Roger Daltrey

The Eight Bands Most in Need of a Senior Citizen Ticket Discount

So the Rolling Stones have announced their first large tour in 6 years, and their "50 And Counting" jaunt will see them stop in nine cities across North America. This is borderline amazing considering that Keith Richards and Mick Jagger are 69 and CHARLIE WATTS IS 71 FREAKING YEARS OLD. Can you imag ... More >>

He Never Saw That Gypsy Coming

For Your Pre-New Year's Listening Pleasure: The Who Bring Tommy to Memorial Auditorium

​Four months ago I stumbled across a rough keepsake of The Who's first-ever Dallas performance in July 1967 at Memorial Auditorium downtown; it's a rumble of feedback and chatter, though buried somewhere beneath it all is The Greatest Rock and Roll Band of All Time roaring toward immortality. And ... More >>

The Conversation: Lead Singer Stage Behavior, How Much is Too Much?

Mick Jagger, the ultimate frontman​Make no mistake; there is a big difference between a run-of-the-mill lead singer and a bona fide frontman. Huge, really. Not just anybody has the magnetism required to convince 20,000 people at the American Airlines Center to raise their hands above their heads a ... More >>

Here's a Cure for the Summertime Blues: The Who at Memorial Auditorium on July 23, 1967

Via.​Earthquake. "Today may end up being the coolest day thru the middle of the upcoming week." Sun storms. "U.S. drought may persist for another year." Pastor Perry.But, amidst all that awful news, there's this reprieve posted just Thursday: "The Who - Live at Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, 23 July ... More >>

Ten Signs Your Favorite Band Is Past Its Prime

​Earlier this week, Weezer announced plans to partner with Carnival Cruise Lines to arrange the first ever "Weezer Cruise." The four-night voyage from Miami to Cozumel will also feature sets by the likes of Ozma, Dinosaur Jr., Wavves and loads of others.Never mind how awesome we think all this sou ... More >>

Blink-182 & My Chemical Romance, Girl Talk & The Cool Kids, and Many Other Announcements

Blink 182 are back, and they're looking for corporate sponsorhips​This week's most notable show announcements come our way via huge corporate sponsorships -- one from Honda Civic, and the other from 7-Eleven. The former, which features the newly reunited pop-punk forefathers Blink-182 and their mi ... More >>

So Sad About Them: Roger Daltrey's Coming to Perform Tommy. Without Pete Townshend.

​I received a press release yesterday about which I have enormously mixed emotions. Because on the one hand, The Who is my Favorite Rock and Roll Band of All Time, precariously perched just one rung above The Clash. I've experienced The Who in myriad iterations -- at Reunion in the summer of '80, ... More >>

Valley View Has a New Owner. So, Now What?

​Perhaps you saw: Valley View Center has a new owner now, Miami-based LNR Property Corporation -- well, actually, its subsidiary LNR Partners, the very same company trying to sell off the former First National on Elm Street downtown, amongst other local real estate. Dallas County deed records show ... More >>

Q&A: Greg Lake Talks ELP Reunion, Playing Hits and Promoter Assumptions

Greg Lake's resume reads like a who's who of classic rock. If only Lake were known as the first singer/bassist for King Crimson, his iconic status would still be secure. But Lake chose to leave King Crimson and form a trio with Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer. ELP went on to sell over 30 million album ... More >>

If You Didn't See The Who at the Cotton Bowl in '82, the Band Wants to Make It Up to You

I love The Who. But I doubt I will buy the band's just-on-sale Super Bowl tee.​I see Richie's not terribly excited that The Who -- meaning, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey -- have been tapped to play the Super Bowl halftime. Then again, his musical taste is highly suspect (trying to be ... diplom ... More >>

Echoes and Reverberations: The Twisted Fate of a Lifetime Crate Digger

Many of them were tucked away in suburban strip malls, their storefronts always the black sheep of the retail family. They were usually owned by a single lifelong music fan, someone who relished the opportunity to dog-paddle in the eye of the pop culture hurricane. Sometimes they smelled like incens ... More >>

Today In Music News: The Killers Are Sick and Tired, The Who Is Beached and Travis Barker Is Still In High School.

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, April 3, 2009... The Killers are getting sick and tired... of each other. Apparently spending years on the road with each other will do that to a band. Roger Daltry believes that Keith Moon would've left The Who for The Beach Boys. Can you blame ... More >>

Who Are You? Roger Daltrey, Just Hanging Out at Sound Town in 1975.

Catch some local music legends in Greendale

Yawn: Foo Fighters at ACL Fest

Enter Stage Right

With the curtain falling on its old playhouse,Dallas Theater Center gets its act together with a new leader

Music for the Eyes

A bevy of new music DVDs, just in time for the holidays

One of the Best Rock Photos You've Never Seen, Taken By a Local 39 Years Ago

The Who

Endless Wire (Universal Republic)

King Six-String

B.B. brings the blues to Bass Hall

All's Fair

Neither carnies, corn dogs nor karaoke can keep a good band down at the State Fair

The Who

Then and Now! (Geffen)

The Reel Who

Twenty-five years later, a filmmaker comes to grips with his Kids

TLC

3D (Arista)

Hear This

Back to business as usual: I dig music

Various Artists

Brand New Boots and Panties (Gold Circle Records) / Listen to What the Man Said (Oglio Records)

The Rebel's Waltz

For 10 years, Joe Strummer made little noise. Finally, the Clash front man returns with a record he can call his own.

Pete Townshend

Live The Empire 1998 & Live Sadler's Wells 2000 (Eel Pie)

Robbie Williams

Out There

Pete Townshend

While he's away

Chris Savage looks to the future by playing in the past

Heart to hold

Ann and Nancy Wilson aren't a nostalgia act...yet

Why are you?

Roger Daltrey is still out on the road singing Who songs, and why the hell not?

Hope you die before we get old

Reunited Who and Sex Pistols cheat death one more time

Bootlicking

Some of the best records are the ones never released

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