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Edwyn Collins announces final tour

Getty Images Edwyn Collins sitting on stage at a microphone - he is wearing a blue jacket and a green T-shirt and has thinning brown hairGetty Images
Edwyn Collins has released 10 albums as a solo artist

Edwyn Collins will stop performing live after a farewell tour later this year.

The 65-year-old singer - best known for 1995 hit single A Girl Like You - said he decided to halt touring due to his age, but would continue to record new material.

In 2005 he went into a coma after having a stroke and two haemorrhages, but recovered and was able to resume his music career.

The Edinburgh-born singer first gained attention in the 1980s with influential indie-pop band Orange Juice, before embarking on a solo career later in the decade.

Collins told BBC Scotland News he had decided the run of dates in September and October would be his last because "I'd be a very old man by the time the next one [tour] rolled around, and that's not for me."

The singer added that he would miss "the audience love, my beautiful band and crew".

He said he would keep making music as "I can't stop writing and recording. For fun, you know":[]}