Legendary rock singer on his health: ‘nervous about making it to the end of the tour’
Roger Daltrey, lead singer of the English rock band The Who, recently opened up about his apprehensions heading into the band's final North American tour stemming from various health complications.
Speaking with British newspaper The Times , Daltrey said he has been feeling the effects from a bout of meningitis he contracted nine years ago, which he added did "a lot of damage" and "buggered up my internal thermometer."
"The potential to get really ill is there and, I have to be honest, I'm nervous about making it to the end of the tour," Daltrey said to The Times.
The 81-year-old added to The Times that he is suffering from "an incurable macular degeneration," leading to impaired vision on top of hearing loss, which the singer indicated started even before his time as a rocker.
In mid-August, The Who embark on their seven-week-long "The Song Is Over" tour of the U.S. and Canada, stopping in over a dozen cities including at Fenway Park in Boston .
Daltrey noted to The Times "my voice is still as good as ever," but that "I can't tell you if it will still be there in October."
The Who, known for songs like "My Generation," "Baba O'Riley," "Behind Blue Eyes," and "Eminence Front," formed in the 1960s and the band was inducted into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 and the United Kingdom Music Hall of Fame in 2005.
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