Jam's Bruce Foxton reveals Parkinson's diagnosis
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- Bruce Foxton announced on Facebook that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, linking the diagnosis to complications from a previous cancer treatment that "caused some significant issues."
- Foxton said Parkinson's medication has helped manage his symptoms and that he is determined to keep performing live "for as long as I'm able to do it," framing the diagnosis as something he is still learning to accept.
- The Jam, co-founded by Foxton with Paul Weller and Rick Buckler, performed from 1977 to 1982, with Foxton's bass featured on tracks including Down in the Tube Station at Midnight, Going Underground, and A Town Called Malice.
- Foxton has stepped back from full-time membership of From the Jam, the Buckler-led group that continued after Buckler's death in 2025 and performs Jam material with Russell Hastings filling Weller's frontman role.
- Foxton canceled a scheduled performance with From the Jam last week due to a chest infection exacerbated by "brutal heat," which he cited as the reason behind recent health speculation.
- Foxton released his debut solo album Touch Sensitive in 1984 and later joined Stiff Little Fingers before reuniting with Buckler in From the Jam, then originally known as the Gift.
Why it matters: Foxton's diagnosis marks the second major loss for From the Jam in roughly a year, following Rick Buckler's death in 2025, leaving the touring act now led by Russell Hastings without one of its two founding members. For fans of the Jam's mod-revival era, the revelation reframes his recent withdrawal from touring as the visible first sign of a progressive neurological condition, not just a routine infection.
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