OMG!! Quadrophenia

Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey announce the return of the band’s classic album Quadrophenia to the US concert stage. The duo haven't graced hungry fans with this show for 15 years.

Too, they'll have along for the ride – Zak Starkey on drums, bassist Pino Palladino, Simon Townshend on guitar/backing vocals, keyboardist Christ Stainton, Loren Gold on keyboards and backing vocals and Frank Simes serving as musical director as well as keyboardist and backing vocalist.

Here’s the complete schedule:

Nov. 1 – Sunrise, Fla., BankAtlantic Center
Nov. 3 – Orlando, Fla., Amway Center
Nov. 5 – Duluth, Ga., The Arena At Gwinnett Center
Nov. 8 – Greenville, S.C., Bi-Lo Center
Nov. 9 – Greensboro, N.C., Greensboro Coliseum
Nov. 11 – Pittsburgh, Pa., Consol Energy Center
Nov. 13 – Washington, D.C., Verizon Center
Nov. 14 – Brooklyn, N.Y., Barclays Center
Nov. 16 – Boston, Mass., TD Garden
Nov. 24 – Detroit, Mich., Joe Louis Arena
Nov. 27 – Minneapolis, Minn., Target Center
Nov. 29 – Rosemont, Ill., Allstate Arena
Dec. 2 – Nashville, Tenn., Bridgestone Arena
Dec. 5 – New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden Arena
Dec. 6 – Newark, N.J., Prudential Center
Dec. 8 – Philadelphia, Pa., Wells Fargo Center
Dec. 9 – Uncasville, Conn., Mohegan Sun Arena
Jan. 28 – Anaheim, Calif., Honda Center
Jan. 30 – Los Angeles, Calif., Staples Center
Feb. 1 – Oakland, Calif., Oracle Arena
Feb. 2 – Reno, Nev., Reno Events Center
Feb. 5 – San Diego, Calif., Valley View Casino Center
Feb. 6 – Glendale, Ariz., Jobing.com Arena
Feb. 8 – Las Vegas, Nev., The Joint @ Hard Rock Hotel / Casino
Feb. 12 – Denver, Colo., Pepsi Center
Feb. 14 – Tulsa, Okla., BOK Center
Feb. 16 – Louisville, Ky., KFC Yum! Center
Feb. 17 – Columbus, Ohio, Schottenstein Center
Feb. 21 – Uniondale, N.Y., Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Feb. 22 – Atlantic City, N.J., Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall
Feb. 24 – Manchester, N.H., Verizon Wireless Arena
Feb. 26 – Providence, R.I., Dunkin' Donuts Center

Get your requests in ASAP. This is one in-demand show.

Two Gods, One Stage

After pairing with Jeff Beck for 2 Madison Square Garden shows in February of next year, Eric Clapton will be joined by Roger Daltrey for a limited set of dates beginning Feb 25 in Pittsburgh.

This could be the hottest show of the Winter.

The dates are:

Thu 02/25/10 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena

Sat 02/27/10 Nashville, TN Sommet Center

Sun 02/28/10 Birmingham, AL BJCC Arena

Tue 03/02/10 Tulsa, OK BOK Center

Wed 03/03/10 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center

Fri 03/05/10 Memphis, TN FedExForum

Sat 03/06/10 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena

Mon 03/08/10 Raleigh, NC RBC Center

Tue 03/09/10 Duluth, GA The Arena At Gwinnett Center

Thu 03/11/10 Sunrise, FL BankAtlantic Center

Sat 03/13/10 Orlando, FL Amway Arena

BackstagePassDirect can confirm that a limited number of passes will be available for the show. Don't delay, put in your requests early.

Member Review: Roger Daltrey

BPD member JoanRandall sent this to us:

His voice was rough, but his spirit was quite willing.

Roger Daltrey's Use It or Lose It solo tour is supposed to be about keeping his voice in shape should The Who go out on the road next year.

But even the 65-year-old singer admitted he was sounding mighty hoarse. He told me before he took the stage, "Every time we're coming through here, I get a cold. We'll get through it. I take breaks to let the pipes cool down a bit."

I asked why, at age 65, he was doing this. He said "The No. 1 reason is to get my ass off the sofa. I don't know ... singers with fat asses, ugh!"

And so he and his five-man band, which included Who guitarist Pete Townshend's young brother Simon on guitar and Frank Simes on lead guitar - valiantly soldiered on for the next hour-and-45-minutes. Daltry was having so much fun up on stage, his enthusiasm and playfulness was infectious.

