After performing in a bar, Kev returned to the stage to start packing away music equipment. The drummer suddenly collapsed.

A member of the public tried in vain to save the 48-year-old musician as they waited for paramedics to arrive.

A local police spokeswoman says:

"At 11.15pm on Friday, police received a report of concern for a man who had collapsed in a bar in Tunstall Road. Paramedics attended and attempted to resuscitate the man. He was later pronounced dead. There’s believed to be no third party involvement and a report will be prepared for the coroner."

A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out but it is thought Kevin died of a heart attack.