The last big tours that we’ve done have been with a full orchestra, which was glorious, but we’re now eager to make a noise and make a mess and make mistakes.”
“The album side of it… Roger’s not keen,” he says. “But I would love to do another album and I may try to bully him on that.”
"But, in other hand, what the record company wanted from me, was a new dedicated solo album, and I think I was out of contract, right? I think my last album with Warner Brothers was Ironman, and then I was out of contract. And Ironman was a flop…"
"I’m in two minds about my creative process, I’m in two mind about The Who’s final years, I’m in two minds about what I do with my time as I get older, you know, whether I spend it on charity, or social issues… I’m staying away from politics. It’s interesting, though, when you get involved in social issues, you know, whether it’s homelessness or, or, or domestic violence, or whatever it is, you get drawn into politics."
While The Who haven’t been active as a group over the past year, the band’s co-founder, Pete Townshend, says good news is on the horizon for fans.
In an interview with UK publication The London Standard, Townshend teased the potential of band activities in 2025. “I met with Roger for lunch a couple of weeks ago,” he revealed. “We’re in good form. We love each other. We’re both getting a bit creaky, but we will definitely do something next year. We have accepted an offer from Live Nation to do something in America.”
Townshend added about the as-yet-unannounced concerts, “Roger says he wants it to be ‘raw.’ The problem with that is: if I go back to the style that I had back in the ’60s, he won’t be able to hear a f—ing thing.”
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While such plans could sound like new music or a set of live shows, Townshend explained that they’re currently leaning towards the latter, a reversal of a previous comment from Roger Daltrey about the financial stress of live performance.
“The album side of it…Roger’s not keen,” Townshend shared. “But I would love to do another album and I may try to bully him on that. The last big tours that we’ve done have been with a full orchestra, which was glorious, but we’re now eager to make a noise and make a mess and make mistakes.” Earlier this year, Daltrey successfully executed a solo, “semi-acoustic” tour that hit 11 cities over the course of a month, which perhaps served as inspiration for more shows as a team.
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In a recent video interview with the Toronto Sun, Townshend clarified his feelings about hitting the road with The Who again, and also discussed whether the band might release another studio album sat some point.
Before the band returned touring, he needed to discuss plans for a new trek with Daltrey.
“I think both Roger and I look forward to the very difficult subject of being able to tour again with each other, and to work in some way that that feels new and different and exciting,” he explained. The 79-year-old rock legend then noted that The Who’s recent orchestral tours have “been really, really cool.”
He added, “It hasn’t left me much space to express myself as a creative musician on stage, but it’s been a great experience.”
