The Who say their farewell tour could not go to their house nation of England, or wherever in Europe.
Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend introduced the band’s 16-date North American This Track Is Over tour Thursday. Whereas answering questions from on-line followers at a live-streamed press convention, they solid doubt on the potential of UK or European dates.
“Let’s see if we will survive this one,” Daltrey initially joked, earlier than attending to the core of the problem. “I’ve received to say, touring America is a rattling sight simpler than touring the UK. For some purpose or one other, the UK has determined to make it as troublesome as doable to go from A to B. In America, you appear to wish to make it as simple as doable. However we’re within the land of ‘no.’ I don’t wish to say that there shall be, however equally, I’m not assured in saying there shall be. That’s the sincere reply to that.”
“I’d agree fully,” Townshend added. “I actually loved the final tour that we did, [but] we performed numerous open-air gigs. We’d had an insurance coverage drawback, which meant that we couldn’t play a number of the extra traditional locations that one performs below a UK tour. However the door is open to us, we may do every week on the O2, we may do every week, a few weeks possibly on the [Royal] Albert Corridor, there are issues we may do.”
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The 81-year-old Daltrey additionally defined that the breaks he wants between reveals makes touring harder and dear. “I can’t do consecutive reveals. I’ve been ordered by my throat specialist, my voice specialist to say you need to have a time off after each gig, after which after each three gigs you need to have two days off. In any other case you’ll rip your voice and also you received’t be capable to sing.”
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