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The Who Perform Benefit Concert

Still rocking after 15 years, The Who came home to London to play a charity concert to raise money for Cambodian refugees.

The British rock group, whose music has endured the 60s and 70s, played for more than 2
2 hours Friday to a full house at London's premier pop hall, the Hammersmith Odeon.

Some 3,000 fans who paid eight pounds ($18) got to see The Who and two support acts. All the bands gave their services free of charge.

"This is about kids in boats on the ocean with no one willing to take them in. I hope us enjoying ourselves is going to do a lot of good," lead guitarist Pete Townshend told the audience during a break in the music.

Friday's concert was one of a series of four being played this week by British stars, who are working in conjunction with the United Nations in a bid to raise money for the people of Cambodia.

The group made no reference to the tragedy at Cincinnati, Ohio, earlier this month, when 11 fans were killed in a pre-concert stampede.