Rock legends The Who are talking of hitting the road with a full-on tour next year, which could potentially incorporate 1973 rock opera ‘Quadrophenia' into the shows.
Even though The Who have been playing the one-off special performance now and then, most recently playing last season’s half-time Superbowl show, they haven’t run a full tour for four years. That looks set to change soon however with iconic frontman Roger Daltrey speaking to Billboard.com about some ideas The Who are working on.
"We're just working out what to do next, we've got ideas ... We're looking on probably being out there, hopefully if all goes well, in the spring of next year ... We definitely don't want to stop. We feel it's the role of the artist to go all the way through life 'til you can't do it anymore."
With the plans in the pipeline, Roger Daltrey explained that there were still a few minor things that The Who needed to sort out. One thing was the potential of including the band’s 1973 rock opera ‘Quadrophenia’ into the performances.
"There are issues with it to make it work at our age. I'm 16 years older than when we last did it and I always had a bit of a problem as far as the crowd was concerned, with the way we were presenting the show, the way our position within the piece was explained. For the newcomers, it was narratively a bit of a puzzle, what Pete and I were to this guy on the screen. It needs a revamp. It would be dated to put it out as it is now. We need to fix that area, but I know how to do it."
Another problem is bandmate Pete Townshend’s Tinnitus, the guitarist now suffers from a severe case of the hearing ailment, but Daltrey has said that it shouldn’t be too much of an obstacle with the assistance of some modern sound technology.
"It's nothing that can't be sorted out -- just different monitor systems, different onstage volume, which is where the issue is," Daltrey explained. "Pete being the addictive character he is, if he gets carried away he tends to turn up his volume to the odd levels, and that's when it causes the trouble. That's one of the problems with rock 'n' roll, once the old adrenaline kicks in."
Hopefully a new Who tour can be set in stone soon, meanwhile Roger Daltrey has been keeping himself busy working with the UK’s Teenage Cancer Trust as well as performing some solo shows.
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