The Who’s Veteran Frontman Roger Daltrey Shares Health Condition Live Onstage

The Who’s longtime frontman Roger Daltrey has shared details of his health battles with a live audience at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
The Sun newspaper reports that the veteran rocker spoke to fans from the stage and told them: “The joys of getting old mean you go deaf, I also now have got the joy of going blind. Fortunately I still have my voice, because then I’ll have a full Tommy.”
He was referring to Tommy, the title of the band’s 1969 rock opera album, which follows the story of Tommy Walker, who retreats into a catatonic state after witnessing a traumatic family event, becoming “becomes deaf, dumb and blind.”
Daltrey previously announced onstage in 2018 that he had suffered hearing loss as a result of exposure to loud noise levels during music performances and was now “very, very deaf.” He urged audience members to use earplugs.
Daltrey...
The Sun newspaper reports that the veteran rocker spoke to fans from the stage and told them: “The joys of getting old mean you go deaf, I also now have got the joy of going blind. Fortunately I still have my voice, because then I’ll have a full Tommy.”
He was referring to Tommy, the title of the band’s 1969 rock opera album, which follows the story of Tommy Walker, who retreats into a catatonic state after witnessing a traumatic family event, becoming “becomes deaf, dumb and blind.”
Daltrey previously announced onstage in 2018 that he had suffered hearing loss as a result of exposure to loud noise levels during music performances and was now “very, very deaf.” He urged audience members to use earplugs.
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- 3/30/2025
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
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