{"id":376536,"date":"2025-08-27T02:50:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T02:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/376536\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T02:50:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T02:50:14","slug":"british-indie-band-announce-tragic-death-weeks-after-festival-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/376536\/","title":{"rendered":"British Indie band announce tragic death weeks after festival performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SEI_263418485-fa49-e1756239943172.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-24005059\" alt=\"The Ultra Violets Credit: The Ultra Violets\/Facebook https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theuvsofficial\/\" decoding=\"sync\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tThe Ultra Violets have announced the death of their drummer (Picture: The Ultra Violets\/Facebook)<\/p>\n<p>British Indie band The Ultra Violets have announced that their bandmate, drummer Tyler Harris, has died.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This is something we never thought we\u2019d have to write,\u2019 the Indie group wrote in a devastating post on <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/social-media\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But our beloved Tyler, a son, a brother, an uncle, a partner, our friend and our heartbeat has tragically passed away.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>They added that they would be stepping back for a while to grieve: \u2018We hope you can respect our privacy at this difficult time. We will be taking some time out to process this.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Tyler we love you with all our\u00a0hearts, play that kit loud up there won\u2019t you.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The message came from the band\u2019s singers, Perran Nicholls and Marc Willoughby, and bass artist Adam Knucky.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes just weeks after the group performed at the Isle of Wight festival and Boardmasters in Cornwall, with hordes of fans commenting with their support during this tough time.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"808\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SEI_263417201-da7e.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-24005060\" alt=\"The Ultra Violets Instagram Thank you all for the love and support, it?s been the hardest few days ever! Tyler wouldn?t believe how much love he?s got right now a love I wish he was here to see, he really was the kindest and funniest soul around. Thanks you again everyone keep sharing his memory\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tThe group made the announcement on social media (Picture: The Ultra Violets\/Instagram)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"808\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SEI_263417050-4dff.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-24005061\" alt=\"The Ultra Violets Instagram Thank you all for the love and support, it?s been the hardest few days ever! Tyler wouldn?t believe how much love he?s got right now a love I wish he was here to see, he really was the kindest and funniest soul around. Thanks you again everyone keep sharing his memory\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tTyler Harris was the drummer in the band (Picture: The Ultra Violets\/Instagram)<\/p>\n<p>This Feeling commented: \u2018Heart breaking. RIP Tyler it was a pleasure zoning with you at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/isleofwightfest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@isleofwightfest<\/a> All our love to you lads &amp; his family \u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Sending you lots of love guys, so sad to hear this \u2764\ufe0f,\u2019 said Bailey Tomkinson.<\/p>\n<p>The Mercians commetned: \u2018Sending so much love boys \u2764\ufe0f\u2019<\/p>\n<p>After receiving support from fans, the group added that it had been the \u2018hardest\u2019 few days since his death.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Thank you all for the love and support, it\u2019s been the hardest few days ever! <\/p>\n<p>\u2018Tyler wouldn\u2019t believe how much love he\u2019s got right now a love I wish he was here to see, he really was the kindest and funniest soul around. Thanks you again everyone keep sharing his memory \ud83d\udda4\ud83d\udda4\ud83d\udda4\u2019 the group commented on their post.<\/p>\n<p>The group had a busy summer with various festival performances, they had even mentioned earlier in the year that they were seeing so much more success this year, after many years of \u2018grafting\u2019. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018We had one inspiring meeting on video call last night \u2026 after years of grafting in this band, it seems it\u2019s all gonna be just fine. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018Get ready to see a lot more of us,\u2019 read the post. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Got a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/submit-stuff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submit Stuff<\/a> page \u2013 we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"comment-now metro-button metro-comments-cta\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tComment now<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tComments<br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\">Arrow<br \/>\nMORE: <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/08\/26\/bring-horizon-fans-concerned-gig-goer-forcibly-kisses-oli-sykes-24000310\/?ico=more_text_links\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bring Me the Horizon fans concerned after gig-goer \u2018forcibly\u2019 kisses Oli Sykes<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\">Arrow<br \/>\nMORE: <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/08\/25\/teenage-girl-dies-falling-ill-emerge-electronic-festival-belfast-23996572\/?ico=more_text_links\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teenage girl dies after falling ill at Emerge electronic festival in Belfast<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\">Arrow<br \/>\nMORE: <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/08\/25\/celebrated-actress-veronica-echegui-dies-aged-42-antonio-banderas-pays-tribute-23994810\/?ico=more_text_links\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Celebrated Spanish actress Ver\u00f3nica Echegui dies aged 42 as Antonio Banderas leads tributes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ultra Violets have announced the death of their drummer (Picture: The Ultra Violets\/Facebook) British Indie band The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[203,77,64543,693,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-376536","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-celebrity-deaths","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-music-festivals","11":"tag-showbiz","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115098460328376969","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376536","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=376536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}