{"id":1173803,"date":"2026-08-28T07:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T07:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1173803\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T07:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T07:52:18","slug":"glasgow-music-star-thanks-supporters-after-death-of-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1173803\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow music star thanks supporters after death of husband"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scottish music star Eddi Reader has thanked supporters for their messages following the death of her husband, musician John Douglas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Glasgow-born singer’s family shared the sad news on social media, revealing that Mr Douglas had died a few weeks ago following a short illness.<\/p>\n

In a statement, they said he passed away surrounded by loved ones.<\/p>\n

The post read: “A few weeks ago, Eddi’s husband, John Douglas, sadly passed away, surrounded by love.<\/p>\n

“On behalf of Eddi and her family, we’d like to thank everyone who has reached out and shared messages, memories and kind words since John’s passing.<\/p>\n

“Last Sunday, family and friends came together in Glasgow to celebrate his beautiful life, songs and stories.”<\/p>\n

The family said the outpouring of support had brought “real comfort” during a difficult time.<\/p>\n

Douglas was a respected musician and songwriter who frequently performed alongside Reader.<\/p>\n

Reader, who was born in Glasgow, rose to fame as the lead singer of Fairground Attraction and is best known for the chart-topping hit Perfect .<\/p>\n

Tributes flooded in from fans following the announcement.<\/p>\n

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One person wrote: “This is so, so sad.<\/p>\n

“I have been a huge fan of Eddi and John has most certainly been there by her side at many, many concerts I have attended.<\/p>\n

“Thinking of you and yours at this deeply difficult time.<\/p>\n

“‘Wild Mountain Time’ x.<\/p>\n

“Beauty is within grasp.<\/p>\n

“Hear the Highlands call.”<\/p>\n

Another shared their own experience of loss, writing: “Hi Eddi don’t want to say – know what you are going thro – cos everyone’s grief is different.<\/p>\n

“I lost my precious husband, also John, nearly 3 years ago and lost my Mum 3 weeks ago.<\/p>\n

“My John still looks over me, sometimes very close and sometimes from a distance.<\/p>\n

“Your family and music will get you through the dreadful loss. Sending love.”<\/p>\n

A third tribute read: “It is such a shock to hear of John’s untimely passing.<\/p>\n

“I enjoyed chatting to him on The Everyman Theatre<\/a> in Cork after he played with Eddi and band earlier this year.<\/p>\n

“My deepest condolences to Eddi and all John’s family on such a sad loss.”<\/p>\n

The family said reading the messages and memories shared by fans has shown just how much Mr Douglas was loved and appreciated.<\/p>\n

They added that the support has meant a great deal to Reader and her family as they come to terms with their loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scottish music star Eddi Reader has thanked supporters for their messages following the death of her husband, musician…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1173804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,18600,318244,60903,918,4884,247,318243,138870,712,16,15],"class_list":["post-1173803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-glasgow","tag-britain","tag-douglas","tag-eddi","tag-eddi-reader","tag-glasgow","tag-great-britain","tag-john","tag-john-douglas","tag-johns","tag-scotland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1173803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1173804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1173803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1173803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1173803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}