Grab your maracas!
Happy Mondays star Bez is set to showcase his many talents aboard the Teesside Princess this Saturday night.
As well as his signature dance, Bez is set to DJ and has promised to provide percussion at the house and techno rave down the Tees - as well as dropping in some ‘Madchester’ beats.
The event has been organised by riffraff, a popular Teesside club night which has been running for 11 years with its regular home now at Middlesbrough’s Medicine Bar, on Corporation Road.
Organiser and DJ Lee Pennington, 34, from Acklam, who also lectures in the music department at Middlesbrough College, said: “It’s definitely a coup and it’s totally sold out.
“Bez is going to be DJing - acid house and ‘Madchester’ stuff from the 90s.
“He’s got his maracas ready.
“We’re all really looking forward to it.
“The after party will be at the Medicine Bar in Middlesbrough which is also sold out but people can buy tickets for on the night - and he may also be there depending on how much he enjoys himself!
“We have had about eight parties on the Teesside Princess and they’ve always proved popular.
“No one has gone over board yet...so we’ll see what Bez does on Saturday!”
Zoo Project DJ Lee and other riffraff residents will also be DJing at the event which starts at 6.30pm from Stockton Riverside.
Bez - real name Mark Berry - was a maraca player, dancer and the mascot of Salford band Happy Mondays, having been invited in by singer Shaun Ryder shortly after the band was formed.
The 50-year-old is chiefly known for his unique style of dancing - and his use of the maracas.
After the Happy Mondays split, Bez became a member of Black Grape, a group founded by Ryder, but he left in 1997.
In March he said he planned to stand as an MP at the next election on an anti-fracking ticket.
The Teesside Princess - which travels from Stockton riverside to Yarm and back - event has a capacity of 120. All tickets have been now sold.
Tickets on the door at the after-party will be £10.
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