Overview
- Numan confirmed in an Instagram post that his brother John, 60, died in the early hours of Saturday in Leeds after they had met at a Telekon show.
- He described the loss as the hardest moment of his life and said he felt "broken" and "shell shocked," sharing that John had been "betrayed by his own heart."
- The announcement clarifies why Numan paused in tears during "Please Push No More" at Birmingham’s O2 Academy, where his wife, Gemma O’Neill, came onstage to comfort him after he told fans he had received the "worst news ever."
- The tour is continuing, with Numan framing the remaining dates as a tribute to John, though a planned Bristol meet-and-greet was canceled due to "ongoing difficulties" while the show itself went ahead.
- Fan-shot footage of the Birmingham moment circulated widely on social media, drawing messages of concern as Numan marks 45 years of his album Telekon on the current tour.