Manchester V Cancer - MEN center tonight

One-off charity gig in aid of Manchester's Christie Hospital. Former bassist with The Smiths, set about organising the fundraiser after learning that his manager's sister and father were both diagnosed with cancer at the end of 2004; he performs with his ex-bandmate Marr for the first time since the band's split in 1988. Band-of-the-moment Arctic Monkeys is also rumoured to be attending invitation-only aftershow.