The Who Plotting 2011 Tour
Daltrey says that Quadrophenia may hit the road next year
Following Roger Daltrey’s confirmation earlier this week that The Who are most definitely not finished, he’s now revealed that he and Pete Townshend are hoping to hit the road in the spring of 2011.
Speaking to Billboard.com the frontman revealed that there are plans afoot to take their classic 1973 rock opera Quadrophenia on the road.
"We're just working out what to do next," Daltrey tells Billboard.com. "We've got ideas...We're looking on probably being out there, hopefully if all goes well, in the spring of next year...We definitely don't want to stop. We feel it's the role of the artist to go all the way through life 'til you can't do it anymore."
In the interview he revealed that "there are issues with it to make it work at our age. I'm 16 years older than when we last did it, and I always had a bit of a problem, as far as the crowd was concerned, with the way we were presenting that show, the way our position within the piece was explained. For the newcomers it was narratively a bit of a puzzle, what Pete and I were to this guy on the screen. It needs a revamp. It would be dated to put it out as it is now. We need to fix that area, but I know how to do it."
And with regards to Townshend’s ongoing health problems, Datrey is quick to play down how serious it is. "It's nothing that can't be sorted out -- just different monitor systems, different on-stage volume, which is where the issue is. Pete being the addictive character he is, if he gets carried away he tends to turn his volume up to the old levels, and that's when it causes the trouble. That's one of the problems with rock 'n' roll, once the old adrenaline kicks in."