My friend and I spent an evening with Brian in The Angel in Staines, he asked us if we wanted to go to a nightclub with him afterwards. He’d bought us drinks already and agreed to meet us there again a week later, we declined. That was the evening he was attacked, I wish we’d gone with him, maybe the outcome could have been better. Believe me, he was a nice man and very down to earth, that was a night I’ll never forget. RIP Brian.

RIP dear Brian. You are still loved and missed by your true fans everywhere! 💔❤️‍🔥Keep rockin with Mick and Steve on the other side.💟

i loved the music of the sweet....they were 100% my idols in the seventies........ !!! RIP Brian

At the age of 61, I am still listening to their music today. They shaped my childhood and all that was good about it ❤

" Brian Connolly ... a true rock sensation " ! Absolutely !!!

i am a huge fan of the sweet. i was listening their music in my teen years back in my home country. run of the fox, love is like oxigen, ballroom blitz, little willy, wig wam bam, etc. brian was an awesome singer. never had the recognition that he deserved. rip brian. you were great!!

Brian, a huge part in the sound of my childhood. Your memory will live on! Keep rockin, wherever you may be!

Yes... Brian is still missed and it was a tragedy how his Life ends. My first Band i see live with my Dad in Essen Germany in April 1975... And it was SO GREAT... simply unbelivable... I never forget that gig... The Sweet my absolute favorite Band Band of all Time...

I met him once at a friends house he was a lovely man great singer he will always be remembered

To me, he is the greatest voice of my youth. I still love the music... sadly he died much to early....

I met Brian and the band once, in the bar of Linthorpe Hotel, Middlesbrough when he was touring with Sweet in the early ‘70’s. I offered to buy them a pint each, but they refused, but thanked me - then they sat, drank spirits, and watched Match of the Day until it was time to leave to do their gig. 😁

R.I.P. dear Brian ❤ Thank you for your fantastic music 🎶 Keep on rocking and having fun with Mick and Stevie where ever you guys are 🤘

Brian was a incredible singer and front man. Sweet fanny Adams is one of the greatest hard rock albums ever made

He was a true performer.....a great reminder of the 70s along with others we lost

Brian was the BEST singer in the 1970's and from the BEST GLAM ROCK GROUP/ BAND . ROB.

Poor Brian. He was gorgeous in the ballroom blitz video. RIP Brian💋💋🙏🏽😥😥😥 you sang beautiful! And could yell as good as Zepplin!

The greatest singer in the best glam rock group of all time ,

Keep Rocking Brian...🎤🎤🎤 Still Listening To The Music... Loved All You Guys In My Teens and Love You All Now At 59 years young...🎤🎸🎻🎤 🎼🎵🎶🎼🎵🎶🎼🎵🎶🎼

A Star dont die, its put back in the sky, you see it at night, the one Who twinkle so bright. ❤ BFC, 1945-1997.😊

I have Brian Connolly to thank for my name. My mum was a big fan of his in 75 when I was born. My Uncle Brian thinks I was named after him. Nope. My mum was a The Sweet fan that's how I got the name.

He was really ahead of his time with the rock country idea that’s exactly what happened to country music. I believe he would have been amazing

Met Brian,and Mick tucker in Finsbury park in 1973 had a quick drink in the compass both great blokes very underrated but they were great musicians.R.i.P Brian, Mick.

The sweet played at our NavalBase around the year 1998...yes Brian looked his age and he had a bit of a coughing fit on stage, but it was still them and I was in awe. As a kid in the 70's the Sweet were the class act of the time and I,m sure other glam rock bands saw them a the bench mark for Britrock. I still love them, I grew up with the sound.

Rock and roll legend, RIP Brian the music still lives on, I always crank up the radio when The Sweet are on.

So sad to hear that he was attacked and that it had a huge influence on his voice. 😢😢😢. I never knew that. Crazy world ❤

Drummer. The Sweet were a massive influence on my playing. I'd learned all these excersizes and Mick Tucker showed me how to apply them through the Sweets music.Being a bit of a singer,they were the first band that made me realise how important vocal harmonys were. They really opened up my music world with thier unique sound.Such fantastic memories of my teen years. RIP bro.

