Pete Doherty, Roger Daltrey join hands for charity gig
January 13th, 2009 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
- Washington, Jan 13 (ANI): Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty and The Who legend Roger Daltrey have joined forces for a one-off show charity show.
The duo performed at the O2 Academy in the memory of teenage cancer sufferer Daniel Squires - who died from the illness last year (08) after befriending the stars.
Doherty played guitar while Daltrey performed a selection of classic The Who songs, reports Contactmusic.
The concert is to raise awareness for Daltrey’’s Teenage Cancer Trust foundation.
Daltrey is believed to have approached Doherty after he was impressed by the troubled musicians decision to sing at Squires” funeral in July (08).
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