Having a loved one battle cancer inspired Nik Kershaw to support a new charity album. Speaking about his new single Men United, Kershaw said, “My dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer when he was 70. He was one of the lucky ones – it wasn’t one of the more aggressive strains and he lasted another 15 years before it helped to see him off.
“However, it wasn’t until I visited the offices of Prostate Cancer UK that I realised what a major men’s health issue prostate cancer is, especially when it comes to awareness. We’re blokes. We don’t talk about stuff and we rarely go to the doctor. I really hope that this album and the new Men United single gets guys talking about this disease and that it goes some way to changing men’s attitudes towards their health for the better.”
Squeeze’s Chris Difford, Average White Band frontman Hamish Stuart, Go West and Andy Fairweather Low also feature on the album, titled A Gift From Men United.