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Roger Daltrey has spoken out about the future of The Who in order to clarify Pete Townsend's statement that the band would stop touring after a series of shows in 2015.
Last week, Pete Townshend confirmed that the band are planning a world tour in 2014 to mark their 50 year anniversary, but due to band members' health issues, it will be a chance for fans to bid farewell to the group. Immediately speculation stated that this would mean that the band would be hanging up their hats forever, however in an interview with Billboard Daltrey has stated that this is far from the case.
"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," said Daltrey. "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."
Furthering this, Daltrey stated that he saw an 'experimental' future for the band, focussed around smaller shows and charity work.
He continued: "We're going to be doing events. We're going to be doing shows. We might do other things, more experimental." he explained. "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 traveling every day is exhausting."
Below check out photos of The Who as they prepare for the Quadrophenia live gigs
