United Kingdom, April 9 -- Busted star James Bourne is "on the mend", according to his bandmate Matt Willis.

The 42-year-old musician left fans devastated last year when he was forced to pull out of the band's tour with McFly the day before it kicked off due to an unspecified health concern and he recently revealed he's planning to undergo "major surgery" that will help "extend" his life - and now his longtime pal Matt has insisted James is "getting better".

During an appearance on UK TV show Good Morning Britain on Thursday (09.04.26), Matt said: "It happened quite quickly, he got ill just before the tour started ...

"So we put something out there. But he put something out recently, an update of how he is getting on. Yeah, he's not ve...