Hi all,
This appeared in the Northants Evening Telegraph the other week if anyone is interested...
A NIGHT of live music to honour a musician's last wish raised more than £6,000 for charity.
The family of Stuart Neal, whose stage name was Snake, organised a gig to raise money for the charity which supported him during his illness.
Mr Neal, who was well-known around Kettering and fronted bands such as The Wildhearts and Tobruk, died last December at the age of 43.
He suffered heart-related problems and was treated at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester.
His last wish was to organise an event to raise money for Heart Link, a charity which is based at the hospital and supports people with heart problems and their families.
His brother Jamie arranged a gig featuring five bands as a tribute to Stuart and the event proved to be so popular that around 200 people had to be turned away on the night.
It took place at Wicksteed Park, Kettering on October 13 and around 700 people attended, raising £6,554.
Jamie, 27, of Elm Road in Kettering, said: “It was bedlam, it was packed out. I have never organised a show of that size but the response we had was really good.
“It was my brother’s last wish to do a show as a way of saying thanks. It would have made him so happy to have raised that sort of money.
“We had a really great mix of music, from pop to heavy metal.”
Jamie is putting together a CD of music his brother wrote over the years and Wildhearts frontman, Ginger, will join him to play on one of the songs.