Roger Daltrey quits Florida concert early, claiming hearing problems and illness

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Roger Daltrey, frontman of the legendary British rock band, The Who, walked off stage Saturday night after struggling by a lot of his live performance at Ruth Eckerd Corridor in Clearwater, FL.

Daltrey, who turns 79 subsequent month, lastly gave up after he tried to sing The Who’s music Bare Eye.

His present lasted barely an hour.

“I’ll do myself some severe harm right here and I am not going to do it as a result of I will by no means sing once more. I am sorry,” Daltrey advised the group.

“I’m not a robotic. I am positively not a robotic,” he continued, “I am not doing this to myself anymore. Thanks a lot for coming.”

All through the present, Daltrey complained that he was having bother listening to his band.

He stopped the band throughout “Getting in Tune” and began the music over.

However the bother continued.

Daltrey then advised the group he hadn’t been feeling effectively and famous the issue of singing with acid reflux disorder.

At one level, he handed the present over to guitarist Simon Townshend, who blistered by a model of The Who’s Goin’ Cellular.

However briefly resting his voice did not assist Daltrey.

Daltrey is scheduled to carry out on the Rock Legends Cruise that leaves out of Ft. Lauderdale on February thirteenth.

He has one other live performance in Hollywood, Florida, on February 20.

Over time, Daltrey has admitted he has vital listening to loss due to his many years of enjoying loud music.

The Who’ve a tour of the UK set for the summer time.

Right here is the setlist earlier than the present was reduce brief:

I Can See For Miles, Freedom Experience, Squeeze Field, Ready For a Good friend, Who Are You, Giving It All A Means, Getting In Tune, Tattoo, After The Hearth, Going Cellular, Bare Eye