“Fatboy Slim won’t be making more music after losing his ‘passion’ (Picture: Mike Lewis Photography/Redferns) Fatboy Slim is ‘done’ making music and will stick to live performances after a difficult year, including the recent death of his mum. The 61-year-old musician, real name Norman Cook, has become better known as a DJ in the past”, — write: metro.co.uk
Fatboy Slim won’t be making more music after losing his ‘passion’ (Picture: Mike Lewis Photography/Redferns) Fatboy Slim is ‘done’ making music and will stick to live performances after a difficult year, including the recent death of his mum.
The 61-year-old musician, real name Norman Cook, has become better known as a DJ in the past decade, confessing he’s ‘lost his passion’ for new tracks.
He originally rose to fame in the 80s as the bassist for The Housemartins before dominating the late 90s with his solo music.
This comes as his and Zoe Ball’s son Woody Cook announced the death of his ‘Granny Ros’ in an emotional tribute message.
The 24-year-old DJ said his dad’s mother died on Christmas Day this year, praising her as an ‘amazing woman’ who was ‘ready’ to move onto her ‘next life’.
This loss comes as a doubly devastating blow to the family as Zoe, 54, also lost her mum, Julia Peckham, earlier this year.
It’s been 20 years since his last studio album (Picture: Victor Spinelli/Redferns) ‘The thing is, you can’t make music unless you’re absolutely passionate about it and it drives you from the moment you wake up in the morning,’ he said at a Q&A, according to The Sun.
‘I just don’t seem to feel like that any more,’ Norman continued. ‘I feel like that about DJing and about putting on things like this, but I’ve kind of lost my passion for making music.
‘For five years, I tried to beat myself up about it and go, “You should be doing this”. But then I thought, “Well, everybody likes my DJing and I enjoy that more, so I’ll do that”.
‘I’m hoping that one day the passion will come back.’
The Right Here, Right Now hitmaker hasn’t released a full studio album since 2004 but did share two singles earlier this year.
Norman has not publicly spoken about the loss of his mum but Woody, who is following in his dad’s career footsteps, posted a tribute on Instagram.
Woody Cook revealed the death of paternal grandmother on Christmas Day (Picture: @woody_cook/Instagram) 
Woody thanked her for ‘inspiring’ him (Picture: @woody_cook/Instagram) He wrote: ‘Ups and downs of the year. My Granny Ros passed away on Christmas Day, She was an amazing woman and ‘was ready to start her next life.’
‘That kind of optimism and mentality really inspires me. Losing two Grandparents this year has really made me grow and made me focus a-lot more on family.’
He shared a picture with his grandparents and younger sister Nell, 14, who was rushed to hospital in December after a freak festive accident.
Woody added that the ‘ups’ of the year had been his big move to New York where he is ‘having a blast’ and working on new music.
While he said he was ‘homesick’ on his birthday and over Christmas, he continued: ‘Life always goes on x New year’s resolution is to make every second count…’
The family has been through an incredibly hard year (Picture:instagram.com/zoetheball) In a final send-off for his gran, Woody said: ‘Safe travels Ros and thank you for everything.’
Hundreds of comments offering condolences for the family flooded the aspiring musician’s post, including from Doctor Who icon Russell T Davies who wrote: ‘Sorry for your loss, Woody ♥️.’
Mum Zoe also commented but just shared some stars and heart emojis, rather than penning any further tribute.
The Radio 2 presenter announced that her mum had pancreatic cancer in early March before taking some time away from her BBC show to care for her.
It was only 12 weeks later that the family said their goodbyes, with Zoe posting photos of her mum after the funeral.
Zoe Ball lost her mum after a cancer diagnosis in February (Picture: @zoetheball/instagram) Since then, the radio DJ has stepped back from her Breakfast Show with Scott Mills taking up the mantle in January.
This shock announcement came after Zoe’s then-unexplained lengthy absence from the show left fans heartbroken.
The star later revealed she was suffering from TMJ — temporomandibular joint disorder — which causes extreme tenderness and pain.
She said she ‘wakes most days with awful headaches from tension and jaw clenching.’
On her final show, Zoe was in tears but has reportedly been supported by her ex-husband, Norman, throughout this difficult year.
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