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Nathan Sykes has revealed whether he thinks The Wanted will ever reunite after the tragic death of his bandmate Tom Parker.
Tom passed away at the age of 33 in March 2022 after a long battle with brain cancer, leaving behind his wife Kelsey and two children Aurelia, five, and Bodhi, four.
Tom’s final performance with The Wanted came just days before his death, and now Nathan, 31, has opened up on why he doesn’t think the band will reunite again.
His bandmates Max George and Siva Kaneswaran are touring together as The Wanted 2.0, but Nathan said he and Jay McGuinness would struggle to perform without Tom.
He told The Sun: ‘I’m really happy for them. They get a lot of enjoyment in performing the music and they see it as a tribute to Tom.
‘I think it’s really difficult imagining The Wanted as a four-piece because The Wanted has been and will only ever be a five-piece, it’s difficult imagining not performing with Tom.’
Nathan Sykes (pictured in 2021) has revealed whether he thinks The Wanted will ever reunite after the tragic death of his bandmate Tom Parker
His bandmates Max George and Siva Kaneswaran are touring as The Wanted 2.0, but Nathan said he and Jay McGuinness would struggle to perform without Tom (all pictured in 2012)
The Wanted released a greatest hits album in 2021 and performed a one-off show that same year, before they went on tour in early 2022, which ended just two weeks before Tom’s death.
Recalling the emotional concerts, Nathan said the band were so ‘grateful’ to have had that time and admitted that some of his fondest memories with Tom were from that period.
He said their last gig in Liverpool was their toughest one because it felt as though everyone knew that would be the last time they would be together on stage as a five.
While Nathan is uncertain about reuniting with The Wanted, he has launched a solo music career and has released a new single, Pieces of Me.
He is also currently writing an album and promised it will be an emotional one for fans, though he’s keeping the title a secret for now.
Alongside his busy schedule, Nathan is also planning a wedding with his stunning fiancée, Charlotte Burke.
His bandmate Tom died from brain cancer in March 2022 after he was diagnosed with stage 4 glioblastoma in October 2020.
His bandmates Max George and Siva Kaneswaran (pictured) are touring together as The Wanted 2.0, but Nathan said he and Jay McGuinness would struggle to perform without Tom
Tom died from brain cancer in March 2022 at the age of 33 after he was diagnosed with stage 4 glioblastoma in October 2020 (pictured in 2021)
He left behind his wife Kelsey and two children Aurelia, five, and Bodhi, four (all pictured together)
His widow Kelsey recently looked back on her and Tom’s last moments together while speaking on Paul C. Brunson’s We Need To Talk podcast.
She shared that Tom had lost much of his voice on the day he passed away, but was able to hold the conversation one last time.
She explained: ‘We spoke about the kids and I just said to him as well at that point like “You can go, really, I know you’re holding on for me but you can go, I know you’ve had enough.”
‘And he had had enough, he’d fought so hard and I knew at that point he’s like “I’ve had enough girls, I’m knackered.”
‘He’d just been on tour and I think with Tom, he loved that he was the pop star and that about him.
‘I feel like he’d lost himself with it all as well which was so sad and I don’t think he could live in this lifetime with what he’d become.’
Kelsey, 34, is now expecting her third child with new partner Will Lindsay, 27, who works as a tree surgeon.
