Roger Daltrey Doesn’t Want Fans Smoking Pot at Who Concerts
Boy, how things have changed since the '60s. Roger Daltrey threatened to stop a Who concert last night after he smelled pot smoke in the audience.
According to Newsday, the band was playing a show at New York's Nassau Coliseum yesterday when an abundant amount of weed smoke started to make itself to the stage. Apparently, the singer is allergic to marijuana smoke and it causes his voice to stop working.
You can see Daltrey scold the audience member with the wicked bud in the above video. (UPDATE: The video has been removed by the user.) He asks him to stop puffing or he would walk offstage. Then Pete Townshend gets a few words in too, before the fan apparently put away his stash and let the band continue on with its 50th-anniversary tour show.
Newsday's review notes that "the smoke’s impact was almost immediate on his voice, which went from crystal clear and potent for the opening ‘I Can’t Explain’ to something rougher and more limited during ‘I Can See for Miles.'”
Townshend's been in a particularly prickly mood lately. Earlier this week, he released a new solo song, "Guantanamo," about the Cuban prison camp where alleged torturing occurred following one of the wars the U.S. has been involved in over the past few years. In the song (which is from an upcoming solo compilation), he spits his words and hasn't sounded this angry since that time he kicked a cop.
The Who's 50th anniversary tour continues through November, with dates in North America and Europe. Townshend also has a special gig on July 5 in London, where his 1973 rock opera Quadrophenia will be performed by a classical orchestra.
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