Robbie Williams starts donor tests for bone marrow sufferer
Robbie Williams is aiming to become a bone marrow donor so he can help to save a fan's life if he is considered suitable.
Williams, 27, promised he would sign up after being touched by the plight of 23-year-old Johanna MacVicar who is a victim of leukaemia and will die if a suitable donor is not found.
When he visited Glasgow for shows at the weekend he began the process by having a sample of his blood taken with Johanna - from Bishopton, Renfrewshire - looking on.
The pair first met when Johanna, diagnosed with leukaemia at 16, came to see him play at a Glasgow gig last October.
She said the Anthony Nolan Trust, the UK's main bone marrow register, desperately needed fit and healthy young men just like him.
Impressed by her courage, he agreed to do whatever he could and hoped his efforts would spur others to do the same.
Williams - whose four chart-toppers include Angels - said: "I've met Johanna on several occasions and have been so impressed by her courage. I just hope that by joining the bone marrow register myself I can bring awareness to her plight and that of many others."
A spokesman for the trust said: "Robbie has obviously given this a great deal of thought, which is what we would encourage any potential donor to do, and has decided to make this commitment to join the Anthony Nolan Register.
"He knows that by adding his name to the 313,000 UK adults already registered on the trust's database he could one day save a life.
"That's not something anyone should undertake lightly, but we hope that many will now not delay in following his example."
