(London) The British Rock group The Who will say good goodbye to North America this summer.
Posted at 1:12 p.m.
Pan pylas Associated Press
Singer Roger Daltrey and guitarist Pete Townshend confirmed Thursday that they will interpret their tubes spread over six career decades during the farewell tour The Song is over North America Farewell Tour, referring to their 1971 success.
The group became one of those who occurred on tour in the 1970s. He without difficulty filled out the biggest American stages.
The first concert will be held in Florida on August 16, followed by dates in New York, Toronto, Los Angeles and Vancouver, before one last in Las Vegas on September 28.
In the early 1960s, the dream of any musician was to break into the American track record. For The Who, this dream came true in 1967 and our lives changed forever.
Roger Daltrey
The concerts in Toronto will be presented on September 2 and 4 at the Budweiser Stage.
The group went from concerts to the headliner clubs of the Woodstock festival in the United States. He was inducted into the renowned temple of rock ‘n’ roll in 1990.
-DalTrey, 81, and Townshend, two years younger, formed one of the most prolific duos of rock, surviving the deaths of drummer Keith Moon in 1978 and bassist John Entwistle in 2002.
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Drummer Keith Moon in 1976
“Today, Roger and I are still carrying the standard of Keith Moon and John Entwistle, and, of course, of all our longtime admirers of the Who,” said Townshend. I must say that even if the road has not always been pleasant for me, it is generally easy: it was the best job I could have had. I always come back to it. »»
Although Dalty does not write songs, he knew how to channel the multiple and complex moods of Townsend: disobedience and rage, vulnerability and despair.
Together, they forged some of the most emblematic sounds of rock: the jerky and sly flow of My Generationthe anxious cry They’re all wasted !of Baba O’Reilly and the timeless cry of Won’t Get Fooled Again. Two of their albums, Tommy et Quadropheniawere also adapted to the cinema, with success, in 1975 and 1979, respectively.
The presales will start on May 13, before the general sale on May 16.
“Every good thing has an end. It’s a poignant period, said Townshend. For me, playing in front of an American and Canadian audience has always been incredible. »»
Daltrey, who said that a throat specialist advised him to take “a day of rest” after each concert, and Townshend also revealed that no farewell tour in the United Kingdom was planned for the moment.
“We will see if we survive it,” said Dalty. I do not mean that there will be no farewell tour in the United Kingdom, but I am not sure either to be able to say that there will be one. »»