So tragic 😢 Not just a great singer but brilliant performer as well whose career was destroyed by that fateful night when he got into a fight! A bands identity tends to be with the voice of its singer especially when it was as unique as Brian’s so this was always going to be end of Sweet in a meaningful way. God bless you Brian may you rest in peace.

They just showed 'Love is like Oxygen' on BBC4 this week, love that song but it was sad as you could see Brian knew they were falling out of favour with punk and new wave having taken over, he looked sad and uncomfortable.

I saw them in Melbourne in 1990 and Connolly was most definitely singing. It was at the Bridge Club in Richmond, from memory.

RIP Brian Connolly

I was actually at the 1978 concert at Hammersmith Odeon. I had been a Sweet fan since Wig Wam Bam and had all their singles and albums up to then. We were friends with a family in Hayes back in the 70's and when I said I listened to The Sweet, they said that Brian lived round the corner in an ordinary end of terrace house. I knocked on the door and presumably the landlady said he wasn't in. It was a shock to see that not all pop stars lived in mansions. Later that same day a limousine went past and you could see the back of his head through the rear window. Favourite vocals, The Six Teens. RIP.

God Rest Your Soul Brian. I have that Channel 4 Documentary and was Sad to see how you had Declined with Ongoing Health Problems, and Your Last Ditch Comeback with Your Version of "The Sweet" R.I.P. Brian. (Don't Leave me This Way)

Love is like oxygen is my favorite. So sad that there are people who brutally attack others as if it is something to be proud of. Thanks for sharing the photos.

My xxxxxxxxx gf from the late 80s told me she saw them once in Gloucestershire . She said that Brian leaned over and shook his hair into her face, when she starting laughing he just looked at her and smiled. She said, he smelled like Herbal Essence Shampoo, LOL. Yeah I loved this band back in the day. Even now I still listen to Desolation fifty years on without a hint of boredom

Loved Brian and Sweet😍

In terms of vocals, I thought Brian Connolly and Noddy Holder had the most powerful, and recognisable, voices of the 70's pop/rock scene. The Sweet and Slade were two of my favourite groups, along with The Beatles, and Simon & Garfunkel, so I had different musical styles to enjoy. Still remember playing The Sweet really loudly, and my Mum shouting at me to 'Turn it down', so I shouted back, 'Thats the name of the song. Glad you like it!', which earned me a slap. Oh, how I suffered for my music....😂

Bryan and the sweet did some memorable songs I had "funny funny" and "coco" and "love is like oxygen ". ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Bless you Brian i will always love you ❤🎸🎤🎹

Rip and another great man gone fly high from all your family and friends fans condolences 😭🙏😭😭😭😭🙏🙏

Saw brian live in lowestoft in 1987 ,was unable to walk properly and had to take a bresk part way through the gig. Although sad to see, he performed brilliantly and was genuinely " great".

IAM.A.GREAT.FAN.OF.SWEET I.REMEMBER.THEM.IN.THE. 70S.GOOD.HEAVY.ROCK. MUSIC..R.I.P..BRAIN.MISS.U. AND.THE.GROUP.AS.WELL COME.BACK.SWEET.DO. MORE.CONCERTS.FROM.A. FAN.LOVE.YR.MUSIC.

My favorite band in the 70

A great singer and frontman.

When Sweet were at their hight around 1968 I was the manager of an electrical shop with engineers wring out back. Often this guy would come in the shop to see one of our electricians, it turned out to be the lead singer of the Sweet who was getting repairs for their kit the shop was in Uxbridge high st, another well known character who would pull up outside the shop was a well known actor from the carry on films Sid James.

i LOVED THE sWEET. rest in peace Brian

FANTASTIC MUSIC RIP BRIAN 🎸⚡️🎸⚡️

The Sweet sat at our table in a nightclub before doing their act.No egos just 4 great charming lads

Thank you. Excellent story.

My mom loved his hair back in the 70s

I Miss him.. was a Good Person♥️

RIP Brian, sleep well and sleep peacefully 🙏✝️🕊️

The first single i bought was Blockbuster ( loved the drumming score), second was Bohemian Rapsody, third was Dance with the Devil, Cosy Powel. Then i bought the albums Never Mind the Bollox and Sham 69's Thats Life 👌 The rest, as they say was history to my parents disgust. The Anti Nowhere League, another great milestone in my music taste after seeing them support The Damned, and were far better live. Yrs later, and a failing marriage i played "Woman" to my wife as i told her id had enough serving her papers lol you'd have to listen to it to understand lol😂 I still listen to The Sweet.

