Stone Roses' Mani and wife Imelda raise £100k for cancer charities

An online auction set up by Manchester music legend/Stone Roses bassist Mani, and his wife Imelda Mounfield, has raised over £80,000 for The Christie Charity and Stockport NHS Charity - two causes close to the couple's hearts.

The online auction was launched at a fundraising event held at Kimpton Clocktower Ballroom in Manchester, which also raised £24K, bringing the total to over £100K.

Friends from the world of music, sport and entertainment donated an incredible array of exclusive items to the online auction hosted by Adam Partridge Auctioneers, which has now ended. 

Some auction highlights included Noel Gallagher's framed and signed set of six platinum discs for the album (What's the Story) Morning Glory? which went for an impressive £8K.

Guitars donated by Damon Albarn, Arctic Monkeys, Primal Scream, Foo Fighters, Peter Hook, and The Who were all up for sale, with the highest bid going to John Squire's Jackson Pollock-inspired painted and signed Hofner guitar 3/3 for a whopping £16,800!

Liam Gallagher's 2022 NME award for 'Music Moment of the Year' sold for £4,100. 

David Beckham's signed boots he wore for the last match of his career, on May 18, 2013, for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), were sold for £6,800.

Imelda and Mani have said a huge THANK YOU to everyone who came along to the event and all those who bid online for the auction.  

Imelda was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in November, 2020.

Part of the fundraising campaign has been about raising awareness of this devastating disease.

Cancer spread to her liver and a small nodule in her lung.

She underwent emergency life-saving bowel surgery as it perforated.

After months of treatments, Imelda had the right side of her liver removed.

She is currently waiting for the next stage of treatment.

Louise Stimson, head of fundraising at The Christie Charity, said: "We're really touched that Imelda's experiences as a patient have spurred her and Mani into action for our charity, helping us provide more support to patients like her."

Imelda added: "Both charities have supported me through my journey.

"Cancer affects not just the person who has it, but everyone around them, and I hope that by investing in some more research, we can help alleviate some of the devastation caused to families."

Full details on the Superstar Auction bids can be found on the Adam Partridge Auctioneers' Imelda and Mani Mounfield Fundraiser page here

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