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Ewan McGregor and Sharleen Spiteri have vowed to sing a duet as the highlight of a celebrity-packed charity Burns Supper tonight. [March 3]

The pair are hoping it will be a repeat of a raucous event last year that raised £160,000 for their favourite charities.

Career commitments meant the stars had to skip January 25 for their Burns Night.

The actor will wear tartan to give the toast to the lassies, while the Texas frontwoman gives compliments to the lads.

Moulin Rouge star Ewan said: "We should sing My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose."

Ewan's uncle, actor Denis Lawson, used to organise an impromptu evening in the 1990s. His nephew has revamped the idea.

Sharleen said: "There are so many charity things going on. We thought what can we do where we will get a lot of money, where will people be slightly intrigued?"

Ewan said: "We don't do a traditional Burns Supper. We get stuff wrong in it, it's not an uptight night. Let's put our cards on the table, some of them can be boring, ours isn't."

Around 220 guests have paid £250 each for an evening that starts with malt cocktails.

Sharleen said: "Most people are absolutely paralytic before they get to their table but that's our ploy, to get them to spend more money." The cash will be going to Children's Hospice Association Scotland and children's cancer charity Clic Sargent.

Haggis, neeps and tatties will be the starter, then beef or salmon, followed by raspberry cheesecake with whisky ice-cream.

Deep-fried Mars Bars were ditched after the chef at the venue, St Martin's Lane Hotel in London, couldn't get them to work.

KT Tunstall is rumoured to be attending, as are Dougray Scott and Fred MacAulay.

The organising committee include David Tennant, Peter Capaldi and Bill Nighy.

Sharleen said: "The most important thing is to raise as much money as possible."

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