Don't get fooled again: The Who confirm return in 2025

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Veteran British rockers The Who last toured in 2023 with a full orchestra. (AP PHOTO)
Veteran British rockers The Who last toured in 2023 with a full orchestra. (AP PHOTO) Credit: AAP

Pete Townshend has confirmed The Who will “definitely” be working together in 2025.

The veteran British rockers last toured in 2023 with a full orchestra with guitarist Pete Townshend revealing he and singer Roger Daltrey recently met up to discuss plans to “make a mess” on stage again.

“I met with Roger for lunch a couple of weeks ago. We’re in good form. We love each other. We’re both getting a bit creaky, but we will definitely do something next year...” he told the Standard.

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“The last big tours that we’ve done have been with a full orchestra, which was glorious, but we’re now eager to make a noise and make a mess and make mistakes.”

The 79-year-old rocker is keen to get back in the recording studio but Daltrey isn’t so eager.

“The album side of it… Roger’s not keen. But I would love to do another album and I may try to bully him on that,” Townshend said.

In January, Daltrey suggested he had “moved on” from The Who.

Asked if there will be more from The Who, he told The Times newspaper: “I can’t answer that. I don’t write the songs. I never did. We (he and Townshend) need to sit down and have a meeting, but at the moment I’m happy saying that part of my life is over.”

Townshend later admitted he had been mainly “touring for the money” in recent years.

He told the New York Times newspaper: “I don’t get much of a buzz from performing with the Who. If I’m really honest, I’ve been touring for the money. My idea of an ordinary lifestyle is pretty elevated.”

But Townshend also teased there was a potential for a “final tour” that would take the group around the world before they called it a day.

“It feels to me like there’s one thing The Who can do, and that’s a final tour where we play every territory in the world and then crawl off to die.”

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