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The Charlatans drummer Jon Brookes has died aged 44.

Jon Brookes had suffered a seizure on tour with the band in 2010 and had been receiving treatment for a brain tumor.

He had undergone several operations, but had still been working on new material with the band over the summer.

Jon Brookes died in hospital on Tuesday morning with his family at his bedside.

The Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess tweeted that the band was “torn apart” at the news and sent love to Jon Brookes’s family.

Jon Brookes, my friend, our drummer and inspiration to so many, passed away this morning. We are torn apart. Love & thoughts to Jon’s family,” he said.

Tim Burgess also thanked “everyone for their messages and memories of Jon Brookes. So much love on such a sad day”.

Jon Brookes had suffered a seizure on tour with the band in 2010 and had been receiving treatment for a brain tumor

Jon Brookes had suffered a seizure on tour with the band in 2010 and had been receiving treatment for a brain tumor

A further statement from the band read: “Jon was a brilliant drummer, an inspiration, a founding member of The Charlatans, part of our family and a friend to everyone in and around the band.

“Losing someone who was always so full of life is a tragedy that will be shared by so many. Our thoughts are with Debbie and all of Jon’s family.”

Jon Brookes was diagnosed with a brain tumor after collapsing during a Charlatans gig in Philadelphia, in the United States in 2010.

He briefly stopped breathing and was helped by a doctor attending the show, before being taken to hospital for emergency treatment.

The rest of their US tour was cancelled as Jon Brookes was flown to the UK for treatment.

Speaking afterwards Jon Brookes described how he “saw lights” in the corner of his eyes before collapsing at the concert and said he was at the “start of the long road of treatment for cancer” but was “feeling fit and positive”.

In July this year the band revealed that Jon Brookes had undergone further surgery for the brain tumor.

They said he had recovered well from the operation but would remain in hospital for additional treatment.

Jon Brookes, of Burntwood, Staffordshire, was a founding member of the band that formed in the West Midlands in 1989.

Another original band member, keyboardist Rob Collins, died in a car accident in 1996.

The Charlatans have had 22 UK top 40 hits, including The Only One I Know, Can’t Get Out Of Bed and One To Another.

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US folk-rock musician Levon Helm, singer and drummer for The Band, has died of cancer at the age of 71, his manager said.

Levon Helm died at a hospital in New York City surrounded by family, friends and band mates, said manager Barbara O’Brien in a statement.

His family had said on Tuesday that Levon Helm was in the final stages of his battle with throat cancer, which he was diagnosed with in 1998.

The Band debuted in 1968 with the album Music From the Big Pink.

They reached the height of their popularity in the 1970s, and had several big hits, including Rag Mama Rag and The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.

Levon Helm, singer and drummer for The Band, has died of cancer at the age of 71

Levon Helm, singer and drummer for The Band, has died of cancer at the age of 71

Their last live performance was filmed by Martin Scorsese in 1976 for the film The Last Waltz.

They briefly reunited in the 1980s, and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

Levon Helm also toured with Ringo Starr’s All Starr band in the 1980s and won a Grammy Award in 2011 for a live recording in Nashville, Tennessee.

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