Sound and Vision
Sound & Vision 2024
Date: 5 June 2024
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Cancer Research UK’s Sound & Vision event is a celebration of music and imagery, bringing together our music loving, philanthropic supporters to raise vital funds for cancer research. It takes place every year at the iconic Abbey Road Studios and is an opportunity to appreciate music legends and the history of the Studios.
Founded in 2006 with event patrons Sir George Martin - legendary producer of The Beatles - and beloved radio DJ "Whispering Bob" Harris, the event has evolved from a standing gig within the iconic Abbey Road Studios, to what is now a much-anticipated biennial gala dinner. Past performers include Paul Weller, Boy George, Texas, Robert Plant, Newton Faulker and David Gray.
Over the years, our exclusive on-the-night exhibitions and live auctions have given guests the opportunity to take home collectable music memorabilia such as Zak Starkey's drum kit and Bernie Marsden's guitar, as well as artwork from Banksy, Damien Hirst and Andy Warhol.
Previous partners of the event include Marshall, Universal, Sony, Jaguar and Absolute Radio, and to date, the event has raised over £2m for Cancer Research UK.
Stand Up to Cancer
Through Sound & Vision 2021, we hope to raise in excess of £450k for our Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) campaign. SU2C is Cancer Research UK’s fundraising campaign in partnership with Channel 4, which brings the UK together to speed up progress in life-saving cancer research. Specifically, SU2C funds translational research, which turns the awesome academic breakthroughs that lab researchers make into new treatments and early diagnosis tools for people with cancer.
What can £450k buy?
It could almost entirely fund a project that’s giving radiotherapy the ultimate upgrade. Using technology that can live scan tumours at the same time as delivering the cancer-blasting beams, this epic science aims to revolutionise radiotherapy – turning it into a highly precise tool for zapping cancer cells.