The 80-year-old told the PA news agency he is embarking on a solo tour next year as if he does not keep singing his voice will “disappear”, and also to “explore the music” by approaching familiar songs in new ways. With The Who, Daltrey was synonymous with the Mod movement of the 1960s, as his band pioneered the use of guitar feedback and destroying their equipment on stage. Speaking about his recent performances, Daltrey told PA: “The Who aren’t finished yet, I feel that I’m singing possibly better than I have for years.
“Our music is very, very different than most rock music, we should keep doing it. “To do that, I have to keep singing in the breaks between two shows, because those breaks can be quite long, and without using the human voice, it’ll disappear. “So that’s what started this (the upcoming tour), and I just thought I love exploring the music, even though they’re songs that I’ve sung for 50 years.
“I love exploring different ways of approaching them and doing them, because you constantly find more in them.” He continued: “It has an effect on an audience that makes them perhaps consider the song again for the first time. “I find it’s really joyful to do, when it works, it’s heaven, when it doesn’t work, it’s a laugh.
“And that’s the great thing about being 80 years old, you can’t take anything seriously anymore, not with the world we’re living in, it’s gone f****** nuts.” The I Can’t Explain singer went on t.
