The Who: Roger Daltrey walks off midway through concert
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Formed in 1964, The Who is still going almost 60 years later with Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend. The rock duo released their twelfth studio album in December 2019 and they’re not opposed to another. In a new interview, Pete enthused: “There’s pages and pages of draft lyrics. If the moment comes, I’ll go in and start.”
However, Roger has his doubts, what with the music industry being dominated by streaming these days.
Speaking with Uncut, the 77-year-old said: “Will there be another Who album? I don’t know.
“There’s no record market any more. Everybody talks about streaming, but have you seen what artists get from that? It’s a joke.”
“It was great to get an album out there, something that the fans liked, and I was really proud of it. But far too much money was spent making it.”
Well, it’s not even been two years since The Who last released an album.
And considering that their previous gaps between records was 13 and 24 years, it still feels early days.
Meanwhile, The Who were set to tour the UK and Ireland this month, however, the on-going pandemic has seen the concert cancelled.
The 10 date tour was set to kick off in Dublin on March 5 and finish in Manchester on March 29.
In a statement, The Who said: “We are very sorry that we have to cancel our planned March 2021 UK and Ireland shows.
“Please excuse the delay but we wanted to wait as long as possible to see if we could indeed play them.
“However, as you can see the current situation makes this impossible. Thanks for all your wonderful support and we hope to see you in the future when conditions allow.”
Sadly for fans, the announcement wasn’t for another postponement but full cancellation, with customers being told to contact their point of purchase for a refund.
Hopefully, The Who will announce new dates as and when they can.
The new tour was originally postponed a year ago, with the band saying at the time: “The fans’ safety is paramount and given the developing Coronavirus situation, the band felt that they had no option but to postpone the shows.”
Roger Daltrey reassured fans then that the concerts will “definitely happen and it may be the last time we do a tour of this type, so keep those tickets, as the shows will be fantastic.”
While Pete Townshend admitted the band “haven’t reached this decision easily, but given the concerns about public gatherings, we couldn’t go ahead. If one fan caught Coronavirus at a WHO concert it would be one too many.”
The Who’s original line-up included drummer Keith Moon and bass guitarist John Entwistle.
Keith tragically died in 1978 at the age of just 32-years-old after taking an overdose of Heminevrin – a drug intended to treat or prevent symptoms of alcohol withdrawal.
The Who remained active with Kenney Jones replacing Moon as drummer until the band split in 1983. The band then did reunite a couple of times after this before returning for good from 1999.
However, Entwistle died in 2002 of a heart attack, brought on by an undetermined amount of cocaine use the day before The Who began a new US tour.
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