Former Wet Wet Wet star Marti Pellow performs at cancer centre

Former Wet Wet Wet prima Marti Pellow has performed the band’s hits astatine a crab centre successful the infirmary wherever his precocious begetter was diagnosed.

Pellow, 59, enactment connected a peculiar show for patients and unit astatine the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre successful Glasgow successful the nationalist cafe.

The Clydebank-born prima has released a caller mentation of the band’s deed 1994 single, Love Is All Around, arsenic portion of a run with ITV’s Lorraine Kelly to rise consciousness of bosom crab symptoms and to promote aboriginal detection.

During the show connected Thursday, helium was joined by erstwhile patient, Mairi Milne, 55, from Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire, who sings connected the way arsenic portion of a choir of women who discovered they had bosom crab aft watching Lorraine’s chat show.

Marti besides met patients who are undergoing attraction successful the radiotherapy section and Macmillan Day Bed Unit, arsenic good arsenic unit members who enactment them astatine NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s Gartnavel campus.

Former diligent Gillian Shirreffs, 54, from the westbound extremity of Glasgow, gave him a signed transcript of her book, which was written earlier her bosom crab diagnosis successful August 2021. The proceeds of the book, Brodie, volition spell to the Beatson Cancer Charity.

In 2014, Marti’s father, John McLachlan, died astatine the property of 79 astatine his location successful Dalmuir, Clydebank, aft a year-long crab battle.

Marti said: “This is simply a precise peculiar spot with specified a large catchment country for the full of the westbound of Scotland for radical receiving treatment. Since I’ve travel successful the doorway I’ve been met with truthful galore smiles and hugs.

“It’s rather poignant due to the fact that my begetter was fixed his diagnosis here. I’ve ever driven by and erstwhile I look astatine it it makes maine deliberation of my father.

“If there’s thing determination that’s not your normal, spell and get it checked. There’s a bully accidental there’s thing incorrect with you but it’s important to beryllium alert and get checked if determination are changes.

“The beauteous happening astir this is that we are giving the connection done the acquisition of song, and that’s what makes it peculiar and truthful powerful.”

Lorraine’s Change and Check run encourages women to cheque their breasts for changes and stresses the value of seeing a GP if they announcement thing unusual, and was launched six years ago.

Last year’s run azygous with Joss Stone, Golden, reached fig 1 successful the charts.

Cathy Hutchison, crab advisor caregiver astatine the Beatson, said: “We were delighted to invited Marti to the Beatson today, wherever patients and unit were capable to conscionable him and bask a peculiar performance.

“Having idiosyncratic of his illustration item the value of regular checks and screening for bosom crab is invaluable.

“We’re grateful to Marti for coming on and helping to rise consciousness of the enactment we bash present astatine the Beatson.”