Taylor will be joined by Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin, Andrew Ridgeley from Wham!, David Palmer from ABC, as well as singer-songwriter Ella Henderson and guitarist Phil X. Together, they will perform a selection of their most renowned songs to an audience consisting of philanthropists, musicians, and two fortunate fans.

The event, set to take place on October 21 at Soho Farmhouse in the Cotswolds, will also encompass a live auction showcasing artworks by Banksy and Picasso and exclusive Fender guitars signed by artists including Lady Gaga, Nile Rodgers and Green Day including a special Fender Guitar to be played and signed by Andy Taylor on the night! Additionally, Katherine Ryan will deliver a comedic performance, while Ridgeley will assume the role of DJ.

In an interview discussing his treatment, Andy said, “There also needs to be a revolution in men’s healthcare about prostate cancer, a breaking down of the stigmas associated with getting tested. The Cancer Awareness Trusts’ vision for a Cancer Platform is what we need and why I’m an ambassador.”  He went on to add, “So many amazing people have come together to put this show together with Andy and I can’t wait to celebrate with them all on the night, but more importantly, I’m looking forward to putting the funds raised to the crucial and urgent work of transforming cancer outcomes.”

Duran Duran, founded in Birmingham in 1978, quickly rose to prominence in the 1980s as a leading musical group, receiving widespread recognition and praise for their exceptional contributions to the industry, boasting chart-topping hits such as “Rio,” “The Wild Boys,” and the James Bond theme “A View To A Kill”. In 2021, the group unveiled their 15th studio album, Future Past.

The funds raised will be allocated to the Cancer Awareness Trust, an organisation aiming to establish a novel platform advancing access to information regarding the disease for individuals affected by it.

The exclusive event with only 100 tickets made available, has attracted a diverse group of attendees. These esteemed guests have generously contributed to the charity in order to secure their attendance, in what will be an outstanding event for the Cotswolds.

Although tickets for this highly anticipated event have been completely sold out, the Cancer Platform announced “We’re offering two lucky fans the opportunity to join us for the evening with Andy Taylor & special guests in this VIP experience. Want to find out how to enter?”

We’re offering two lucky fans the opportunity to join us for the evening with @AndyTaylorLives & special guests in this VIP experience.

We’re offering two lucky fans the opportunity to join us for the evening with @AndyTaylorLives & special guests in this VIP experience.

Want to find out how to enter? https://t.co/7pXFVrixCS

— Cancer Platform (@thecancerplat) September 29, 2023

Although this event is sold out, you can still support Cancer Platform by bidding on incredible items in their Silent Auction or  by joining their thrilling Live Auction at 10:15pm BST on Saturday 21st October.

It was revealed yesterday by The Sun that a track released earlier this month (February 11^th) by a group known as Lufthaus featured Williams on vocals. It’s all been very hush-hush, with this being the group’s debut single. Titled “Sway“, the track has been described by NME as “a club-ready house banger“, with it “unmistakably [being] Williams’ voice on the track“.

Despite all the secrecy, we know this; the group is a trio, with Williams being flanked by long-term collaborators Tim Metcalfe and Flynn Francis. And the good news is that they’re not gonna stop there either. The group say that “This project has been keeping us busy in the studio throughout the pandemic, so we’re delighted to now be releasing the first single. We’ve purposely kept Lufthaus unrevealed, so we’re looking forward to releasing more music and revealing more material over the coming months.“

Of course, not telling people about this one track wasn’t enough to keep Williams out of the news completely. Aside from revealing that he was once targeted by a hitman back in the height of his fame, Williams has also been making big ventures into the world of art.

Fellow ‘lover of secrecy’ Banksy will be having some of his works sold by Williams, with an estimated value of around £10 million pounds being presented at Sotheby’s The Now Evening Auction next March 2^nd. Among these includes his famous Kissing Coppers, a work which was originally found on The Prince Albert Pub in East Sussex. Williams is also offering his Girl With Balloon and Vandalised Oils (Choppers), the latter of which shows helicopters ruining a pastoral scene.

If you prefer actually knowing the artist’s full name before investing in their work, don’t despair. The likes of Magritte and Picasso will also be on offer, with Magritte’s L’Empire des Lumieres expected to go for over £45 million.

If Lufthaus and secret dance tracks aren’t your style, you could always try seeing the man in real life. A list of live performance dates can be seen here, with a performance in Stoke-on-Trent’s Vale Park Stadium on June 4th.

“For something like graffiti, which has inspired the world with font or anything to do with anyone wearing a baseball cap and sneakers, at its centre it is still misunderstood.

“But give me a bubble letter and put it on a T-shirt and write Banksy on it and we’re sorted… We can sell it now.

“No disrespect to Rob, I think he is a brilliant artist. I think he has flipped the world of art over.”

It is worth noting that Del Naja, one of the founding members of the group, is himself an acclaimed graffiti artist with his work having featured on all of Massive Attack’s record sleeves. Throughout the 1980s, Del Naja was credited for pioneering the British stencil graffiti movement as well as bringing hip hop and graffiti culture from the USA to Bristol during this period. Goldie and Del Naja are friends, and took part in the largest British graffiti art battle together in the 1980s.

The identity of Banksy is a topic which has long been the subject of intense scrutiny; Del Naja is the latest a long line of people to be unmasked as the world famous artist. An investigative journalist claimed last year that Del Naja was Banksy due to the fact that artworks kept appearing close to Massive Attack gigs around the world. Del Naja himself has previously denied such claims, instead stating that “He’s been to some of the gigs. It’s purely a matter of logistics and coincidence, nothing more than that.”

Previously, wide held speculation linked Bristol-born artist Robert Gunningham to the identity of Banksy; in 2016, scientists at Queen Mary University in London claimed to have ‘tagged’ Banksy through geographic profiling which suggested Gunningham to be the artist after a pattern emerged between the locations of Banksy’s graffiti and addresses with a close association to Gunningham.

In other news, Goldie recently released his newest studio album The Journey Man via his own record label Metalheadz. The 16-track project includes contributions from vocalists Natalie Duncan, Terri Walker, José James and Goldie’s wife Mika Wassenaar Price. It follows his release of The Alchemist: The Best of Goldie 1992-2012, which marked the producer’s 20th anniversary in music. The lead single from the project, I Adore You, can be viewed below: