Daltrey doubts Who’s future

Roger Daltrey said that the Who may have played their last concert due to Pete Townshend’s hearing problems.

Following the their Super Bowl appearance last year,they were offered a large-scale tour in the USA but The Who band refuses due to Pete Townshend's long battle against tinnitus wasn’t going well.

Daltrey was pretty hopeful that despite his cancer scarce his bandmate would find a solution using new hearing technology – but it hasn’t worked out.

And the Who’s Killing Cancer charity show in London last week may have been their last live appearance.

Daltrey Joins All-Star Line-Up At Farner Benefit

The Who band star Roger Daltrey and AC DC bass player CLIFF WILLIAMS, in order to collect funds for GRAND FUNK RAILROAD star MARK FARNER's sick son have joined the list of rockers teaming up for a benefit concert in New York.

They both will be joined by Farner, Kip Winger and Bad Company drummer Simon Kirke, among others, for an all-star jam at New York’s B.B. King’s Blues Club on Monday (17Jan11).

All money which will be earned through the sale of ticket will go toward the medical expenses of Farner’s 21-year-old son, Jesse.

Daltrey tells WENN, "I’m humbled to be able to help Jesse and the Farners in any way I can. We are all very fortunate, in our business, to be able to give back. And sometimes circumstances demand that we give back to our brothers and sisters in the rock and roll business."

Roger Daltrey Hootenanny

The Who band member Roger Daltrey on Jools' annual Hootenanny broadcast helped Jools Holland ring in the New Year with an appearance.

To view such acts as Vampire Weekend, Kylie Minogue, Alison Moyet and others,the BBC2 special had just over 3 million viewers tuning in.

Daltrey sat in with Jools & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra to play the Muddy Waters’ classic, “Mannish Boy.”

Roger returned for the show’s finale, a version of “Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think)” – which featured all the guests on the show: Toots Hibbert, Cee Lo Green, Rumer, Ruby Turner, Alison Moyet, Wanda Jackson, Kylie Minogue, The Secret Sisters and Rico Rodriguez.

Jools Holland and guests – Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think)
With Jools and His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra

Secret Throat Surgery By Daltrey

At last year's Super Bowl extravaganza,THE WHO rocker ROGER DALTREY has fired back at critics who savaged his 2010.

Roger revealed that he had underwent surgery to erase a pre-cancerous growth from his throat just weeks before the big concert.

For failing to hit the high notes during The Who's half-time show,The Who Band singer was heavily criticized and now he's explaining why he may not have been on top form.

Daltrey unveil his voice wasn't "performing in a normal way" and friends put him in touch with master throat surgeon Steven Zeitel in Massachusetts in late 2009.

Daltrey says, "It was becoming hard work to sing... He (Zeitel) saw me and told me that he didn't like what he saw."

The rocker adds, "He took off what he could from the problem area on my vocal cord. He said it wasn't cancer, but it was pre-cancerous, and you have to keep an eye on it.

"(Now) I see him every time after I finish a tour and he swears that he'll keep me singing into my 80s. That might upset some people, but it keeps me happy."

The Who Roger Daltrey Slams Simon Cowell

The Who Roger Daltrey is the latest star to have a go at the X Factor mastermind Simon Cowell.

According to an article in the Sun newspaper,Roger blame Simon for a consistent rising crisis in the music industry and said that, "We really need to break away from The X Factor and American Idol - that Simon Cowell thing....I really think the music industry will beat this slump and come back stronger.

"Groups like The Who, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles wouldn't have made it past the audition stage, let alone be shown on TV. That's the joke of it. The music they make on the shows is absolute tripe. He's made a good industry out of it, but it's belittled the power of music. He wouldn't know what the 'X Factor' was if it bit him on the b******s."