14 DAY TRIAL // News that the legendary rock band The Who are planning to retire comes straight from the source, from lead singer Roger Daltrey, but don't be too sad, as the band plans to go out with a bang and has a final tour lined up as a commemoration of their 50th anniversary.
The tour is going to have nine dates, according to NME, and it's going to be called “The Who Hits 50.” As you might expect, it will span their entire career and will even contain songs from the time when the band was still called The High Numbers.
Although the tour is billed to start in November this year, tickets will be put on sale on Friday, July 4, giving you plenty of time to find a proper date to see The Who performing for the final time in concert before they retire from the music industry.
The band has confirmed that this is the last time they'll perform together on stage. Roger Daltrey is quoted as describing the tour as “the beginning of the long goodbye,” while Townshend added, “[...] trying to stay young. Not wearing socks. Growing a big woodcutter's beard. Might even wear a check shirt onstage and get a tattoo of a Union Jack. Always a fashion victim.”
Townshend also pointed out that since the band had a hiatus between 1983 and 1996, they are actually celebrating 37 years of existence instead of the round 50 being advertised in their concert name.