Fans of the Who have a few new things to look forward to for the legendary rock band's forthcoming summer tour, set to kick off on June 28 in Las Vegas.
Guitarist Pete Townshend promises a few brand new songs will be included into the mix, as well as a few older songs the Who has left out of the set list in previous tours.
"We're going to include at least two brand new songs. Also, we're going to try to play songs that have avoided us lately, like 'Love Reign O'er Me,' 'Listening to You I Get the Music,' 'Eminence Front,' and 'I Can See for Miles,' by using one more voice and guitar player [Simon Townshend]" Townshend tells CDNOW contributor Russell Hall. "I am looking forward to it. It's in three easy legs, nice places to play, nice bases to fly in and out of, excellent salary! I feel very lucky. We all do, to be able to sell tickets without having had a new album for 18 years."
Вот еще цитатка из дневника Townshend-а от 14 июня:
We broke through a great barrier yesterday when we played Roger's lovely new song Certified Rose. It is a ballad. He has written a lot of rockers, but this is the one I personally loved the most. It reminds me very much of some of the more tender songs written by my old friend the late Ronnie Lane of The Faces. I look forward to playing it live. Today I hope we can scrub the edges of a song I wrote in 95 about Elvis called Good Looking Boy. Wouldn't it be great if some future Who album had the comfortable and solid feel of Rough Mix?
Check out the full interview with Townshend on CDNOW on July 2.
Here are the Who's tour dates (Counting Crows open from June 29-July 6; Robert Plant opens from July 26-Aug. 31):
June 28, Las Vegas, The Joint
June 29, Irvine, Calif., Verizon Amphitheatre
July 1, Los Angeles, Hollywood Bowl
July 3, Mountain View, Calif., Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 4, Marysville, Calif., Autowest Amphitheatre
July 6, George, Wash., The Gorge
July 26, Boston, Tweeter Amphitheatre
July 27, Camden, N.J., Tweeter Amphitheatre
July 29, Hershey, Penn., Hersheypark
July 31-Aug. 1, Aug. 3-4, New York, Madison Square Garden
Aug. 23, Auburn Hills, Mich., Palace of Auburn Hills
Aug. 24, Tinley Park, Ill., Tweeter Center
Aug. 25, Noblesville, Ind., Verizon Wireless
Aug. 27, Grand Rapids, Mich., Van Andel Arena
Aug. 28, Columbus, Ohio, Polaris Amphitheatre
Aug. 30, Holmdel, N.J., P.N.C. Amphitheatre
Aug. 31, Wantagh, N.Y., Jones Beach Amphitheatre
Sept. 19, Englewood, Colo., Fiddler's Green Amphitheater
Sept. 21, Dallas, American Airlines Center
Кроме того, на вонвь открытом сайте Townshend-а по адресу
http://www.petetownshend.co.uk/projects/thewho после регистрации можно посмотреть несколко отличного качетсва видеофрагментов репетиций (в том числе целые песни).
