Tom Parker

The Wanted's Tom Parker died at 33 due to brain cancer. The singer previously revealed his diagnosis in 2020, and had been receiving treatment.

The singer announced in March that his memoir, Hope, would be released on July 21. A single off that album, “Glad You Came,” also reached No. 1 in the U.K. and became a crossover hit in the U.S., where it peaked at No. 3. Parker joined the Wanted in 2009 after a massive audition process; he’d previously auditioned for The X-Factor. The group released its debut single, “All Time Low,” in 2010, which hit No. 1 in the U.K. A self-titled album followed later that year, with a follow-up, Battleground, in 2011. The band’s first performance back was at a cancer charity concert organized by Parker. After receiving treatment for his brain tumor, Parker said last November that his condition was “stable.” The group released a third album, Word of Mouth, in 2013, and went on hiatus after a 2014 tour. Parker continued to perform while the Wanted was on hiatus, including in a U.K. tour of Grease in 2017.

Tom Parker, a singer for the British-Irish boy band the Wanted, has died after being diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor. He was 33.

He replaced Tina Hobley on Channel 4’s “The Jump,” finishing third in the winter sports competition series. “We are all absolutely devastated but we are gonna fight this all the way. We are truly thankful for the outpouring of love and support and ask that we all unite to ensure Tom’s light continues to shine for his beautiful children. Born and raised in Bolton, U.K., Parker picked up the guitar at age 16. Thank you to everyone who has supported in his care throughout, he fought until the very end. "Our hearts are broken, Tom was the centre of our world and we can’t imagine life without his infectious smile and energetic presence.

Low-key, witty singer of the Wanted who found a post-boyband career in reality TV and the vlogosphere.

“We were happiest when we were on stage, [but] it was all this shit with politics, the record label and too many opinions that caused friction,” he said in 2018. During that year, he kept his hand in by appearing as featured vocalist on the track Fireflies by the former N-Dubz rapper Richard Rawson, but by the time he was ready to fully relaunch, he had missed the golden hour when being an ex-member of the Wanted might have ignited interest. Parker later claimed that when he joined the Wanted, “pop music wasn’t even on my radar”, but in reality it had been for several years. In the singer Tom Parker’s judgment, their time at the top had been “like Beatlemania”, but that was an overestimate. Life in the Wanted, whom he joined after beating 1,000 other hopefuls at an audition in 2009, had been constrictive. In the short term, it is to sell as much “product” – from albums to dolls – as possible.

Tom Parker, from the band The Wanted, died less than two years after being diagnosed with stage 4 glioblastoma.

"Our hearts are broken, Tom was the centre of our world and we can’t imagine life without his infectious smile and energetic presence. “We couldn’t ask for any more really at this point; a year or so in to this journey," he wrote next to a family photo. It’s gonna be a tough battle but with everyone’s love and support we are going to beat this," he wrote. "Honestly over the moon. At the time, he and Kelsey were expecting their second child. Always and forever in our hearts," read the post.

The musician, whose band's top-charting hit was the 2011 single “Glad You Came,” died after battling brain cancer.

The band performed along with Ed Sheeran, Sigrid, Liam Payne and McFly. He also made a TV documentary about his diagnosis called “Tom Parker: Inside My Head” that was pegged to the concert. The group followed it up with “Battleground” in 2011 and “Word of Mouth” in 2013. “[A] lot of you know me as one fifth of The Wanted, but I am also a father, a husband, and a son, that’s battling brain cancer,” he wrote on Instagram. “My book ... is not about dying: It’s a book about living. In 2012, the band moved to Los Angeles to film “The Wanted Life,” an E! reality series chronicling their exploits. Added his former bandmates: “Max, Jay, Siva, Nathan and the whole Wanted family are devastated by the tragic and premature loss of our bandmate Tom Parker, who passed away peacefully at lunchtime today surrounded by his family and his band mates. “Our hearts are broken, Tom was the center of our world and we can’t imagine life without his infectious smile and energetic presence.

Parker, 33, who died of brain cancer, was "amazing" at raising awareness and funding, charities say.

I'm forever proud of you." She said in terms of fundraising for "vital" research, the goal was to "try and move the field on an improved the output of these patients". Ms Dauncey said it was "incredible that he was so public about his illness, and that he was happy to share his journey".