{"id":567733,"date":"2026-07-25T15:58:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T15:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/567733\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T15:58:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T15:58:29","slug":"busteds-james-bourne-still-not-out-of-the-woods-with-health-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/567733\/","title":{"rendered":"Busted\u2019s James Bourne \u2018still not out of the woods\u2019 with health issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Busted\u2019s James Bourne has shared he is \u201cstill not out of the woods yet\u201d with his health.<\/p>\n

Just a day before the Busted Vs McFly tour was set to kick off in September last year, the 42-year-old pulled out citing health issues, later sharing in April this year he had undergone \u201cmajor surgery that should extend my life\u201d.<\/p>\n

Since then, Bourne has deleted his Instagram account and not shared any additional details on his health issues.<\/p>\n

But on Friday, he posted on X and explained he would reveal more publicly soon.<\/p>\n

\"VBusted\u2019s James Bourne has shared a health update (Isabel Infantes\/PA)<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I\u2019m taking a break from the gram, I\u2019ll be posting an update soon about what\u2019s going on with my health in my Spotify bio,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a long story. Still not out of the woods yet.\u00a0 Thanks for your support and patience.\u201d<\/p>\n

When announcing he had to quit the Busted Vs McFly tour, Bourne shared on Instagram: \u201cThe VS tour kicks off tomorrow night in Birmingham and as excited as I\u2019ve been all year for this tour to begin.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of information I still don\u2019t have about my condition but my bandmates, management and I are unanimous in deciding that I should focus on the medical stuff for now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although he did not go into any further details on his health issues, Bourne said his bandmates Matt Willis and Charlie Simpson supported his decision to step down.<\/p>\n

During the first show of the tour, Willis told fans that Bourne was \u201creally sick\u201d, adding: \u201cWe love him, and we miss him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"RollingHe pulled out of a tour with bandmates Charlie Simpson and Matt Willis last year (Ian West\/ PA)<\/p>\n

When sharing his statement on social media, Bourne also told fans he \u201creally hoped I can be in a position to come back further down the line\u201d.<\/p>\n

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However he then did not post on social media for six months, but returned in April and revealed he required surgery, but did not say what for.<\/p>\n

He posted on Instagram: \u201cI have a plan in place to have a major surgery that should extend my life and hopefully make me well enough to come back to what I love the most which is touring and making music. It really sucks to be out of the game. But there is hope!\u201d<\/p>\n

Busted\u00a0 were formed in 2000 and have had released four studio albums, four UK number-one singles, and won two Brit Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Busted\u2019s James Bourne has shared he is \u201cstill not out of the woods yet\u201d with his health. Just…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-567733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}