Steve Harwell, Smash Mouth frontman, enters hospice care for liver failure 

Musician Steve Harwell of Smash Mouth on stage in the US in 2014. Picture: Tommaso Boddi/WireImage

Steve Harwell, the US singer who had late-90s pop successes with the band Smash Mouth, has been transferred to hospice care amid a struggle with liver disease.

His manager Robert Hayes told various US news outlets of the news, saying: “Although Steve is here with us still, sadly it will only be for a short time.”