Cornerstone at City Hospital Leisure Centre

Date: Fri 20th Sep
Time: 19:00

AN Austrian rock band are set to release a new single and give all the proceeds to the Post's Room to Breathe campaign.

Cornerstone, who are popular in Germany, want to raise money for a new cystic fibrosis centre being built at the City Hospital.

The band will launch their new single – a cover of 1984 hit Small Town Boy, by Bronski Beat – at the hospital on Friday, September 20. The band's UK manager, Nick Brown, 40, of Bulwell, has cystic fibrosis.

He said: "We want this song to raise as much money as possible for the new centre. It's very touching that the band have decided to raise money for the centre because of me.

I have suffered from the disease for several years and have managed to so far keep it under control. The life expectancy with cystic fibrosis is usually quite low so I feel lucky to be here."

The Post's campaign aims to raise £60,000 for a room at the £6.6 million Wolfson Cystic Fibrosis Centre, which was named in honour of Lord Simon Wolfson and his family, who gave £700,000 to the cause.

Building work began earlier in the year and is expected to be finished by summer next year.

The centre will be able to treat 250 patients a year – currently the hospital has only four beds for adults. It will also be fitted with 16 specially-designed beds as well as family rooms, a garden area, new kitchens and a gym.

Jenny Wing, head of fundraising at Nottingham Hospitals Charity, said: "We think it's great that Cornerstone have chosen to fund raise for the Room to Breathe campaign. It's exciting to have a charity single released in aid of the appeal, and we can't wait to hear the song.

"We hope people in Notts will buy the single and continue to get behind this campaign to transform the care of cystic fibrosis patients."

The band was formed in 1998 when Steve and Michael Wachelhofer started playing songs by The Cure, R.E.M. and Soul Asylum.

Also supporting is Dene Michael aka Black Lace who is singing his own stuff plus he may sing some party songs to get the party buzzing, plus we have Nottinghams own band The Giles Rivers Band. There is music for every taste
Tickets for the event are onsale at www.seetickets.co. www.atalaya-tickets.co.uk or bool in advance and collect and pay on the door calling 01157796801

The venue is THE LEISURE CENTRE, CITY HOSPITAL, OFF EDWARDS LANE, NOTTINGHAM NG51PB

City Hospital Leisure Centre

Edwards Lane
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG5 1PB

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