Roger Daltrey reflects on The Who: “That part of my life is over”
The Who frontman Roger Daltrey has said, “that part of my life is over,” while discussing the future of the band, suggesting he’s ready to move on.
The iconic group toured across the United Kingdom with an orchestra throughout 2023, with their final concert taking place at the Sandringham Estate on August 28th. While they have two more performances scheduled for Teenage Cancer Trust at London’s Royal Albert Hall in March, it remains uncertain what will happen beyond that point.
In a new interview with The Times, Daltrey admitted: “I don’t write the songs. I never did. We need to sit down and have a meeting, but at the moment, I’m happy saying that part of my life is over.”
The singer’s latest comments arrive after he previously ruled out making new music with The Who. In 2023, he told NME: “What’s the point of records? We released an album four years ago, and it did nothing. It’s a great album too, but there isn’t the interest out there for new music these days. People want to hear the old music. I don’t know why, but that’s the fact.”
Meanwhile, last month, Pete Townshend also speculated on their future plans. “I think it’s time for Roger and I to go to lunch and have a chat about what happens next. Because Sandringham shouldn’t feel like the end of anything, but it feels like the end of an era,” he told Record Collector.
Townshend continued: “It’s a question of, really, what is feasible, what would be lucrative, what would be fun? So, I wrote to Roger and said, come on, let’s have a chat and see what’s there.”
Joining The Who on the line-up at this year’s set of Teenage Cancer Trust shows, curated by Daltrey, are Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, The Chemical Brothers, Young Fathers, Squeeze and Blossoms.
See the full schedule below.
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