Versus Cancer

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The official Aftershow hosted by Danny McNamara may be sold out, but there’s still a couple of ways to carry on the party after the gig.Night & Day and South are hosting official Versus Cancer fundraisers on Saturday.Clint Boon will be djing at South after his appearance on stage at the gig, and DJ Lowrider will be belting out the tunes at Night & Day.Night & Day: Oldham St, ManchesterSouth: South King St, Manchester 

Number 3759 Elizabeth Tennant has won our competition to thank members for joining the line up.She has won a pair of VIP tickets to the concert and £250 to spend in JD Sports.Congratulations! 

Versus Cancer have joined forces with Danny McNamara to open the doors of their famous post concert after show to the public for the first time.

Following the massive re-launch of The Aftershow at Moho this Friday, Danny has organised a mammoth night of live bands at the venue after next month’s Versus Cancer concert at the MEN Arena on 23 February. Tickets for the night go on sale this Friday 25th and are expected to sell out fast.

The night marks the first time that the concert after show has been opened up to the public. The line up for the night is set to include Dodgy, Boy Kill Boy, Example and The Paddingtons, with more acts and some very special guests to be announced in the coming weeks.

The gig will mark Dodgy’s first live performance in almost 10 years and follows the release of their live album in 2007. Famous for Britpop anthems ‘Staying out for the Summer’ and ‘Good Enough’, their appearance at the Aftershow will continue the reunion vibe that Versus Cancer has become famous for.

Having recently toured with Echo & The Bunnymen who treated the crowd to a legendary performance at last year’s Versus Cancer, acclaimed indie-rock talent Boy Kill Boy are a huge addition to the line up. Currently touring with Athlete, the band are set for a huge 2008 with their own headline tour coinciding with the release of their hugely anticipated second album ‘Stars and the Sea’.

Hailed by Radio 1’s Zane Low and Pete Tong and now signed to Mike Skinner’s label ‘The Beats’, Example is set to really get the crowd going. The appearance at the Aftershow comes ahead of his UK wide ‘I love Mandy’ tour which kicks of in March.

Indie band The Paddingtons mark the fourth addition to the bill. Having toured with Babyshambles, and been signed by Alan McGee - the band, who are currently recording their second album look set for continued success this year.

Danny McNamara the lead Singer with Embrace said, ” The Aftershow’s going from strength to strength this year moving to a Friday and to a great new venue in the centre of town. Being asked to do this one off Saturday for Versus Cancer is a massive honour. We want to do what we always do, which is to bring the public and the artists together and put on the best new bands before anyone else, with big headliners and one offs to bring the crowds. Me and all the other people I have working at The Aftershow are really looking forward to putting on the party of the year. But I advise people to buy early as tickets will sell out fast.”

Tickets for the Aftershow are £5 in advance and if there’s any space it will be £8 on the door on the night, with proceeds going towards fighting cancer. See www.theaftershow.net for more information.

We’re pleased to announce that number 245 Nick Oram and number 1118 Ryan Stanton have won our latest competition.

Their numbers were chosen at random from all the people who have joined the line up to win a pair of tickets and a backstage tour each.

Congratulations!

The Versus Cancer Team

Following weeks of speculation and rumour about the Versus Cancer line up, we can announce that the phenomenal Fratelli’s, legendary Manchester acts The Happy Mondays & the Inspiral Carpets, and New York’s finest the Fun Lovin’ Criminals will be amongst the acts playing at the concert.

More big name announcements will also be announced in the coming weeks so watch this space.

The concert will be The Fratelli’s first gig in Manchester for almost a year. The band had a mammoth 2007 with sold out Manchester shows, acclaimed festival performances and a Brit Award for Best British Breakthrough Act.

Legendary Madchester acts The Happy Mondays and the Inspiral Carpets are geared up to provide some of the local indie flavour that we at Versus Cancer are famous for. Fresh from their major comeback in 2007, the Mondays are set to treat the arena crowd to some of their greatest hits as well as one-off collaborations following Sean and Bez’s part in the all star finale of ‘Wrote for Luck’ at our 2006 concert alongside Peter Hook, Mani, Andy Rourke, Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr.

Last but certainly not least, arguably one of the most famous bands to come out of New York, the Fun Lovin Criminals are set to bring an international slant to the bill. The band, which first formed in 1993, have become legends of the music scene and now nearly 15 years on, and 9 albums later, they’re set to take to the stage of the MEN Arena with some exciting one off collaborations with the Happy Mondays.

We hope to see you there!

There have been loads of rumours flying around over the last few days about who is playing our Feb Gig - We will be making our first announcement within the next week. You’ll hear the official announcement here first…so watch this space. 

Lots of you have been asking where to get your special addition Versus Cancer badge! You can find them at any of the following outlets…

Selfridges, Manchester Exchange Square (Menswear and Spirit departments). www.selfridges.com

Vinyl Revival, Hilton Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester.

Pop Boutique, Manchester. www.pop-boutique.com

White Label Clothing, Manchester. www.whitelabelclothing.co.uk

Life, Manchester. www.flannelsfashion.com

Sound Control, Wakefield Street and Unit 5, The Red Rose Centre, Regent Road, Manchester. www.soundcontrol.co.uk

During the launch of our site we were unable to collect some MySpace links, and this could have affected line up numbers 70 – 634. If you entered your MySpace address and the link did not appear on the line up page, please feel free to email your name, line up number and MySpace address to: webmaster@bjl.co.uk and we will see to it your link is added.