Tom Parker battles an inoperable grade-four brain tumour. The group have embarked on their first arena tour in eight years and, following three weeks of specialist medical care in Spain, Tom was back on stage with his bandmates on Monday and sat on a throne.Bandmate Nathan Sykes says: “It’s emotional.
For Tom to be able to come through his treatment, which is ongoing, then get on stage in front of thousands of people was the most amazing moment for all of us.”Max George adds: “Tom’s situation has brought us all together to be there for him, and we have a bond as friends and brothers before the band now. “When we go out on stage we are still ‘the band’ – but when we come off there is a difference.”Last year the group, who topped the charts with debut single All Time Low and Glad You Came, announced they were getting back together following Tom’s diagnosis.The brave singer, 33, laid bare his health battle in October for Channel 4’s Stand Up To Cancer documentary Inside My Head, also singing at a fund-raising gig he organised at London’s Royal Albert Hall.Siva Kaneswaran, also 33, says: “Tom wants to be on stage.
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