The Who\u2019s Pete Townshend feels he doesn\u2019t need to work as hard as Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy does being a rock star have to be so f*cking hard,\u201d the guitarist wondered in a new interview with Record Collector. \u201cWhy does Taylor Swift have to work so f*cking hard? Why does Bob Dylan have to be on the road 365 days a year? Why do The Rolling Stones have to go out when they\u2019re all in their f*cking 80s?\u201d<\/p>\n
Townshend added, \u201cWhat is it that drives them to do this? I\u2019m just not in that gang. I don\u2019t hate being onstage \u2013 I\u2019m quite good at it \u2013 but obviously, I don\u2019t get it from where Taylor Swift gets it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The rocker previously shared his wish to tour with the Who, saying, \u201cIt feels to me like there\u2019s one thing the Who can do, and that\u2019s a final tour where we play every territory in the world and then crawl off to die.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued, \u201cI don\u2019t get much of a buzz from performing with the Who. If I\u2019m really honest, I\u2019ve been touring for the money. My idea of an ordinary lifestyle is pretty elevated.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s time for Roger and I to go to lunch and have a chat about what happens next,\u201d Pete also told Record Collector in December 2023. \u201cBecause Sandringham shouldn\u2019t feel like the end of anything, but it feels like the end of an era.\u201d<\/p>\n
Roger Daltrey also shared his thoughts on touring with the Who. \u201cI won\u2019t do it with someone who is halfhearted about it,\u201d he said earlier this year. \u201cThe music is too important to me. The reason The Who was so powerful is because we meant it. We took your face off when we played; we didn\u2019t swan about on stage.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d be up for it if the reason Pete\u2019s doing it isn\u2019t just to make money,\u201d the singer added. \u201cI\u2019ll do it to make good music and to show people what we were before we leave the stage forever. You can\u2019t just half turn up for a tour.\u201d<\/p>\n
Townshend\u2019s new box set, \u2018Pete Townshend Live: In Concert 1985-2001\u2019 came out on July 26. The 14-CD set includes recordings from nine of his solo concerts between 1985 and 2001. It also has a 28-page booklet with rare photos, notes by Matt Kent, and a new interview with Townshend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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