Scots music stars from Gun support Maggie's Lanarkshire fundraiser

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A musician has raised nearly £14,000 for Maggie’s cancer caring centres thanks to a sold-out concert – at which he was joined on stage by stars from a top Scots band.Brian Stewart arranged the musical extravaganza featuring four bands in memory of his wife Marina, who sadly died of cancer on November 1 last year.His band Losferwords were joined on stage by surprise guests Paul McManus and Jools Gizzi from rock band Gun, who not only performed a song with them but match-funded the incredible total raised by those attending the performance to double the donation to the charity.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Ticket sales, raffles and an online donations page raised a combined total of nearly £6700, and the Gun stars then added their “incredibly generous” match-funding donation of a further £7000 to boost the total for Maggie’s Lanarkshire in Airdrie.