Former Oasis star Bonehead has delighted Irish fans with some stunning pictures of Dublin during a trip to these shore.
The guitarist, whose real name is Paul Arthurs, was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year but recently revealed he was in recovery. The founding member of the iconic Manchester band announced in April this year he was receiving treatment for tonsil cancer.
But last month he took to social media to confirm the cancer was "gone". He wrote: "Update on my cancer; I had a full scan 10 days ago and it’s all clear, it’s gone. Thank you so much all of you for the messages I’ve had throughout , you’ve helped more than you know. Thank you especially to the team at @TheChristieNHS, into recovery now and see you all soon x."
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The multi-instrumentalist has strong Irish roots with his mum hailing from Swinford in Co Mayo and his dad from near Belfast. Yesterday he took to Twitter to tease he was heading to Ireland, posting a picture of a plane and also one of a departure gate, captioned: "It's been a while."
Later that day he shared a picture of the Daedalus statue in Killiney along with some stunning shots of Dublin Bay from Killiney Hill. Fans were quick to praise the musicians impressive photography skills while wishing the star well with one person saying: "Beautiful photo Have a blast you deserve it." Another fan added: "Fáilte ar ais! Hope you've had a good few cups of Barry's since you arrived over."
The Burnage rocker seemed to confirm he was doing just that, posting a picture of a Barry's teabag earlier today, captioned: "Good morning." And he seemed to be sticking around South Dublin again today, sharing some pictures of Killiney beach.
Bonehead left Oasis in 1999 just prior to the release of the band's fourth album Standing on the Shoulder of Giants. He was followed weeks later by bass player Paul 'Guigsy' McGuigan with the pair being replaced by Gem Archer and Andy Bell.
Arthurs has returned to the limelight in recent years, regularly appearing during former bandmate Liam Gallagher's solo shows. However he has previously revealed his family had very different ambitions for him when he was growing up.
Speaking to the Irish Post in 2014, he revealed: "I went to very Irish Catholic schools, St Roberts in Longsight — everyone was Irish Catholic, we all went to church on a Sunday. I was an altar boy until I was 16 and it was time to hang up the cassock. The family had visions of me being a priest not a rock ’n’ roller.”
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