in may 2013 he produced and starred in a gala event in the matcham room theatre at the hippodrome in london which raised £28,000 for the charity children of the andes. he repeated the event in june 2014 and more than £15,000 was raised for the charity. as well as hosting a wide range of latin america performers he performed two specially created rock-ballet duets with roxy music guitarist phil manzanera