Is the Who Announcing Another Farewell Tour?

Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey of the Who will reportedly maintain a press convention in London on Thursday, although the precise matter of the occasion has but to be revealed.

In response to Rolling Stone, there shall be a “particular announcement adopted by an unique Q&A session,” and that the brand new challenge is titled “The Track Is Over.” The Who’s social media pages have requested followers to ship in questions for the band.

No additional particulars have been given, however as Rolling Stone writes, it is doable the announcement is that of a farewell tour.

Pete Townshend Has Talked about a Farewell Tour Earlier than

If the band does announce a farewell tour, it won’t be the primary time they’ve accomplished so — the primary “farewell” trek started in 1982. Daltrey additionally talked about being accomplished with touring through the band’s 2017 outing.

Townshend spoke about the opportunity of a farewell tour final yr.

“It feels to me like there’s one factor the Who can do,” he mentioned to The New York Instances, “and that is a ultimate tour the place we play each territory on the planet after which crawl off to die.”

The guitarist continued: “I do not get a lot of a buzz from performing with the Who. If I am actually sincere, I have been touring for the cash.”

Townshend, who’s 79 years outdated, has additionally spoken about not wanting an excessive amount of time to move earlier than retiring from touring.

“I do not need to be like considered one of these guys that dies on tour,” he defined to Rolling Stone in 2022. “Roger is of the opinion that he needs to sing till he drops. That is not my philosophy of life. There are different issues that I need to do, nonetheless need to do, and can do, I hope. I hope I will dwell lengthy sufficient to do them.”