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Colplay's Chris Martin To Play Charity Show Tonight   Nov 24, 2011

  • Coldplay's charity work and causes
  • Chris Martin's charity work and causes
  • Mencap's celebrity supporters
  • Jo Whiley's charity work and causes
  • Sinead O'Connor's charity work and causes

Coldplay’s Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland will be headlining a special charity show on Thursday 24 November, completing the line up for Little Noise Sessions 2011.

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Spell Better Than Stephen Fry For Charity   Nov 11, 2011

  • Stephen Fry's charity work and causes
  • Mencap's celebrity supporters

Stephen Fry is to take part in a live reverse spellathon for charity.

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Tom Jones To Make A Little Noise For Charity   Oct 12, 2010

  • Mencap's celebrity supporters
  • Tom Jones's charity work and causes
  • Jo Whiley's charity work and causes
  • U2's charity work and causes
  • Bono's charity work and causes
  • The Edge's charity work and causes
  • The Killers's charity work and causes
  • Kasabian's charity work and causes
  • Keane's charity work and causes
  • Razorlight's charity work and causes

To celebrate their 5th birthday, Mencap’s Little Noise Sessions have enlisted superstar Tom Jones, multi-platinum selling Paolo Nutini and band of the moment Hurts to perform at the legendary series of acoustic gigs taking place from 15th – 20th November at Islington’s Union Chapel.

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Coldplay To Rock For Mencap   Dec 4, 2009

  • Coldplay's charity work and causes
  • Mencap's celebrity supporters
  • Chris Martin's charity work and causes
  • Lily Allen's charity work and causes

Coldplay have confirmed that they will play a charity concert benefiting Mencap on December 19 as part of the charity’s Big Noise Sessions.

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U2's Guitarist Becomes Charity Ambassador   Apr 7, 2009

  • U2's charity work and causes
  • The Edge's charity work and causes
  • Mencap's celebrity supporters
  • Bono's charity work and causes
  • Mathew Horne's charity work and causes
  • Christopher Eccleston's charity work and causes

U2 guitarist The Edge has been made a Mencap ambassador.

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Mencap Gains New Celebrity Ambassador   Nov 25, 2008

  • Mencap's celebrity supporters
  • Mathew Horne's charity work and causes
  • Christopher Eccleston's charity work and causes

UK charity Mencap – which works with people with learning disabilities – has just acquired a new ambassador, the English comedian and actor Mathew Horne, who will help promote awareness of learning disabilities.

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The Killers Play Surprise Charity Gig   Nov 10, 2008

  • The Killers's charity work and causes
  • Mencap's celebrity supporters
  • Bono's charity work and causes
  • The Edge's charity work and causes
  • U2's charity work and causes
  • Kasabian's charity work and causes
  • Keane's charity work and causes
  • Razorlight's charity work and causes

The Killers played an unannounced acoustic set at the first of Mencap’s Little Noise Sessions in London on Saturday night.

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British Rockers To Go Acoustic For Mencap   Oct 3, 2008

  • Kasabian's charity work and causes
  • Keane's charity work and causes
  • Razorlight's charity work and causes
  • Mencap's celebrity supporters
  • Bono's charity work and causes
  • The Edge's charity work and causes
  • U2's charity work and causes
  • Jo Whiley's charity work and causes

Kasabian, Stereophonics, Keane, and Razorlight have all signed up to perform at this year’s Mencap Little Noise Sessions which take place across eleven days in November.

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U2 Plays Surprise Charity Gig   Nov 26, 2007

  • Mencap's celebrity supporters
  • U2's charity work and causes
  • Bono's charity work and causes
  • The Edge's charity work and causes
  • Jo Whiley's charity work and causes
  • Snow Patrol's charity work and causes
  • Keane's charity work and causes

Over 250 people were glad they braved the freezing London weather last week to attend one of the Mencap Little Noise Sessions charity concerts. Those who traipsed through the drizzle on Friday, November 23, were treated to a once-in-a-lifetime show when two members of U2 played unannounced as a warm up act at the gig.

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