Rhys Ifans and Super Furry Animals to perform for Howard Marks fundraiser

Welsh actor Rhys Ifans and his rocker pals Super Furry Animals are to take part in a special concert next month (Feb15) to raise money for author Howard Marks’ cancer treatment. Ifans portrayed the former drugs smuggler in 2010 movie Mr. Nice, which was based on Marks’ life story, and has agreed to take part in a stage show in London.
Members of Welsh rock band Super Furry Animals, who used to count Ifans among their number and once wrote a song about Marks, will also perform as part of the event.
Howard Marks & Friends is being staged to raise money for the Welsh writer and his family after he revealed he is suffering from bowel cancer which has spread to his lungs and liver.
The event will also be used to launch a Mr. Nice Foundation and finance a documentary about his life.
A statement on Marks’ website reads, “Rhys Ifans, members of the Super Furry Animals, Greg Wilson and more of Howard’s favourite musicians will join him on stage for a one-off event at the Kentish Town Forum on the 27th February. The concert will help raise funds to see Howard and his dependants through his cancer treatment, set up a Mr Nice Foundation and complete the definitive documentary about Howard. Expect the unexpected.”
Marks built a worldwide cannabis smuggling empire during the 1970s and ’80s before being busted by U.S. drug cops and sentenced to 25 years in prison. He was released on parole in 1995 after serving seven years.