Tom Parker funeral: The Wanted bandmates arrive as fans line streets to pay respects

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Tom Parker's bandmates arrived for his funeral service today as fans lined the streets outside. The Wanted singers Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness, and Nathan Sykes all arrived for the private service in Queensway, Petts Wood, Orpington to pay their respects to their late bandmate.

The singer and dad-of-two tragically died last month surrounded by his family and friends, following a two-year battle with an inoperable brain tumour.

According to an announcement from his widow Kelsey Parker, the service will be relayed on screens outside for the fans who have gathered to pay their respects.

Kelsey led a cortege featuring three black horses that featured flowers spelling out the word "Daddy" which adorned the side of the carriage, while a flowered sign that spelled the word "Tom" in red roses was attached to the front.Outside St Francis of Assisi church, flowers spelled out the words "Glad You Came", the title of The Wanted's 2011 hit that went to number one in multiple countries.Hundreds of fans have lined the streets outside the private service to pay their respects to Tom and his loved ones.Laura Chalk, 24, from Essex told PA Media outside the funeral: “I still don’t believe that Tom is gone; he has such a special place in my heart.“Being here is helping me let go a bit, I think it is nice for Kelsey and his kids to see such a crowd of his fans and show how much he meant to the world.“I was very young and I used to have Top Of The Pops magazine, there was this new band The Wanted and I didn’t really have internet – my parents were quite strict – and I heard All Time Low and from then I have been The Wanted crazy.“I was too young to afford my own tickets around the time but I saw them for my first and only time