The Wanted are reuniting for special Tom Parker cancer charity gig

Seven years on from their split, The Wanted have announced that they’re officially back together with a new album in the works.

According to reports, the British-Irish pop band, who formed in 2009, are making a massive comeback and will release their greatest hits later this month. The band will also perform together for the first time at Tom Parker’s Stand Up To Cancer gig next week.

Parker, thirty-three, said: “It feels amazing it is quite nice to be able to do something that is not related to treatment, it is like nothing has ever changed.”

Nathan Sykes, twenty-eight, added about the single: “It is really good, we are really excited. It was really nice doing it in the studio, Jay and Siva recorded in the US and us three recorded it over here. It is lovely being back together.”

The band also released a video to coincide with the announcement on Instagram, writing: “Here we go!! We are MEGA excited to announce that we are BACK and will be releasing our Greatest Hits Album on November 12th!! We’ll also be performing LIVE at the @royalalberthall as part of @tomparkerofficial ‘Inside My Head’ concert. It’s been far too long… Let’s do this!”

This comes after Parker revealed that there had been a ‘significant reduction’ in the size of his brain tumour, which he was diagnosed with last year.

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He wrote on Instagram: “These are the words I received today, and I can’t stop saying them over and over again. I had an MRI scan on Tuesday and my results today were a significant reduction to the tumour and I am responding well to treatment.”

Thanking doctors and nurses for their dedication despite COVID-19, he went on: “I can’t thank our wonderful NHS enough. You’re all having a tough time out there, but we appreciate the work you are all doing on the front line.”

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