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Roger Daltrey, Britain
The Kids Are Alright 

Walking through the Royal Albert Hall's backstage
corridors, Roger Daltrey  front man for mod/rock
legends The Who for the past 40 years  bumps into
Oasis front man Liam Gallagher emerging from his
dressing room.

The stars embrace like old mates. "We were short of a
support act tonight so that lot [Oasis] have pulled
themselves together  now I've got to support them,"
Daltrey explains.

For the last three years Daltrey, who lost a young
sister to cancer in the late '70s, has been calling on
all the mates he can muster to stage an annual series
of benefits for the Teenage Cancer Trust, an
organization he has been involved with since his
doctor founded it in 1991. This year an ambitious run
of six nights saw acts as diverse as Coldplay, Eric
Clapton and Madness turn up and raise the roof  few
refuse when Daltrey beckons.

The proceeds from the gigs are used to build dedicated
hospital units for the specific needs of teenage
cancer sufferers, which the Trust says produce a 15%
better chance of recovery over general cancer wards.
"That is for no medical input at all," says Daltrey.
"It's purely psychological support in being in an
environment that doesn't feel like a hospital, around
people of your own age."

This June in Liverpool, he will open the eighth such
unit, built with money raised at the 2000 concerts.
His motive is simple; he may be 59, but the man who
sang the ultimate teen anthem hopes people won't die
before they get old.


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