The frontman of Scottish rock band Del Amitri has spoken of his progress in an ongoing fight against Parkinson’s disease. 

Singer-songwriter Justin Currie has helmed the group since it was founded in Glasgow in 1980, selling more than six million albums along the way.

The 61-year-old, of ‘Nothing Ever Happens’ and ‘Roll to Me’ fame, announced he had been diagnosed with the progressive neurological illness in March 2024.

Now, speaking to the Sunday Mail, the rocker said he once feared the disease was “stealing his personality”.

Del Amitri singer Justin Currie. (Image: BBC News)

However, a new regime of pills has seen a marked improvement in Currie’s condition.

He told the newspaper: “One of my biggest fears was I ini­tially felt like it was steal­ing my per­son­al­ity but I’ve softened a bit on that now.

“I’ve got over being so freaked out about it and the med­ic­a­tions have helped.”

Herald features writer Teddy Jamieson wrote about his experience at Del Amitri’s Edinburgh gig on 23 December, held at the Usher Hall.

“Dressed in black, Currie looks thinner than an exclamation mark tonight,” he noted. “But he’s in fine, thrilling voice. Since he revealed he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease there is a terrible temptation to interpret everything he does onstage through that lens.

“But in truth ‘Gavin’ – the name Currie has given to his tremor – is little in evidence this evening. It’s the performer, not the patient who is on show.”

Speaking on LBC last week, Currie shared more of his battle with Parkinson’s.

“I didn’t even know there were pills. I thought they just said ‘see you later. Good luck’. That’s what I was expecting.

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Currie added: “So I was thrilled to find out there’s medication, and then thrilled to find out that the meds worked for me. I’ve had one step up in dose since then, but yeah, I’m actually better than I was.”

“I can play a bit better, and I can think a bit better, and I’m a bit more sociable than I was.

“I feel slightly like a fraud, because when I got that diagnosis, I was pretty ill, and I’m sort of less ill now, and it’s not getting worse very quickly.”