their fortieth anniversary. They kick off their 15-date tour, The Nice Western Street Journey, in September.
It follows the band’s newest album of the identical identify, which was launched again in March. Their first present is at Liverpool Area on September 19 earlier than ending in Glasgow on October 11.
Discussing the exhibits, singer Ricky Ross stated: “I like the concept a circus coming to city is a short lived existence, a bit little bit of magic all of the sudden seems in the midst of a city or a village after which it goes away.
“It’s similar to what you do stay. The stay expertise is so ephemeral, on the finish of a present folks lose all their inhibitions, after which it’s over. It’s a must to be there. That’s what’s magical about it.
“There shall be two totally different exhibits, we’re curating a present that adjustments and evolves, pulling out little surprises each every so often. The theatres are extra intimate and provides us an opportunity to deliver out one or two issues that we wouldn’t do within the arenas. They provide us an opportunity to play songs from the brand new album and songs from different albums that we’ve got by no means performed earlier than.”
He added: “We go well with the present to the place we’re taking part in and our mantra is ‘we would like folks to have the perfect night time of their lives.’ Each night time has acquired to be good.”
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