The 59-year-old frontman revealed earlier this month he had been silently battling Parkinson's disease following his diagnosis in 2022.
Scottish rocker Justin Currie, frontman of Del Amitri, has spoken about his Parkinson's diagnosis and admitted he wants the illness to make a decision on when he stops touring.
He explained that you need 'quite a strong arm' for the song, saying: "You also need a relaxed wrist but I couldn’t do two things at once. If I tried, I’d lose the grip on the plectrum get stuck in the strings. You just become more and more of an amateur. Your body’s like this.” Despite continuing to perform, he says that there is “nothing dignified, at any age, in bopping about on stage, singing your own lyrics and desperately trying to get people to watch you”.
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