Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey of the Who will reportedly maintain a press convention in London on Thursday, although the precise matter of the occasion has but to be revealed.
In line with Rolling Stone, there will likely be a “particular announcement adopted by an unique Q&A session,” and that the brand new undertaking is titled “The Music Is Over.” The Who’s social media pages have requested followers to ship in questions for the band.
No additional particulars have been given, however as Rolling Stone writes, it is attainable the announcement is that of a farewell tour.
Pete Townshend Has Talked about a Farewell Tour Earlier than
If the band does announce a farewell tour, it won’t be the primary time they’ve completed so — the primary “farewell” trek started in 1982. Daltrey additionally talked about being completed with touring throughout the band’s 2017 outing.
Townshend spoke about the potential for a farewell tour final yr.
“It feels to me like there’s one factor the Who can do,” he stated to The New York Instances, “and that is a last tour the place we play each territory on the earth after which crawl off to die.”
The guitarist continued: “I do not get a lot of a buzz from performing with the Who. If I am actually sincere, I have been touring for the cash.”
Townshend, who’s 79 years outdated, has additionally spoken about not wanting an excessive amount of time to go earlier than retiring from touring.
“I do not need to be like considered one of these guys that dies on tour,” he defined to Rolling Stone in 2022. “Roger is of the opinion that he needs to sing till he drops. That is not my philosophy of life. There are different issues that I need to do, nonetheless need to do, and can do, I hope. I hope I am going to dwell lengthy sufficient to do them.”
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