Roger Daltrey

Roger Daltrey

Roger Daltrey news, related photos and videos, and reviews of Roger Daltrey performances. According to Wikipedia: Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE is a rock vocalist, songwriter, and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of the... [more]

Roger Daltrey news, related photos and videos, and reviews of Roger Daltrey performances. According to Wikipedia: Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE is a rock vocalist, songwriter, and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of the English rock band, The Who. He has also acted in a large number of film, theatre and television roles. Daltrey and his second wife, former model Heather Taylor, have two daughters, Rosie and Willow, and a son, Jamie. He also has a son, Simon, with his first wife, Jacqueline.

 
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Roger Daltrey isn’t The Who’s wordsmith, but his introduction to Saturday night’s solo concert at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana’s Showroom was spot on: “There’s enough misery out there,” Daltrey said just after walking onstage to a standing ovation from the near-capacity crowd. “Let’s have some fun.” And for the next 1:45, Daltrey, his surprisingly tight band and the mostly middle-age audience did just that during an 18-song set that mixed Who classics and rarities with releases from Daltrey’s solo career and some of the 65-year-old’s favorites by the likes of Johnny Cash and Mose Allison. The positive reviews the tour has been receiving ( ... Read Full Story
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On Tuesday evening Roger Daltrey of The Who performed together with Dave Stewart and Joss Stone at a charity event for the UCLA Early Childhood Partial Hospitalization Program (ECPHP) for autism (today 1 out of 150 kids has to face it and 1 out of 90 boys). They performed a 90 min set including The Who classics like “Squeezebox”, “Who Are You” and “Baba O’Reilly”. As part of an auction a photo of Mick Jagger taken by Dave Stewart was sold for $5500 and the honour to sing “My Generation” together with Roger Daltrey was won for $17000. The event was held at a ... Read Full Story
LONDON (Reuters) - The Who guitarist Pete Townshend, behind rock operas "Tommy" and "Quadrophenia", is writing a new musical "Floss", about getting old. "As a 19-year-old, with 'My Generation', I wrote the most explicitly ageist song in rock," Townshend wrote on his band's website (http://www.thewho.com). The 1965 hit song includes the line "I hope I die before I get old". "At 64, I now want to take on aging and mortality, using the powerfully angry context of rock'n'roll." Floss will be designed for outdoor performance and arenas and Townshend expects it to be ready for a concert premiere in 2011, probably in New York. ... Read Full Story
DETROIT (Billboard) - With the Who inactive for the moment, Roger Daltrey is gearing up to launch his first solo tour of North America since 1985. The Use It Or Lose It theater trek -- a nod to the 65-year-old singer's vocal cords -- kicks off October 10 in Vancouver, B.C., and runs through November 30 in Clearwater, Fla. Daltrey will dust off material from his nine solo albums, some covers (he's previously preformed songs by Queen, Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen) and, of course, a generous selection of Who favorites. "I feel so passionate about (Who guitarist/songwriter Pete) Townshend's music, what he wrote ... Read Full Story
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Singer Roger Daltrey gives a speech during the Y&R Seminar as part of the 56th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival on June 25, 2009 in Cannes, France. (Getty Images) more pics » Sixty-five-year-old rocker Roger Daltrey is to play a string of shows in the US in a bid to keep his voice in top condition while he and Pete Townshend take a break from The Who. Daltrey -- who last toured solo in 1985 but did play two concerts at New York’s Carnegie Hall in 1994 to celebrate his 50th birthday -- said: “I’ve only ever toured solo to keep my voice in ... Read Full Story
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The Who's once-and-future singer Roger Daltrey is 65. Last night at the House of Blues, when he sang "My Generation," he reworked it as a slow blues song, the...  
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That Roger Daltrey is calling his current solo outing the “Use It Or Lose It’’ tour - in reference to his voice - naturally invites concern over whether he’s lost it.  
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The voice was rough, but the spirit was willing. Roger Daltrey'sUse It or Lose It solo tour is supposedly about keeping his voice in shape should The Who go out on the road next year.[...]  
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Roger Daltrey isn't The Who's wordsmith, but his introduction to Saturday night's solo concert at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana's Showroom was spot on: "There's enough misery out there," Daltrey said just after walking onstage to a standing ovation from the near-capacity crowd. "Let's have some fun." read more  
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