New York, Aug 7 (UNI) Aging rock star Roger Daltrey of The Who believes his touring has affected his health.
In an interview with The Times published on Aug. 1, The Who frontman got candid about his health when discussing whether or not his band would tour after their The Song Is Over tour, per PEOPLE.
“This is certainly the last time you will see us on tour,” the 81-year-old singer said. “It’s gruelling.”
“In the days when I was singing Who songs for three hours a night, six nights a week, I was working harder than most footballers. As to whether we’ll play [one-off] concerts again, I don’t know. The Who to me is very perplexing.”
The “Pinball Wizard” singer said he is fortunate that his “voice is still as good as ever.” “I’m still singing in the same keys and it’s still bloody loud, but I can’t tell you if it will still be there in October. There’s a big part of me that’s going: I just hope I make it through.”
Daltrey fell ill with viral meningitis in 2015 and is still feeling the after-effects, noting that it had done “a lot of damage.”
“It’s buggered up my internal thermometer, so every time I start singing in any climate over 75 degrees I’m wringing with sweat, which drains my body salts. The potential to get really ill is there and, I have to be honest, I’m nervous about making it to the end of the tour.”
“You’ve got to be realistic. You can’t live your life forever. Like I said, people my age, we’re in the way. There are no guitar strings to be changed on this old instrument,” he added.
