The Who, the band that defined British rock in the 1970s, said this week that it would return to the Cincinnati area in April for its first concert there since 11 fans were crushed to death in a stampede at one of the group’s shows in 1979.

The new concert was announced on Tuesday by the Cincinnati television station WCPO, which interviewed two band members, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, for a documentary commemorating the tragedy’s 40th anniversary on Dec. 3 .

As part of the group’s “Moving On! Tour,” the Who will perform on April 23 at BB&T Arena at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Ky., which is in the Cincinnati metropolitan area. The band will donate some proceeds from the concert to the P.E.M. Memorial Scholarship Fund, a Cincinnati group founded in 2010 in honor of three high school students who died at the 1979 concert.