Fielding hosts London pub fundraiser

Noel Fielding will host a fundraiser for his local pub The Hawley Arms this Thursday.

The Mighty Boosh comic will compere an evening of live music at Dingwalls, Camden Lock in support of The Hawley, which was damaged in the Camden fire earlier in the year and has spent the last six months closed while owners seek planning permission from the council to rebuild it.

Acts scheduled to appear include Babyshambles bassist Drew McConnell's group Helsinki and electro pop band This Year's Model.

Josie Naughton of The Hawley's music venue The Wilmington Arms told DS: "It's to keep the Hawley spirit alive and also to let the council know we're still here and we're not going to give up waiting for planning permission.

"We're trying to raise a bit of money for some of the people who lost their stuff in the fire that still haven't had compensation."

Naughton added that she has been taken aback by the support shown towards the pub by its celebrity locals, who include Amy Winehouse, Kelly Osbourne and Razorlight's Johnny Borrell.

She said: "People have been so amazing. On the night the fire happened, Noel came and hung out with us all in the Lock Tavern. We've had so many phone calls afterwards, it's been amazing."