Fatboy Slim Gives Up Ivor Novello Award For Charity

DJ and producer Fatboy Slim is auctioning off part of his Ivor Novello Award to raise money for charity.

The Brighton based musician – aka Norman Cook – has donated a tin of jelly beans, customised with smiley faces, to an auction being run by music website www.eq-mag.co.uk on behalf of Oxjam.

The auction is part of the charity’s Oxjam fundraiser, a month-long musical event that sees promoters around the country run gigs and club nights to raise cash for Oxfam. Norman has already played out in an Oxjam shop as part of the event.

Other items being auctioned off in the EQ/Oxjam Rave Auction include an exclusive Underworld triptych, hand-drawn by the band’s vocalist Karl Hyde, a screen print by legendary producer Andrew Weatherall, signed chromalin prints of album artwork from London club Fabric, signed CD and T-shirt from Dutch superstar DJ Tiesto, a CD wallet signed by Carl Cox, plus loads of other exclusive goodies and the chance to add your vocals to a forthcoming track.

And a certain Radio 1 DJ will also being donating the shirt (or shirts) off his own back in the coming days.