The singer — who rose to fame as a member of the boyband The Wanted — discussed the health challenges he has faced.

Singer Max George has said he had a “scary” hospital visit two days before he was scheduled to head out on an international tour.

In an interview with the Daily Mirror, George — a member of the boyband The Wanted — opened up about the health issues he has faced since undergoing surgery last year to have a pacemaker fitted.

Last week, the singer revealed on social media that he had been taken to hospital and undergone MRI scans ahead of the US leg of The Wanted 2.0 tour with bandmate Siva Kaneswaran.

An arrhythmia is a disturbance in the heart’s normal rhythm, causing it to beat too quickly, too slowly, or irregularly.

“I had an arrhythmia – the top half of my heart was d

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