Del Amitri singer Justin Currie will have to stop performing due to Parkinson's

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Justin Currie, the lead singer of Del Amitri, has shared some rather sombre thoughts about his future in performing due to having Parkinson's.

In an interview set to air on Sunday afternoon on BBC Radio 4's Tremolo programme, he said: "I can't play (music in) the way I would expect to, and I know it will get worse.

At what rate, nobody knows."He continued: "So I know I'm going to have to stop."The 59-year-old took a minute to reflect on how much he enjoys singing even considering the possibility of carrying on into his 80s.He added: "Whereas, formerly, people like me would never want to stop, you know.

We'd want to be singing in a pub at the age of 80 or something, and being dragged off by our grandchildren or something in embarrassment."Still, accepting his diagnosis doesn't seem easy for him: "So the idea of having to stop, that's quite grim."The Glasgow-born artist also touched on how adjusting to his disease has shifted his perception: "I seem to have lost a bit of diaphragm control."It seems the changes are far from just physical: "It's already changed my personality in not necessarily negative ways."When talking about how becoming more aware of disability has impacted him, he shared: "(With) any form of disability, you become aware of disability in general, and you become acutely aware of that line that disabled people have been saying for years that there aren't able-bodied people, there are just a lot of people who are not yet disabled."The musician showed resilience in his acceptance, adding: "So I quite like that.