Gary Numan declares youthful brother John, 60, has died after collapsing  simply moments after saying goodbye to pop legend – and admits ‘the final two days have been the toughest of my life’ after breaking down onstage throughout dwell efficiency

Gary Numan has announced the sudden death of his younger brother – just hours after breaking down in front of stunned fans during a live performance in Birmingham. 

The electro-pop pioneer struggled to continue after telling fans at the city’s O2 Academy he had received ‘the worst news’ earlier in the day. 

Numan, 67, has since confirmed the death of his brother John in a statement, released on Monday evening. 

He wrote: My brother John died suddenly in the early hours of Saturday morning in Leeds, he was just 60 years old.’ 

The pop legend confirmed John had collapsed after suffering a heart attack while walking to his car, just moments after saying goodbye to Numan. 

‘He had spent the evening with me at my Telekon show, catching up, swapping stories, telling me about his newly found love for reading.

Gary Numan has announced the sudden death of his younger brother, John (pictured) – just hours after breaking down in front of stunned fans during a live performance in Birmingham

The electro-pop pioneer struggled to continue after telling fans at the city’s O2 Academy he had received ‘the worst news’ earlier in the day 

‘I hugged him at the door of our tour bus, I think it was about 12:20am, asked him how far he had to walk to get his car (I always worried about him waking the streets at night).

‘It was not far apparently, we said goodbye and i watched him walk away. Sadly, he never made it to his car, betrayed by his own heart.

‘It will haunt me forever that we may have driven off not knowing that he was lying in a rainy street just yards away.

‘Luckily a kind person saw him and called an ambulance, but it was too late.’ 

Just last week, Numan kicked off his new countrywide tour, which celebrates the 45th anniversary of his seminal album Telekon.

He has been performing the album live in its entirety to fans, singing favourite hits such as ‘We Are Glass’, ‘I Die: You Die’ and ‘This Wreckage’.

Worried fans flooded social media with concern for Numan, with one writing: ‘Gary Numan breaks down at O2 in Birmingham?? Hope he’s ok! He’s heard something today but said it’ll all come out in a few days.’

A second posted: ‘Rough to see him so upset during PPNM – not looking forward to hearing the reason in the coming days. Can’t be good. Absolute pro to battle on.’

‘Hearing today that Gary was struggling in his Birmingham show, sending love,’ said a third.

While a fourth penned: ‘Fantastic show, very emotional. Hope it isn’t anything to do with his health or his family.’

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