Pete Townshend has admitted he and Roger Daltrey “are very completely different” and “do not talk very effectively”.
Pete Townshend says he and Roger Daltrey have struggled with communication over time
The Who bandmates – who’re at the moment on their farewell tour after greater than 5 many years within the legendary rock group – have not all the time seen eye to eye, and the 80-year-old guitarist claims the 81-year-old frontman “received upset” with him over their “completely different wants as performers”.
He advised the newest challenge of AARP Journal: “We don’t talk very effectively. He and I are very completely different and we have now completely different wants as performers.
“He received upset as a result of he felt I had generally given the impression of getting left the constructing. Roger complained about the truth that he’s deaf. He’s a singer, and he needs to be 100 per cent match with a view to do his job.”
The pair have felt obliged to proceed honouring the legacy of the My Era band because the deaths of drummer Keith Moon and bassist John Entwistle in 1978 and 2002, respectively, with Pete hailing them a “Who tribute band”.
He stated: “The Who [still] sells information — the Moon and Entwistle households have change into millionaires. There’s additionally one thing extra, actually: the artwork, the artistic work is after we carry out it. We’re celebrating. We’re a Who tribute band.”
Regardless of their variations, Pete nonetheless enjoys taking part in alongside Roger.
He continued: “However other than that, it does whet an urge for food to consider how we should always bow out in our private lives — what we do with our households and our pals and all the pieces else at this age.
“We’re fortunate to be alive. I’m wanting ahead to taking part in, Roger likes to throw wild playing cards out generally within the set, and we have now discovered and rehearsed just a few songs that we don’t all the time play.”
The Who kicked off The Tune Is Over: The North American Farewell Tour at Florida’s Amerant Financial institution Area on Saturday (16.08.25) night time.
The 23-song set included the reside debut of Going Cell with Simon Townshend – Pete’s brother – on lead vocals.
Simon has carried out the music earlier than, nevertheless it was the primary time it had been performed at a Who live performance.
The monitor was penned by Pete and initially launched by the band on their 1971 album Who’s Subsequent, nonetheless, it was initially written for his deserted Lifehouse undertaking. Pete recorded the lead vocals, guitars, and synths, with the John on bass guitar and Keith on drums. Roger was not concerned.
Elsewhere, after a technical glitch hampered their efficiency at one level, Roger quipped: “You by no means keep in mind the right present. You keep in mind the f***-ups.”