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."

The Who launch album "My Generation"

The Who's band launch the album "My Generation", came after the band morphed from Beatles copyists to front heads of teenage England between management of controversial revolution and oriented live performances.

A chief modern and music journalist Pete Meaden who after being ravaged The Rolling Stones for being a 'pigheaded mod' he had taken control of the then- named Detours in 1963.

The movement needed needed a band, who act so its frontman Meaden rapidly made the band prime candidates. The band The High Numbers Meaden rechristened in this band and looked them in his footage. He worked speedily because he wanting to complete he void for a modern band before the moment passed.

Everything was going well, until a performance at The Railway Tavern in North West London, at this track Lambert was blown away by the band's fans, “group of mods playing to an audience of mods”.

The new managers set expand Meaden's plan that changing the band's named The Who, Townshend wrote the hit titled: ‘My Generation’.

The Who released their launch album on 3rd December 1965. At breaknech speed recorded, the band take a footage to their live concert on disc. After 3o minutes running a titled "My Generation, The Who between chaotic and unfiltered arrogance they would quickly refine. Meaden was forgotten, as the band and managers new found which them career and looked to the future.

Shane Gladstone Words

The Who - ‘My Generation’

Released: 3rd December 1965
Producer: Shel Talmy

Musicians:
Pete Townshend - guitars, vocals
Roger Daltrey - vocals, harmonica
John Entwistle - bass, vocals
Keith Moon - drums, vocals.

TRACKLIST:
1. ‘Out In The Street’
2. ‘I Don’t Mind’
3. ‘The Good’s Gone’
4. ‘La-La-La-Lies’
5. ‘Much Too Much’
6. ‘My Generation’
7. ‘The Kids Are Alright’
8. ‘Please, Please, Please’
9. ‘It’s Not True’
10. ‘The Ox’
11. ‘A Legal Matter’

1965 IN THE NEWS:
- Sir Winston Churchill dies.
- Bob Dylan ‘goes electric’ at Newport Folk Festival.
- The racially fuelled Watts Riots erupt in LA.

1965 THE ALBUMS:
The Kinks - ‘Kinda Kinks’
Otis Redding - ‘Otis Blue’
The Temptations - ‘Temptin’ Temptations’

The Who honoured in the US

English rock band 'The Who' were honoured at separate ceremonies in Los Angeles by the British record producer Sir George Martin.

The Who's singer Roger Daltry and guitarist Pete Townshend were joined by bands like The Flaming Lips and Foo Fighters for a two-hour concert celebrating their biggest hits.

BBC quoted Penn as telling the crowd "We're all here tonight because The Who never did sell out, unlike certain music channels".

The Who also paid tribute to former colleagues at their ceremony, with pre-taped tributes to drummer Keith Moon, who died in London in 1978 and bassist John Entwistle, who died in Las Vegas in 2002.

"I miss old friends, but they are with me," said Daltry on the red carpet before the event.

"When we start playing our music, John and Keith echo with us all the time, so it's kind of like they never left," he added. (ANI)

Newcastle tribute band the Who frontman Roger Daltrey

Roger Daltrey has given blessing to the frontman WHO to a Tyneside Substitute. The Whodlums Tribute band recreating the sound of The Who live in mid 2006. They are based in Newcastle but have impressed audiences all over the North. The Who song, Whodlums play this song from early separate such as Substitute and My Generation, Who Are You and You Better You Bet. In between there are selections from classic albums such as Tommy, Who’s Next, Live At Leeds and Quadrophenia, giving the audience a performance to remember. They will be performing at Newcastle O2’s Academy, on Sunday September 19, to raise cash for the Teenager Cancer Trust.

Who frontman Daltrey CBE is patron of Teenage Cancer Trust and has been supporting the charity for more than 10 years. And he told how he was delighted to see the Whodlums playing at the O2 in support of the Cancer Trust.

He said: “I'll very thankful to the O2 Academy Music Group for choosing to support Teenage Cancer Trust and The Whodlums and New Age Jam for performing to raise funds for Teenage Cancer Trust North East. All the money raised will go towards upholding the facilities in the local community and building a new unit for young cancer patients from across the North East.”

The 02 Academy Music Group currently chose the Teenage Cancer Trust to be its charity partner. And the Whodlums concert at Newcastle’s O2 Academy arrangers this partnership and will be the first of many concerts to come.

Pearl Jam and Kasabian join The Who onstage in London for 'Quadrophenia' show

The Who were joined onstage by very special guests when performed their rock opera album 'Quadrophenia' in its entirety in London last night (March 29).

The band were assisted by Kasabian's Tom Meighan and Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder during the gig in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust gig at the Royal Albert Hall.

The performance was the first time remaining original members Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend had played the album live since their 1990s 'Quadrophenia' tour. Frontman Daltrey had previously told that it would be the last time they play the 1973 album.

Taking to the stage at 9pm (GMT) after support group Sweet Billy Pilgrim, the duo were joined by Zak Starkey on drums, Simon Townshend on guitar and Pino Palladino on bass.

Flashing visuals of the band, scenes from the '60s and seascapes were shown on the screen behind the stage plus snippets of a revamped version of the 'Quadrophenia' film, complete with a Phil Daniels look-alike actor playing Jimmy for second song and mod anthem 'The Real Me'.

Pearl Jam frontman Vedder then joined the band to duet on 'The Punk And The Godfather'. Later he returned to help the band perform 'I've Had Enough'. Kasabian's Tom Meighan came on stage later during the song to add further vocals. Meighan was wearing a silver mod suit in a nod to the Ace Face character played by Sting in the film adaptation of Quadrophenia.

Townshend brought out a few of his signature windmill moves later on, while Vedder and Meighan returned for the second verse of 'Sea And Sand'.

Townshend' played 'Drowned' acoustically while Daltrey returned to the stage to begin 'Bell Boy', with Meighan appearing at the back of the stage after the first verse to sing the late Keith Moon's vocal parts.

Having refrained from any onstage banter throughout the gig, the band were then rejoined by their guest vocalists for one last time as they shook hands with the musicians, Townsend thanking the performers.

The Who played:

'I Am The Sea'
'The Real Me'
'Quadrophenia'
'Cut My Hair'
'The Punk And The Godfather'
'I'm One'
'The Dirty Jobs'
'Helpless Dancer'
'Is It In My Head'
'I've Had Enough'
'5:15'
'Sea And Sand'
'Drowned'
'Bell Boy'
'Doctor Jimmy'
'The Rock'
'Love Reign O'er Me'

'I'd love to make a Keith Moon biopic' says Roger Daltrey

The Who's Roger Daltrey says he still wants to release a film about the band's original drummer Keith Moon.

"The Keith Moon film depends on someone sitting me down long enough with a writer to get it right. If I sat down for six weeks with a good writer, I could get it done," he told the Daily Star. "I've got it all in pictures in my head. I know what the film should look like, the way the narrative should be structured."

Daltrey added that he has rejected previous scripts – including one rumoured to have been written for Mike Myers to play the part of Moon.