HAPPY Mondays star Bez will be playing an intimate gig in the Rawtenstall on Friday.

Bez will be playing a DJ set at Cafe Artisan, in Bury Road.

The former Celebrity Big Brother housemate, who recently announced his intention to stand for MP in Salford, will be playing in front of just 150 fans. Tickets for the over-25s venue are priced at £12 advance. Doors open at 8pm.

The dancer has spent the past few years living a near subsistence existence in a commune in Herefordshire.

He has since joined a new political grouping, the Reality party.