BUSTED star Charlie Simpson has sparked more fan fears after cancelling a string of gigs, amid James Bourne's mystery health battle.
Just a few days ago, Bandmate Charlie Simpson told the crowd: "Mr James Bourne is really f*****g sick and we love him so much and we miss him."
Choking back tears, Matt added: "We love him, we talked to him and we said, mate, do we pull out of this? What do we do? He said no – I want you to keep playing the shows."
James recently revealed that he was "not in good enough health to play these shows" and said he was "really sorry" to step back from the UK and Ireland tour with McFly.
In his statement, James cited health problems and said he "hoped to come back further down the line".
Now, Charlie has concerned fans by cancelling gigs.
Someone who'd attempted to buy tickets revealed the email they'd received in response.
It read: "Thank you so much for buying tickets to Charlie Simpson's DJ set at Gorilla Manchester.
"Unfortunately due to the ongoing health issues of James and the strain that it is putting on Charlie and the rest of the band, he has had to make the difficult decision to cancel all upcoming DJ sets."
It went on: "All tickets will be refunded, please expect a refund in 3-5 working days.
"We are so sorry for any inconvenience caused. Many thanks."
Fans flooded to the comments with their concerns, with one person writing: "This feels really concerning. Hoping hard that James gets good health as soon as possible."
A second penned: "He was crying on stage at the first Cardiff show. It was really quite unsettling, I hope it's nothing to serious."
And a third echoed: "It could just be that cos of the extra work that Matt and Charlie are picking up on the tour – it might not seem a lot to sing a few extra lines, but doing that every night along with anything else James mightve done behind the scenes will take its toll.
"That's just me trying to stay positive. We dont have a clue what's going on bts."
Someone else shared: "Hope that's not bad news."
James' statement that he shared a few weeks back went on: "The VS tour kicks off tomorrow night in Birmingham and as excited as I've been all year for this tour to begin, I'm really sorry to say that over the last 8 days it has become clear that I am not in good enough health to play these shows,"
Although he didn't disclose what the health issue is, James said: "There's a lot of information I still don't have about my condition but my bandmates, management and I are unanimous in deciding that I should focus on medical stuff for now.
"I really hope I can be in a position to come back further down the line.
"It's still going to be an amazing show and I will miss being there!"
He ended it with: "See you all as soon as possible."
James's followers rushed to wish him well, including McFly drummer Harry Judd, who wrote: "Won't be the same without you dude.
"Hope you're back on Tour asap."
Another fan echoed this, and said: "Aww, wishing you a speedy recovery James."
James shot to fame when Busted arrived on the pop scene in 2002 with What I Go To School For.
After that the band continued to rack up hit after hit.
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