Roger Daltrey is interviewed in Billboard. He announces that he will soon be touring with a new solo band made up of keyboardist Loren Gold, bassist Jon Button, drummer Scott Devours and guitarist and musical director Frank Simes. The tour, in reference to Roger’s voice, will be called the Use It Or Lose It tour.… Read More »2009-08-03
The audience at a Paul Weller concert at the Hop Farm Festival in Paddock get a surprise when Roger Daltrey comes on stage to join him in a performance of “Magic Bus”
The Klone Orchestra releases the CD Substituted featuring ten Who covers
Bloomberg News reports that three traders have started a government-bond hedge fund called 5:15 Capital Management LLC in honor of The Who song from Quadrophenia. The fund closes less than four years later.
Roger, Sarah, the Duchess of York, and Kelly Jones, of the Stereophonics are at Cardiff’s University Hospital of Wales for the opening of the £3.3m specialist cancer unit for teenagers.
Roger appears at Cannes to talk about his career with impresario Harvey Goldsmith in the Debussy auditorium of the Palais des Festivals. He performs “I Walk the Line” and “Who Are You” on acoustic guitar and discusses how The Who “branded” their image at the beginning of their career.
Roger is in Hollywood, California to perform at the Opening Night Gala at the Hollywood Bowl
Roger Daltrey attends a charity cricket match at Carlton, near Newmarket, cheering on a Teenage Cancer Trust team of celebrities.
The Who’s “My Generation” is selected by the National Recording Registry of the U.S. Library of Congress
Tony Klinger’s book Twilight of the Gods: My Adventures with The Who is published by Blake Publishing in the U.K.