Well there's Heaven 17 who I'm sure you know, then there's The Mission who are basically The Sisters of Mercy, then there's Chasing Dragons who I've heard of but probably that's because they're local ...
Weather-wise, yr.no and metoffice.gov.uk both suggest that the first half of the ride will be dry, with maybe a shower or two later on. We had rain n York this afternoon, so it's hopefully rained itself out for the next couple of days.