3 band stand.

On September 16, an assembled cast of music and comedy royalty will be doing their thing on stage at The Sage Gateshead for an evening of entertainment in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust.

It's called 3 Bandstand and will see Paul Weller, Ross Noble, Jools Holland, Johnny Vegas, Jill Halfpenny, Stewart Lee, The Futureheads and Ava Vidal gracing stages in Hall One and Hall Two of the venue to raise as much money as they can for the TCT unit at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary.

Sponsored by mobile network 3, the event has been in development for the past 18 months, thanks to a team of movers and shakers from the North-East's entertainment network and teenagers who have benefited from the TCT unit at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary.

And now all their hard work is set to come to tuneful and giggle-filled fruition on Saturday night.

To set the scene, Sam Wonfor talks to Geordie export Angie Jenkison, who came up with the idea of 3 Bandstand, and her good friend Roger Daltrey ( who doubles as lead singer of The Who as well as being a flag-flying Teenage Cancer Trust patron.