Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs gave fans a lift after he appeared on Radio X last night after being disagnosed with two different forms of cancer inside three challenging years18:52, 23 Jun 2026Updated 18:52, 23 Jun 2026Oasis fans knew things weren't quite the same when the band were forced to carry out some legs of the tour without legendary guitarist Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs last year.‌He missed the dates of the incredible reunion in Asia and Australia as he underwent treatment for prostate cancer treatment, which he announced at the start of October last year. The band's co-founder has had no further set-backs and was in high spirits after appearing on Radio X on Monday.‌He turns 61 today and fans were delighted to hear from him on the show, where he spoke about his reaction after first being played their iconic tune Champagne Supernova. Paul appears in a better place after his heath struggle in 2025, three years after he recovered from tonsil cancer.‌Announcing his news last year, Bonehead said on social media: “Early this year I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. The good news is I'm responding really well to treatment, which meant I could be part of this incredible tour."Now, I am having to take a planned break for the next phase of my care, so I'll be missing the gigs in Seoul, Tokyo, Melbourne and Sydney. I'm really sad to be missing these shows but l'm feeling good and will be back ready to go in time for South America."‌Oasis signed up Mike Moore to stand in as Bonehead missed the gigs in Seoul, Tokyo, Melbourne and Sydney for treatment.The much-loved musician plays rhythm guitar and keyboards with the band, which he once left in 1999 before returning for the reunion.He didn't address his health on Radio X, but he did recall to Toby Tarrant: "Noel was saying' I'll play you a couple of songs that I've written' - I think he played us the whole of the next album. The first one he did was Champagne Supernova, from start to finish, in the back lounge of the tour bus, at about 8 o'clock in the evening.‌"I just fell apart. That's the Cancerian in me. It hit me, I was a blubbering wreck on the floor."I heard it really stripped down, it was just Noel's voice and an acoustic guitar. Which is not a million miles away from how it came out, but you knew it was a hit. I was that Oasis fan, hearing it for the first time. It was too much."‌Bonehead was credited with helping reunite brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher and the band for the sell out tour.The star owes his moniker to his parents and their hatred of long hair, before he was playing gigs with Noel and Liam. Taking up the story in the Oasis book Supersonic, Paul said: “I probably got the name Bonehead when I was eight.“In 1973 most people in my primary school did have long hair, which was the style of the time, and I didn't. It was just straight down the barbers every Friday, you know, typical Irish Catholic parents, and they're having none of it, no long hair in our house.‌“They gave me my 50 pence, and I had to go down. ‘What is it? Usual your short back and sides?’.“No long hair on our street. So that was my nickname from the age of eight. You know, some kid, ‘Ah, look at the bonehead!’. And that was it.“When I got to secondary school, even the teachers referred to me as Bonehead, even when they were angry, Bonehead, it wasn't ‘Arthur’s'. That's when you knew you were in trouble. When you got the surname, it was Bonehead, and has been ever since.”Article continues belowIf you have been affected by this story, advice and support can be found at Macmillan Cancer Support and Prostate Cancer UK.