The Who To Tone Down Touring Rather Than Quit Altogether, Roger Daltrey Confirms
Thursday, 31 October 2013
Written by Elliott Batte
The Who won't be calling time on their performing career after their upcoming world tour, Roger Daltrey has stated.
The legendary outfit are set to embark on a massive tour in 2015 in celebration of their 50th anniversary, and Pete Townshend recently claimed that the venture would be the ‘last big one for us’.
Daltrey has now cleared up what the guitarist really meant, confirming that it definitely won’t be the end of the Who. Speaking to Billboard, he explained:
“I think you have to clarify what he said, and what we mean is we cannot keep going on doing these month-after-month, long, extended tours. It's extremely hard, hard work, just the grind of it. So we have to be realistic.
“The band got better reviews on our last tour (the 2012-13 Quadrophenia & More trek) than we had for years. It was incredibly enjoyable. It was incredibly exhausting, and we have to be realistic about our age. But it's not going to be the last thing the Who will do.
“We're going to be doing events. We're going to be doing shows. We might do other things, more experimental. We might decide to do something in a theatre, some small production where we sit down for two or three weeks in one town; that could be managed 'cause we're not schlepping our bodies from city to city. The joy of the stage is wonderful, but the travelling every day is exhausting.”
So, fans now have confirmation that their 50th anniversary won’t be the end of the band, but it’ll still make their tour that little bit more special. Will you be heading out to catch the Who live on their world tour? Leave us a comment in the box below!
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