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Justin Currie on Parkinson's diagnosis and falling in love with Lewis

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DEL Amitri frontman Justin Currie has told how he is coping with his Parkinson’s diagnosis ahead of the band’s bill-topping appearance at…

Justin Currie told The Sunday National about living with Parkinson's while still performing as part of Del Amitri

Every gig I get through without a major boo-boo, I celebrate as a sort of victory. Gavin is not fond of cold weather either, so outdoor shows early in the summer get slightly trickier. As I noticed Billy Connolly, below, saying in a recent interview, you develop the weirdest symptoms and then the symptoms just disappear.

I’m 60 in December so a lot of stuff that’s going on could easily be down to encroaching decrepitude and a lifetime of magnificent indulgence. I’m lucky in that the “gold standard” medication has really helped and since starting that last year, I’ve regained a bit of strength and dexterity. I’ve fallen in love with Lewis in the last few years, having borrowed the use of a remote house from friends of friends to do writing trips.

 

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