Roger Daltrey Talks ‘Tommy’

That deaf, dumb and blind boy sure plays a mean pinball!

The LOON welcomes Roger Daltrey to Target Center on Wedenesday, October 5th where the legendary WHO frontman will perform the bands rock opera TOMMY in it's entirety.

Daltrey recently said the piece by bandmate Pete Townsend got the band back on track when it was released back in 1969.

He recently rold the New York Times that the piece set the bar high for all future WHO material.

"The Who was just in a lost period. . . We made all these strange singles -- 'Pictures Of Lily,' 'I'm A Boy,' 'Happy Jack' -- and I was searching for the voice of the band again. (Tommy) was what brought the band back to its root. I was searching, trying to find what it needed, and Tommy was definitely the vehicle to get me there."

But as to why he chose to tour behind Tommy on his own and not with Townsend, he explains "He doesn't wanna tour because he's having terrible trouble with his ears. I'm working on a different monitor system so we can keep the volume down."

Roger Daltrey North American tour dates (subject to change):
September 21 - Philadelphia, PA - Mann Center for Performing Arts
September 23 - Uniondale, NY - Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
September 24 - Hartford, CT - XL Center
September 27 - Montreal, QC - Place des Arts
September 28 - Ottawa, ON - Scotiabank Place
September 30 - Toronto, ON - Sony Centre For The Performing Arts
October 1 - Windsor, ON - Caesars Windsor "The Colosseum"
October 5 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
October 7 - Hammond, IN - The Venue At Horseshoe Casino
October 8 - St. Louis, MO - Peabody Opera House
October 11 - Cedar Park, TX - Cedar Park Center
October 12 - Grand Prairie, TX - Verizon Theatre At Grand Prairie
October 14 - Kansas City, MO - The Midland By AMC
October 16 - Broomfield, CO - 1stBank Center
October 19 - Los Angeles, CA - Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE
October 21 - San Jose, CA - San Jose Civic
October 22 - Las Vegas, NV - The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel / Casino
October 24 - Portland, OR - Rose Garden Arena
October 25 - Seattle, WA - KeyArena At Seattle Center
October 27 - Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena
October 29 - Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
October 30 - Calgary, AB - Scotiabank Saddledome
November 1 - Saskatoon, SK - Credit Union Centre
November 2 - Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre

Check out amateaur video of Roger performing "Pinball Wizard" below!

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