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| Singer Russell Watson is critically ill in hospital with a brain tumour. | Singer Russell Watson is critically ill in hospital with a brain tumour. |
| Watson was due to undergo surgery to remove the tumour at 0730 GMT at the Alexandra private hospital in Cheshire. | |
| The singer, 40, was recording on Thursday when he was taken ill. He had a benign brain tumour removed a year ago after falling ill in the US. | |
| The Salford-born tenor, who used to be a factory worker before he turned to singing, has sold more than four million albums worldwide. | The Salford-born tenor, who used to be a factory worker before he turned to singing, has sold more than four million albums worldwide. |
| 'Complex surgery' | |
| A spokeswoman for the hospital in Cheadle confirmed that Watson was admitted on Wednesday afternoon. | |
| "Russell Watson is at the Alexandra Hospital. He came in yesterday afternoon. No other information can be given at this time." | |
| She said the hospital was used to doing "complex surgery". | |
| Watson (right) won BBC talent show Just The Two Of Us | |
| Watson's agent, Richard Thompson, described the tumour as "major". | |
| "Our thoughts are with Russell and his family," he added. | |
| The singer had an emergency operation to remove a benign brain tumour in September 2006. | |
| The operation to remove the tumour, called a pituitary adenoma, took place at St George's Hospital in south London. | |
| He recovered but was forced to cancel television appearances and postpone a UK tour. | |
| His latest album, Outside In, is due for release on 26 November. | |
| Watson found fame after the chairman of Manchester United invited him to sing Nessun Dorma ahead of the football team's last match of the season in 1999. | |
| Watson got a standing ovation and later landed a recording contract. |