Gary Numan reveals brother died ‘suddenly’ causing him to break down in tears on stage

It comes as after the music legend broke down while performing on stage

Fans were left concerned for the music legend after he broke down and was comforted by his wife at the O2 Academy in Birmingham last week.

The 67-year-old was halfway through his song Please Push No More when he suddenly became distressed.

His wife then rushed on stage to comfort him as he explained he'd received the 'worst news ever' that morning.

Numan explained that he would share what that news was in a few days after he's had time to properly process it.

Now, Numan has released a statement explaining that this distress was caused by the sudden death of his brother.

Taking to social media, the musician wrote: "The last two days have been the hardest of my life.

"There have been some mentions recently about me breaking down on stage in Birmingham and Bristol. This is why.

"My brother John died suddenly in the early hours of Saturday morning in Leeds, he was just 60 years old. He had spent the evening with me at my Telekon show, catching up, swapping stories, telling me about his newly found love of reading.

"We talked about authors, music, the loves of our lives, children, our Dad, steam trains, aeroplanes, accidents, friends, enemies, just as much as we could squeeze in in the time we had. We were just enjoying being together again as we see each other so rarely these days.

"We talked for hours before and after the show but, eventually, I had to leave as we had another show in Birmingham later that night. 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 to his car (I always worried about him walking 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.

"I had no idea something had happened to him, and that it had happened so close to where we were, until later that morning when my Dad called with the terrible news. It will haunt me forever that we may have driven off not knowing 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.

"This is not a tribute to John, I can barely think straight enough to find the words for this let alone a fitting and deserving tribute to someone I loved more than the world, those words will come in time. This is simply to explain why I’ve been struggling on stage.

"We are continuing with the tour because my Dad thinks I should, because John’s lovely wife said John would want me to. I have no capacity at the moment to make decisions of any kind. I’m drifting, broken, shell shocked, just watching one foot fall in front of the other.

"The emotion overwhelms and then backs away, it screams and then whispers. This is the worst moment of my life and I have no idea what to do, other than to continue doing the only thing I know how to do, the thing John was always so proud of. He loved Telekon.

"He was only 15 when I made it. So this tour is no longer a celebration of an album, it’s a tribute to John, my brother, the best brother a man could ever have."

Numan is currently at the beginning of his Telekon tour, which marks the 45th anniversary of the album of the same name.