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WHO’s lead vocalist Roger Daltrey reveal that he has been struggling with multiple health issues.
“The joy of getting old means you are going deaf. I have now had the joy of going blind,” the rock star, 81, told the crowd at the Who’s Show Thursday, March 27, in London, in London Sky News. “Fortunately, I still have my voice.”
Daltrey joked once his voice was gone he would have a “full Tommy,” referring to the Rock Who’s 1969 opera, Tommy. The album tells the story of a fictional character called Tommy Walker who declares and becomes “deaf, dumb and blind” to the world around him.
Later in the concert, Cyd.fand Daltrey Pete Townshend Share It also has some physical disorders.
“Four and a half weeks ago, I got my left -handed head replaced,” said Townshend, 79, before joking should “auction off the old one.”
WHO performed several shows in London last week for the Teenager Cancer Trust charity concert. Previously, Daltrey served as Curator of Royal Albert Hall Concerts Teenager Cancer Trust but recently stepped down from the post. He will continue to be the honorable patron of the Non -Still.
Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of WHO perform on stage.
Rick Kern/Getty images for the WhoDaltrey and Townshend are the only surviving founding members of World Health Organization. The duo remembered the band alongside the bassist John entwistle in 1964. Entwistle died in 2002 at the age of 57. The group’s best -known drummer, Keith’s moonHe died in 1978 at the age of 32.
Following the passing of Entwistle, Daltrey and Townshend have kept the WHO alive over the last six decades. However, the two men have broken the idea of retirement. When Elton John – Who has also suffered multiple health issues – Having embarked on his farewell tour in 2022, Townshend shared that he and Daltrey were considering ending their performing heritage in a similar way.
The loss of Karwai Tang/Judi Dench’s Wirimage vision has affected all aspects of her life, and has limited her ability to attend public events. “I’m always nervous before going to something,” shared the Oscar winner, 90, on a recent episode of Trinny Woodall’s “Fearless” podcast, noting that someone always has to “be with me” on red carpets (…)
“Roger and l, at some point, will probably look forward and try to work out whether we want to make Elton John or not to end him in some way,” Townshend told The sun In April 2023. “It’s difficult to make a decision going forward, to say that we’re going to do this or that, because we don’t know how well we’re going to be how fit we’re going to be.”
Townshend acknowledged that he and Daltrey were aware that they were “both old.”
“There is a disadvantage in itself … apart from what you can or you can’t do on stage,” he explained. “When you finish traveling, you come back to normal life – whatever you decide to do to fill your time off the road – and it’s harder and take longer.”
