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The Who announces studio album, North American tour
The Who got fans buzzing this weekend with news of a brand-new studio album on the horizon plus a 29-date tour.
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Pete Townshend (R) and Roger Daltrey perform with their band The Who during the third day of the Desert Trip music festival at Indio, California on October 9, 2016. (AFP/Mark Ralston)
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he Who got fans buzzing this weekend with news of a brand-new studio album on the horizon, plus a 29-date tour in which the classic rock band will perform with symphony orchestras around North America.
The band revealed the news in a short message on their website, referring to an in-depth article in Rolling Stone for the full details.
The album is due out this year, says the band, although according to the report, it now consists only of 15 demos crafted by Pete Townshend in studios around England last year. The next step will be for Roger Daltrey to record vocals for the album, about which Townshend said, "This has nothing to do with wanting a hit album. It has nothing to do with the fact that the Who need a new album. It's purely personal. It's about my pride, my sense of self-worth and self-dignity as a writer."
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Before the LP -- the band's first since 2006's Endless Wire -- comes to fruition, however, the Who will be heading out on an extensive tour of the U.S.
While dates have yet to be announced, the band revealed on their website that the tour will kick off in April. In Rolling Stone, the band members offered up a slightly different timeline, saying it will launch in Michigan in May and hit cities all over the East Coast over the course of 12 shows. It will then pick back up in September and October, they say, for shows in Canada and the western United States.
Most shows over the course of the tour will be held at arenas, with a local symphony orchestra joining them at each show.
Stay tuned for album and tour news at www.thewho.com.
