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...
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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.
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... Read Full Story
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... 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... Read Full Story
On This Date In 2002: Who bassist John Entwistle was found dead in his hotel room at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas one day before The Who were to kick off their 2002 tour. It was later revealed he died of a heart attack. Entwistle was 57 years old. You can read a collection of brief remembrances of John – including one from yours truly – written by the staff writers of Ink19 Dot Com at this link . 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... Read Full Story
The Who star Roger Daltrey is to embark on a solo tour for the first time in 20 years.
Roger, 65, will perform a number of shows later this year on The Use It Or Lose It Tour to keep his voice in shape.
He said: "I've only ever toured solo to keep my voice in shape. Singers need to sing."
However Roger admitted that he isn't concerned about not having songwriter and guitarist Pete Townshend on tour with him.
Roger added: "Being a solo singer does give me the freedom to do songs from my... Read Full Story
