The 3rd Manchester v Cancer gig was held at the MEN Arena, Manchester on Saturday 23rd February.
At the end of the night, after the scheduled bands had played, for the finale, Badly Drawn Boy (aka Damon Gough) was joined on stage with Peter Hook (Joy Division / New Order), Andy Rourke and David Potts (Monaco) and a few other musicians and performed four songs - the first of which was The Smiths 'Please Please Please, Let Me Get What I Want', followed by a new Badly Drawn Boy song, then Joy Division's 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' (dedicated to Tony Wilson) and lastly, John Lennon's 'Instant Karma', where Northside's singer, Dermo, also joined them on stage to sing along too, which I was well chuffed with as I had got the bus down to the gig with Dermo and his girlfriend late afternoon! youtube link:

Originally posted in the forums, from the Observer Food Monthly...

FYI, Delia Smith is Britain's foremost popular cook.

MANC icon Morrissey’s Greatest Hits is out now – and we have five copies to give away. - Manchester Evening News

FYI, my other musical hero, Lloyd Cole, has made available via his website, www.lloydcole.com, a collection of various unheard mixes from over the years, called "Some Mixes Are Rougher Than Others". As I'm perpetually attempting to bridge the Commotions-Smiths abyss, this Queen Is Dead reference is x-marks-the-spot gold for me. File under "slow news week", I suppose.

During the 24 hour takeover of MTV by Jackass cast members, Johnny Knoxville announced it was time for a dance party. Everyone in the studio danced a la "Dance Party USA" to Panic.