Mystery as Busted star James Bourne’s Instagram disappears six months after he pulled out of band tour with illness
BUSTED star James Bourne has become centre to quite the mystery as it’s been revealed his Instagram account has disappeared.
This comes just six months after he pulled out of the band’s huge tour with a serious illness.
When fans click through to scroll his profile, it’s completely gone.
It shows a blank white page with the words, “Sorry this page isn’t available.
“The link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed.”
This message usually pops up when Instagram has removed the account or the account holder has deleted their page.
James pulled out of the group’s tour alongside their pals McFly last September, just hours before they were due on stage.
The 42-year-old confessed he would not be tearing up the stage with the rest of his band – Charlie Simpson and Matt Willis.
He cited the reason for pulling out as “health” problems and said he “hoped to come back further down the line”.
James said in his statement: “The VS tour kicks off tomorrow night in Birmingham and as excited as I’ve been all year for this tour to begin, I’m 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.
“There’s a lot of information I still don’t have about my condition but my bandmates, management and I are unanimous in deciding that I should focus on medical stuff for now.”
None of the boys wanted to let fans down and so they decided to push ahead with a replacement on guitar.
Bassist Matt told the Birmingham crowd: “You may have noticed our best friend is not here tonight. James Bourne is really f***ing sick and we love him and we miss him.
“This is the first show we’ve ever played without him and it’s really weird but we’re going to do the best we can.
“This happened really fast, y’know, health is wealth.”
The remaining Busted stars explained to their fans that they’d asked James if they should continue and he agreed saying, “you totally should.”
Back in April James opened up to Busted fans, sharing he was having a major surgery in the hopes it would extend his life expectancy.
“Hopefully [the surgery will] 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,” admitted James on his Instagram story.
The singer, who shot to fame when Busted arrived on the pop scene in 2002 with What I Go To School For, is yet to reveal what illness he is battling.
Busted confirmed their split in an emotional press conference on January 13, 2005.
However they thrilled fans when they got back together ten years later, and have been going strong ever since.
The group have continued to rack up hit after hit.