Is this a recent phenomenon, engendered by decreased album and merch sales? This observation presumably applies to any point at which a band is about to hit the road, and the costs of doing so in 2019 are surely not fewer or lesser than they were in 2002.īut how can such a whopping pecuniary burden apply to The Who? This is a band that grossed more than $42 million from its 2012–2013 US/Europe tour and $26.5 million from the 28 dates of its 2016 North American trek. This passage appears at the point in the book at which Daltrey and Pete Townshend have decided to carry on after the sudden death of bassist John Entwistle on the eve of the band’s 2002 North American tour. nly in the last few shows of thirty or forty do you finally make it into the black. You’re as indebted as you ever want to be. You’re in the hole to the tune of a few million quid. There are managers, lawyers, accountants, drivers, roadies, and myriad other hardworking, underpaid laborers whom I have unfairly excluded from this list.Īs Daltrey describes it, “You have to understand what it’s like the day before you start a tour. It’s not like the band gets to divide the grosses equally among themselves. Of course, the amount of money generated from a tour by one of rock’s most popular and enduring bands guarantees a feeding frenzy. In documentaries, movies, etc., it is always depicted as the most lavish of all possible experiences. Let me say off the top that I will not claim for a single second to understand the economics of touring. If there is any theme that runs throughout the story of Daltrey’s life as he tells it, it’s that he has always needed more money to – as he so folksily puts it – “pay the bills.” Kibblewhite (Henry Holt and Co.), I cannot help but wonder: how can one of the greatest lead singers in the history of rock ‘n’ roll afford to do this? After reading Roger Daltrey’s 2018 memoir, Thanks A Lot Mr. The Who will be performing at Fenway Park on Friday. If there is any theme that runs throughout the story of Roger Daltrey’s life as he tells it, it’s that he has always needed more money to – as he so folksily puts it – “pay the bills.”
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