Paul McCartney and Nile Rodgers have thanked The Who‘s Roger Daltrey for his work with the Teenage Cancer Trust.
The Who frontman rounded off the series this year last night confirming that he would be stepping down as the curator for the Teenager Cancer Trust concert series this year.
He has curated the charity gigs for 24 years.
To mark the occasion, Paul McCartney and Nile Rodgers sent a video message thanking Daltrey for his work with the non-profit organisation. McCartney introduced himself as “Paul here, your friend of a million years,” before going on to include a song in his speech.
#SirPaulMcCartney and #NileRogers thank #RogerDaltrey for his work with Teenage Cancer Trust over the past 24 years 🎉@TeenageCancer ❤️ pic.twitter.com/6uWGWhvdLB
— C a i t l i n (@CaitlinBuller) March 25, 2024
Charity became a large part of the Who's career, including the decades of fundraising efforts with co-founders Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend through Teen Age Cancer trust in England and Teen Cancer America.
The (Who) band members were in the midst of recording their Quadrophenia LP when we received a call from Joanna Lumley, the actress. She invited to meet her in London, So I (Pete Townshend) declined, but I offered to send one of the bandmates instead — and Moon volunteered because he was very much hoping that it would lead to something sexual”.
“ Moon's meeting with Lumley it turned out that what she’d done is invited him to the very, very first women’s refuge in the world (also named as [the domestic violence shelter) Chiswick’s Women’s Aid, founded in 1971. And Joanna got him cleaning toilets. He came back in tears. And he said, ‘Pete, we’ve got to do something for these women!’"
The second night of the Teenage Cancer Trust concerts 2012 (Thursday 29 March) saw the return of Sir Paul McCartney, the most successful musician and composer in popular music history. His performance coincided with the Hall’s 141st birthday.
He delivered a set packed with Beatles and Wings classics, as well as some of the highlights of his successful solo career. It was his first performance at the Hall since the George Harrison tribute concert, Concert For George, in 2002.
Some old friends from Day 1 of the TCT concerts, Roger Daltrey, Paul Weller and Ronnie Wood, returned to join Sir Paul during the encore to perform 1969 Beatles classic Get Back.
Teenage Cancer Trust Unseen is a new streaming venture, featuring unseen performances from a number of greats.
