Eddie Vedder and Pete Townshend Announce 'Celebrating The Who' Concert

Tickets for the event will go on sale next week, April 21, Consequence of Sound notes, and it will take place at the Rosemont Theatre.

Teen Cancer America is an organization near and dear to Townshend and Roger Daltrey. According to the group's website, the nonprofit aims "to improve the quality of life and outcomes for teens and young adults with cancer, support those affected by their cancer and facilitate access to the best possible, age-appropriate care and support."

Townshend and Vedder have been mutual fans of one another's work for a long time. Pearl Jam does a spectacular cover of "Baba O'Riley" and, more recently, put out a rendition of "Love, Reign O'er Me." They have joined each other onstage numerous times over the years.

"These guys changed my whole world. It's a big part of why I get to do what I do," Vedder told Rolling Stone about the group in 2008.

Vedder was recalling the band's influence ahead of a VH1 Rock Honors special for The Who.

"In the end, I enjoyed it," Townshed said about the concert. "I only heard Pearl Jam from my trailer-dressing room, and it sounded amazing. Eddie seems to be very shiny these days. To think he nearly quit in 1993 and went back to some surfing beach. Lucky he came to speak to Uncle Pete. I told him -- submit."

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The Who, Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder, Pete Townshend