Clad in a white shirt, blue jeans, blue-tinted glasses, and looking a decade and a half younger than his actual age, the singer was in a chatty, story-and-joke-telling mood between songs.

The set list was made up of Who classics, some of his solo work and covers (Taj Mahal's Freedom Ride, Levon Helm's Gimme A Stone, Bo Diddley's I'm A Man, Johnny Cash's I Got Stripes, Ring Of Fire, etc).

Daltrey eventually broke out his signature microphone twirling moves during Young Man's Blues - which featured some stellar playing from Simes - and the show standout, Baba O' Riley (even unbuttoning his shirt for this one), but otherwise maintained an acoustic folk-rootsy vibe throughout the show.

He even turned The Who classic My Generation into a blues number.

Interestingly, Daltrey chose to close the show with a never performed, Townshend-sung Who number, Blue, Red and Gray, with just him alone on stage and playing a ukele .

"Pete - he would never sing it on stage," explained the singer before mimicking Townshend's voice: "I'd look f---ing stupid standing up there with a f---ing ukelele."

"Well, here I am," concluded Daltrey to cheers from the audience. "And do I give a sh--?"

SET LIST:

Who Are You

Pictures Of Lily

Tattoo

Behind Blue Eyes

Days Of Light

The Kids Are Alright

Freedom Ride

Gimme A Stone

Going Mobile

Who's Gonna Walk On Water

Squeezebox

I Can See For Miles

My Generation

I'm A Man

Young Man Blues

Baba O'Riley

Johnny Cash Medley

Blue, Red and Grey

There are no words to express what it feels like to spend even 30 seconds with a giant like Daltrey. BPD, if I never get another pass from you, I don't care. This was IT!

Happy to hear you enjoyed IT, JoanRandall.

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Use It or Lose It - Roger Daltrey Fall Solo Tour

What can you say about the man who sang “Pinball Wizard,” “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” “My Generation,” “The Real Me,” and many other rock classics except that Daltrey possesses one of the most incredible voices in rock ever to grace recording studios and concert stages.

Now Daltrey has his own solo tour to do with Pete's younger brother Simon Townsend accompanying him as he has on past tours. It’s called the Use It Or Lose It Tour – a reference to Daltrey’s remarkable voice – and it kicks off in the States on Oct. 12.

When we asked him what his fans could expect, Daltrey said he’ll play plenty of Who songs (“but they’ll be my versions of them”), solo stuff and even a few songs he’s never performed live. The famous frontman also promises he’ll perform a few covers of songs by artists that influenced him along the way.

“I thought it’d be nice to play smaller, more intimate venues,” Daltrey said. “I look forward to getting back to that. I want to give people a good night out. The economic situation being what it is these days, I think that’s what they want: to go out and feel they’ve had a good jolly-up.”

Here's the full list of the fall stops:

Mon 10/12/09 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo

Thu 10/15/09 Highland, CA San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino

Sat 10/17/09 Los Angeles, CA Orpheum Theatre

Sun 10/18/09 San Diego, CA Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay

Tue 10/20/09 Denver, CO Paramount Theatre

Thu 10/22/09 Thackerville, OK Winstar World Casino

Sat 10/24/09 Biloxi, MS Hard Rock Cafe

Sun 10/25/09 Jacksonville, FL Florida Theatre

Wed 10/28/09 Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts Center

Fri 10/30/09 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium

Sat 10/31/09 Elizabeth, IN Horseshoe Southern Indiana

Mon 11/02/09 Chicago, IL House Of Blues

Tue 11/03/09 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues

Sat 11/07/09 Mashantucket, CT MGM Grand Theater

Sun 11/08/09 Boston, MA House Of Blues

Tue 11/10/09 Baltimore, MD Lyric Opera House

Wed 11/11/09 Montclair, NJ Wellmont Theatre

Fri 11/13/09 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa / Music Box

Sat 11/14/09 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa / Music Box

Tue 11/17/09 Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Theatre

Wed 11/18/09 Norfolk, VA Chrysler Hall

Fri 11/20/09 New York, NY Nokia Theatre Times Square

Tue 11/24/09 North Charleston, SC North Charleston Perf. Arts Center

Wed 11/25/09 Lake Buena Vista, FL House Of Blues

Fri 11/27/09 Fort Myers, FL Barbara B. Mann Perf. Arts Hall

Sun 11/29/09 Hollywood, FL Seminole Hard Rock Live

Mon 11/30/09 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall

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