Sweet what a group!!! What hair he had ,,

Sweet Fanny Adams - Bought as a teenager back when it was released. Great album.

Что скажешь!? Талантливый был этот парень! Жаль рано ушёл на небеса😢😢😢😢😢. Зато какие прекрасные композиции оставил и я их слушал и буду слушать пока жив.🤩🥰👍👍👍👍👍

Agli inizi degli anni 80, quand'ero ancora bambino, mi capitava di sentire alla radio "love is like oxygene", ma non sapevo di chi fosse il brano. Dovettero passare più di 20 anni, per scoprire che a cantare quella canzone, un pò malinconica e un pò eccitante, erano gli "Sweet." Mi spiace molto che tre di questi ragazzi non siano più con noi.

For me the greatest Band ever...

great band fox on the run is my favourite of theirs rip brian

Very much missed. The whole group!

Saw him once in Sainsbury's, my local supermarket, would have been about 1990, so he would have been around 45. He was shuffling around, supported by a walking stick, looked in his 80's, shocking to see how substance abuse and alcohol can destroy a person

what a bummer he was AWESOME

Beautiful Brian!

I was a little kid in the 1970’s, and had a cassette player and two cassettes of music which I played repeatedly. The Sweet and Donny Osmond.

Brian was a truly cool character... Much like David Lee Roth, where Van Halen would never have happened without Roth. The suite would have never happened without Brian.

A big part of 70s glam rock so many good bands in the early 70s

Жаль,что рассказ не на русском языке,т.к.английский знаем плохо.....Но очень скорбим о преждевременно ушедшем Брайане.,прекрасный был вокалист,будет жить в моей душе вечно!

The first album I ever bought was the Sweet singles, I have loved their music since.

I love “ off the record” and “cut above the rest” and I still have the albums. Missed my shot at seeing them live when they opened for foghat.

Brian is the best singer in 70-th.

I saw the Sweet in I think 1974 in Perth. Great group...

Saw them in Stockhlom at Konserthuset 1975. They were very good - and very very loud!

10 years older than me = well missed musician .

Number 1 British Rock singer Brian

Его можно не только слушать,но и бесконечно на него смотреть,он

Rest in peace sweetheart 💋😘💔😭😞

My late father in law was in Amersham hospital and Brian was in the same ward ,Brian was in the tv room I went to say hello but he had his partner with him he looked terrible so I didn’t want to bother him I believe he had a heart attack

Too young, that’s for sure, RIP

Царство небесное ему!!!❤❤❤

Very sad ending.

Always touch your plaque Brian when visiting Breakspear Crematorium. RIP.

I saw him play at the King's Lynn Festival Too in Summer 1996, I actually filmed it. I ought to put it up on my KZfaq Channel someday

I like him very well so good A favorite for me😊

Rip brain im alway be your fan😢

Брайан,ты был красавчик,самый лучший! ❤

Hi there people as a very very sad story

Sweet was the first band I Loved. Ballroom Blitz is still a favourite of all of ours. I’ve read that his adoption really messed with him. I wish I could have talked with him. I’m adopted and I know it’s hard for some but it doesn’t have to be.. RIP Brian♥️

He was a great singer and died far too young. What a waste RIP

I was rich once. It didn't take me long to be poor again

R.I.P❤❤❤

Saw them live in the 70s, Bloody awesome,

R.I.P. It was my one of favorite band passed youth

Thank you ❣️

Up there with Noddy as the voice of the 70's

I often watched him drive his van loaded with instruments near where he lived in Maple Cross Herts

Brian and Mark McManus weren't related. Brian was beat up leaving a newsagent where he bought cigarettes. It's been suggested the object of the beating was to destroy his voice.

One of my favorite groups in the 70's, I wonder what year they played at the Bondi Beach Hotel (Sydney, Australia), was it 1990 or the late 80's? Those years were a bit fuzzy for me, but I still remember that concert, brilliant, no idea how I got back home to Blacktown that night! Thanks for the vid, never know about their situation...

Thanks sweet you were brilliant

It so sad about this l like sweet group ❤❤

Part of my Teenage Years - more Youth Club than Rampage !

Nice man