The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said Tuesday that Pavarotti and Bono will sing together in a benefit concert May 27 in Modena, northern Italy, the Italian tenor’s home town.

Pavarotti for the past 10 years has given an annual benefit concert.

This year, the concert’s funds will be earmarked to help the United Nations deal with the humanitarian emergency sparked by the Iraq war.

The U.N. refugee agency has set up camps in Jordan, Syria and Iran, which border Iraq.

In 1995, Pavarotti and Bono, in a concert attended by the late Princess Diana, performed together to help ease the suffering of children during the war in Bosnia.