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Kenney Jones will be reuniting with Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey for the first time in more than 25 years to play on stage as The Who in Ewhurst this weekend.

Mr Jones, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer last summer, has organised a fundraiser in aid of Prostate Cancer UK at his Hurtwood Park Polo Club in Ewhurst .

The open air rock concert will also feature the likes of Mick Hucknall of Simply Red, Mike Rutherford from Genesis and Mike and the Mechanics, Procol Harum and Jeff Beck, who all have agreed to play for free.

"It will be a real thrill," Mr Jones said. "Pete and I, and Roger and I, have worked together between all of this in different places and under different circumstances, but this will be the first time we have come together and played like we used to.

"It will be a thrill and really nice to do it with friends.

"Every artist and band is doing it for nothing. They have really gone beyond the call of duty.

"The bands are up at my place rehearsing up to 5am.

"It is all going according to plan and tickets are on the verge of being sold out."

The three musicians last performed as The Who when they re-formed to receive a BPI Lifetime Achievement award during a live television broadcast from London's Royal Albert Hall in February 1988.

As for the set list, Mr Jones said he wanted to keep it a surprise for the fans, but it will be the songs they all know and love.

He said it was not easy to get people together to agree to it, but that they all wanted to do it because they believe in raising money to help battle cancer.

Mr Jones will be performing with the other acts during the event on Saturday night (June 14) and will be drumming out some tunes from The Faces.

He said he wanted the event to be more about raising awareness, and that hopefully an evening of music held on the Father's Day weekend will be a great way to get the message through to other men.

Although showing symptoms of the disease for the last 17 years, Mr Jones says it was down to an astute nurse who recommended he took a simple blood test that probably saved his life.

Now the 65-year-old is hoping by going public about his condition it will encourage fellow men to get checked out.

Since the discovery, Mr Jones has been put on a 10 month brachytherapy treatment programme – where radioactive titanium pellets are inserted near the prostate – and is regularly checked at the Royal Surrey County Hospital

For tickets call Hurtwood Park Polo Club on 01483 272 828.