RIP Jon Brookes

Jon Brookes, drummer with the band The Charlatans, died this morning aged 44. Jon collapsed on stage in Philadelphia in 2010 and was subsequently diagnosed with a brain tumor. He was recuperating in hospital after the most recent of a series of operations which took place in July of this year. Our condolences go out to his family and the remaining members of the band... :(

more sad news - seems to be a lot of it about these days

That is really bad.. There seems to be so many people leaving us at present :(