ABOUT two weeks after watching images of the tsunami disaster, John Molina, lead singer of rock band Krueger, experienced his own personal tragedy.

His father, Mr Julito Molina, 58, known to family and friends as Junior, died on Jan 6 from prostate cancer.

He had received treatment for the past year, but two months before his death, the cancer spread to his bones.

'It was difficult to watch him deteriorate, to watch a strapping man go like that,' Molina, 34, told The Sunday Times in a phone interview yesterday.

'We didn't know how bad it was going to be and thought that he would pull through. We were caught off guard.'

Tonight Molina, a Filipino-Chinese, will set his grief aside to perform at the Eurasian Association's One Voice charity concert at Robertson Walk's Newsroom Bar

'Life goes on no matter what the circumstances are. That's the way he would want it,' he said.

Molina will sing without his four other band members, as Sunday is their day off. 

'I hate doing things on Sundays. This will probably be the first and last time. I didn't want to tear them away from their lives so I'm going alone.'

When asked what to expect from his performance tonight, he said: 'I really have no idea, just none of that boyband stuff. Hopefully one of the bands taking part will play a song I know.'

More than 100 musicians and celebrities, including Brian Richmond, Annabelle Francis, Eunice Olsen, Douglas Oliveiro and the band Heritage, will be in the show.

Mr Gerry de Silva, chairman of the concert's organising committee and the Eurasian Association's honorary secretary, said he hopes to raise about $35,000 for the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef).

So far, about 500 tickets have been sold. About 100 more tickets priced at $50 and $100 are still available from Sistic and the Eurasian Association.