Music legends Sir Mick Jagger and Sting are among those supporting a fundraising concert in memory of an East Renfrewshire teenager who died after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Daniel Caplan passed away at the end of November, aged just 17, after being diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) – an aggressive form of tumour with no cure – seven months earlier.

His fellow pupils at Hutchesons' Grammar School, in Glasgow, have organised an online concert covering chart hits from the 1980s to the present day and hope to raise £500,000 for the Funding Neuro charity, which funds research into brain tumours and, in particular, DIPG tumours.

Sir Mick, Sting and other singers, including Emeli Sande, have lent their support to the Doing It For Daniel concert by recording video messages for the event, which will air online at 7pm tomorrow.

In his message, Sir Mick says: "Hi, it's Mick Jagger here, I would like to wish everyone at Hutchesons' all the best for your concert. I hope you enjoy the music, bye."

Sting adds: "I would like to introduce two of my songs being performed tonight, Fields Of Gold and Shape Of My Heart. Take it away."

Daniel's mother Alison, of Newton Mearns, described her son's death as "absolutely shattering" and said she is surprised more progress has not been made in brain tumour research.

She told BBC Breakfast: "You're literally told on the day of the news of the biopsy that your child will die and they will probably die within months and there is no treatment plan available.

"To watch your child die in that way was absolutely shattering because, as a mother, you want to do everything you can for your children – and I couldn't save him.

"No-one could save him and I couldn't believe that decades had gone by and so little progress had been made in the field of brain tumours.

"I've never actually met anyone as full of fun and life as Daniel. He wanted to do well in life, he loved music, he loved football, he loved socialising with his friends, he loved his dog Alfie, he just was a boy who was meant to be alive."

In her message for the concert, Sande says: "I'm sending you lots of love and lots support for such a special, important evening."

Hutchesons' Grammar pupil Fiona Meighan, who is among those performing in tomorrow's concert, said she has been "blown away" by the support from the likes of Sting and Sir Mick.

Fiona, 17, added: "Due to Covid restrictions, we haven't been able to hold the usual fundraising events in school.

"Charity and fundraising have always been a huge part of the ethos at Hutchesons' but, this year, supporting Funding Neuro has been incredibly important for a huge number of us because of Daniel."

Funding Neuro needs to raise £2.5million for a treatment trial led by Professor Steven Gill for 18 children with DIPG tumours – £2m of which has already been raised.

Broadcast students from the University of the West of Scotland filmed and edited the performances for the concert.

David Mulligan, chief executive of Funding Neuro, said 100% of the funds raised will be used to finance Professor Gill's clinical trial.

Daniel's parents are also in the process of setting up the Doing It For Daniel Foundation, which will offer gifts and holiday breaks to children diagnosed with cancer.

Tickets for tomorrow's event can be bought at https://hutchesons.ticketco.events/uk/en/e/doing-it-for-daniel-concert.