ROGER DALTREY TO PERFORM
THE WHO’S LEGENDARY “TOMMY” ALBUM
FROM START TO FINISH
THE SET WILL ALSO INCLUDE A VARIETY OF
THE WHO’S CLASSICS AND MORE
ROGER DALTREY, the iconic lead singer of The Who, will perform The Who’s legendary rock opera TOMMY from start to finish at selected shows throughout the UK this summer. Daltrey recently premiered Tommy from start to finish at The Royal Albert Hall in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust on March 25th. Roger is now taking it on the road, beyond the majesty of TOMMY, each night music fans will also be treated to a variety of Who Classics and more.
Employing the use of striking visuals to accompany the music, every show will be an unforgettable concert experience for lifelong fans and newcomers alike. The much-anticipated tour will hit the road in July (dates below) Tickets for the tour go on sale May 6th at 9am from www.livenation.co.uk
TOMMY is not only one of the most acclaimed and defining works of the rock era, it is also an enduring album that resonates on radio to this day where it has found multi-generational appeal. Inducted into The Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, the 20 million-selling double album also spawned a successful 1975 film of the same name–with DALTREY playing the title role–which re-underlined its place in the cultural firmament.
Rock And Roll Hall of Fame inductee DALTREY is pulling out all the stops with a full backing band that will bring the rock opera’s wide-ranging sounds and textures to life vibrantly on stage every evening. Joining DALTREY will be Frank Simes (guitar), Scott Deavours (drums), Jon Button(Bass), Loren Gold (Keyboards) and also on guitar will be SIMON TOWNSHEND,younger brother of The Who’s guitarist PETE TOWNSHEND.
Pete Townshend, commenting on the tour says ''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.''
Throughout this tour, songs such as “Pinball Wizard,” “The Acid Queen,” “I’m Free,” “See Me, Feel Me” and “We’re Not Gonna Take It” promise to transport attendees into the world of this classic album with shuddering intensity and poetic power.
A 1989 tour by The Who saw them reprise TOMMY live; the upcoming DALTREY tour will differ in that all of the album’s songs will be played. When DALTREY and his band performed TOMMY in March 2011 at a sell out concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall, The Independent called the show “a faithful reading…The stand-outs, ‘I'm Free,’ and ‘See Me, Feel Me’ and the anthemic climax of ‘We're Not Gonna Take It’ are rousing. ”Afterwards the Who blogosphere was alight with comments from long standing fans lucky enough to see the show such as ''Roger nailed Tommy'' and ''last nights concert was the best I've ever seen-what a great band''
Roger describes the show and visuals as ''A Tommy Show for today's audience from a different perspective''
TOMMY an album that tells a story about a “deaf, dumb, and blind boy” who becomes the leader of a messianic movement–will always be a turning point for the band, according to DALTREY. He recalls, ‘Within Tommy, I found the new voice of The Who and the band found its stride in making that music, adjusting it, using all that knowledge that we had from jazz and the blues into making it work in a rock way.”
The tour dates are as follows:
JULY 2011
THURSDAY 7 JULY MANCHESTER BRIDGEWATER HALL
SATURDAY 9 JULY NOTTINGHAM ROYAL CENTRE
TUESDAY 12 JULY BRISTOL COLSTON HALL
TUESDAY 19 JULY HULL CITY HALL
Tickets: £45.00 / £40.00 adv (all subject to booking fee)
On sale: Friday 6TH May 2011 – 9am from www.livenation.co.uk
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. – Aristotle
