Matthew Jay, who died tragically just over five years ago just as his career was beginning to take off, will be remembered at a special tribute gig at the Shepherds Bush Empire on 10 Oct, which would have been his 30th birthday.
Performing on the night will be Squeeze's Chris Difford, Starsailor frontman James Walsh, Kathryn Williams & Neill Maccoll, Passenger, Ben Dlugokecki, Helen Boulding, Flamboyant Bella and Vasco. The latter, along with Matthew's brother Eddy, completed the recording of some of Jay's unfinished demos, which were discovered by his family and released as an album, 'Further Than Tomorrow', earlier this year.
All proceeds from the gig will be donated to Amnesty International and UNICEF.