Legendary rock band The Who’ve formally introduced their retirement from touring after 60 years.
The enduring British group will embark on a farewell tour of North America this summer time, aptly named The Music Is Over.
The 16-show run will kick off on August 16 in Florida and conclude in Las Vegas on 28 September.
Roger Daltrey, 81, and Pete Townshend, who turns 80 this month, will carry out hits from their six-decade profession in what’s being billed as a "actually grand finale".
Townshend admitted at a London press convention: "I’m not loopy about touring."
The tour, named after a track from their 1971 album Who's Subsequent, will go to main cities together with Atlantic Metropolis, Boston, Toronto, Philadelphia and Seattle.
Followers can be handled to traditional hits comparable to I Can't Clarify, Pinball Wizard, Received't Get Fooled Once more and Baba O'Riley.
Tickets can be out there by a Citi presale and the Whooligan Fan Membership from Might 13, with basic gross sales starting on Might 16.
The band will carry out two nights every in Toronto and Los Angeles in the course of the farewell run.
Daltrey and Townshend stay the one surviving members of the unique lineup.
Daltrey mirrored on the band's American success: "Each musician's dream within the early 60s was to make it huge within the US charts. For the Who, that dream got here true in 1967 and our lives have been modified eternally."
He added: "To me, America has at all times been nice. The cultural variations had a big impact on me, this was the land of the attainable."
The 81-year-old vocalist revealed well being issues have impacted touring plans.
"I can't do consecutive reveals. I've been ordered by my throat specialist to have a break day after each gig, after which after each three gigs it’s important to have two days off," he defined.
Townshend described the farewell tour as "a poignant time", reflecting on the band's historical past in North America.
"The heat and engagement of these audiences started again in 1967 with hippies smoking dope, sitting on their blankets and listening deeply and intensely," he mentioned.
The guitarist added: "At present, Roger and I nonetheless carry the banner for the late Keith Moon and John Entwistle, and naturally, all of our longtime Who followers."
He promised the tour could be "about fond reminiscences, love and laughter".
Responding, many followers identified the band have carried out a number of farewell excursions previously, whereas others expressed their disappointment over the information.
Some questioned the choice to carry the tour is the US somewhat than the UK, with a fan on X writing: "That's disappointing".
"I used to be at their closing present in December of ‘82 in Toronto and I’ll be there in September of this 12 months God prepared," one other shared on Instagram.
"Haven’t there already been a number of farewell excursions???" yet one more requested, with another person echoing this by including: "Farewell tour once more? What's that makes 5 Farewell excursions?"
"I’d say this one is certainly the top! Roger is 80 now," another person famous, whereas one other identified: "The Who and Oasis throughout the identical weekend in NYC." (sic)
Followers can be a part of the Whooligan Fan Membership at thewho.com to obtain unique merchandise together with the beforehand unreleased album, Stay on the Oval 1971.
The Who, fashioned in 1964, are finest recognized for albums together with Who's Subsequent, Tommy and Quadrophenia.
All through their profession, the band has had 14 UK Prime 10 singles and have been inducted into the Rock n' Roll Corridor Of Fame in 1990.
Daltrey admitted he's "not assured" about potential UK farewell reveals.
"Touring America is a rattling sight simpler than touring the UK, as a result of the UK has determined to make it as troublesome as attainable to go from A to B," he defined.
"Let's see if we survive this one," he added, leaving the door barely ajar for British followers.
The band's most up-to-date album, Who, was launched in 2019.