After premiering his solo version of The Who’s legendary rock opera Tommy at The Royal Albert Hall, London, in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust, Roger Daltrey is now taking it to North America.
Tickets go on sale Thursday, May 19 (for Canada) and Friday, May 20 at (for the U.S.) for the Tommy tour. On the trek, Daltrey will be backed by will be Frank Simes (guitar), Scott Deavours (drums), Jon Button (bass), Loren Gold (keyboards) and, also on guitar, Simon Townshend (younger brother of Pete).
Pete Townshend is not involved but gave his best wishes in a statement: “Great to see Roger performing Tommy with his band in 2011. I will be there in spirit and Roger has my complete and most loving support. Roger is touring his unique concert version of Tommy using his faithful presentation of the original work as the backbone for a set of wider material. It is wonderful to hear the way Roger and his new band re-interpret the old Who songs.”
The tour launches September 13 in Hollywood, FL, and concludes November 2 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, MB.
Tommy dates:
Sept. 13 Hollywood, FL Seminole Hard Rock
Sept. 15 Alpharetta, GA Verizon Wireless Pavilion
Sept. 17 Boston, MA Agganis Arena
Sept. 18 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
Sept. 21 Philadelphia, PA MANN Center
Sept. 23 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
Sept. 24 Hartford, CT XL Center
Sept. 27 Montreal, QC Place Des Arts
Sept. 28 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place
Sept. 30 Toronto, ON Sony Centre For The Performing Arts
Oct. 1 Windsor, ON The Coliseum at Caesars Windsor
Oct. 5 Minneapolis, MN U.S. Bank Theater at Target Center
Oct. 7 Hammond, IN Venue at Horseshoe Casino
Oct. 8 St. Louis, MO Peabody Opera House
Oct. 11 Cedar Park, TX Cedar Park Center
Oct. 12 Grand Prairie, TX Verizon Theatre
Oct. 14 Kansas City, MO The Midland by AMC
Oct. 16 Broomfield, CO 1STBANK Center
Oct. 19 Los Angeles, CA NOKIA Theatre
Oct. 21 San Jose, CA San Jose Civic
Oct. 22 Las Vegas, NV The Joint
Oct. 24 Portland, OR Rose Quarter-Theatre of the Clouds
Oct. 25 Seattle, WA KeyArena at Seattle Center
Oct. 27 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
Oct. 29 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
Oct. 30 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome
Oct. 1 Saskatoon, SK Credit Union Centre
Oct. 2 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
