Legendary new wave singer Gary Numan, best known in the U.S. for his hit “Cars,” broke down on stage while performing last weekend after receiving news of the death of his brother earlier in the day.

Numan used a post on social media to express his grief, calling the past few days the “hardest of my life.” He said his brother, John, 60, died “suddenly” early Saturday morning in Leeds, England, where Numan had performed Friday.

Numan said he and his brother had spent Friday evening together, "catching up, swapping stories, telling me about his newly found love of reading."

“We talked about authors, music, the loves of our lives, children, our Dad, steam trains, aeroplanes, accidents, friends, enemies, just as much as we could squeeze in in the time we had,” Numan wrote. “We were just e

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