ROGER DALTREY On Performing Live - "I'd Like Us To Be Playing More Of Our Back Catalog Than We Do At The Moment"
March 9, 2010, 14 years ago
The Rock Radio is reporting:
ROGER DALTREY says that he's hoping that THE WHO perform some of the greatest albums in their entirety the next time they hit the road. Daltrey, who's currently on tour opening for ERIC CLAPTON, told Accessatlanta.com, "I'd like us to carry on as we are. The last album (Endless Wire) was really good. I'd like us to be playing more of our back catalog than we do at the moment. For instance, I would like us to be doing Quadrophenia. I'd like us to be doing Tommy, as well as the show as we've got now, and maybe do a Live At Leeds show as well. It's another different side of the Who that hasn't been there for a long time. But the main thing is to be out there, be in front of people."
Daltrey says that despite the fact that the Who desperately want to devote a portion to their concerts to rarely performed material, there simply isn't enough room in the context of the band's typical arena shows: "There's only tiny bits of it you can change every night and us trying to place a lot of the newer songs, obviously a lot of the older ones have to drop out. So, we're stuck between a rock and a hard place. We do our best, and hopefully we will find other formulas to present the other music that people want to hear in different situations in the future."
Eric Clapton/Roger Daltrey tour dates (subject to change):
March
9 - Atlanta, GA - Gwenette Center11 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Bank Atlantic Center
13 - Orlando, FL - Amway Arena
