Roger Daltrey Taking Tommy To The US
Who frontman to tour North America later this year
Daltrey will play a series of shows across the US and Canada in September and October where he will play the whole of Tommy at each gig.
On the trek, Daltrey will be backed by will be Frank Simes (guitar), Scott Deavours (drums), Jon Button (bass), Loren Gold (keyboards) and, also on guitar, Simon Townshend (younger brother of Pete).
Pete Townshend is not involved but gave his best wishes in a statement: "Great to see Roger performing Tommy with his band in 2011. I will be there in spirit and Roger has my complete and most loving support. Roger is touring his unique concert version of Tommy using his faithful presentation of the original work as the backbone for a set of wider material. It is wonderful to hear the way Roger and his new band re-interpret the old Who songs."
Sept. 13 Hollywood, FL Seminole Hard Rock
Sept. 15 Alpharetta, GA Verizon Wireless Pavilion
Sept. 17 Boston, MA Agganis Arena
Sept. 18 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
Sept. 21 Philadelphia, PA MANN Center
Sept. 23 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
Sept. 24 Hartford, CT XL Center
Sept. 27 Montreal, QC Place Des Arts
Sept. 28 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place
Sept. 30 Toronto, ON Sony Centre For The Performing Arts
Oct. 1 Windsor, ON The Coliseum at Caesars Windsor
Oct. 5 Minneapolis, MN U.S. Bank Theater at Target Center
Oct. 7 Hammond, IN Venue at Horseshoe Casino
Oct. 8 St. Louis, MO Peabody Opera House
Oct. 11 Cedar Park, TX Cedar Park Center
Oct. 12 Grand Prairie, TX Verizon Theatre
Oct. 14 Kansas City, MO The Midland by AMC
Oct. 16 Broomfield, CO 1STBANK Center
Oct. 19 Los Angeles, CA NOKIA Theatre
Oct. 21 San Jose, CA San Jose Civic
Oct. 22 Las Vegas, NV The Joint
Oct. 24 Portland, OR Rose Quarter-Theatre of the Clouds
Oct. 25 Seattle, WA KeyArena at Seattle Center
Oct. 27 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
Oct. 29 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
Oct. 30 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome
Oct. 1 Saskatoon, SK Credit Union Centre
Oct. 2 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
If you're in the UK, don't forget that you can see Roger on tour in July when he plays 14 Tommy shows:
3/7/2011 - Alcester Ragley Hall
4/7/2011 - Gateshead The Sage Tyne & Wear
6/7/2011 - Clyde Auditorium Glasgow
7/7/2011 - Manchester Bridgewater Hall
9/7/2011 - Nottingham Royal Centre
10/7/2011 - Newport Centre
12/7/2011 - Bristol Colston Hall
13/07/2011 - Southend Cliffs Pavillion Southend
16/07/2011 - Hampshire Broadlands
17/07/2011 - Harrogate Ripley House
19/07/2011 - Hull Hull City Hall
21/07/2011 - London IndigO2 London
22/07/2011 - Norwich Blickling Hall
24/07/2011 - Exeter Powderham Castle