Brian Damage
10-19-2006, 07:02 PM
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Not sure whether to see the Who on their latest tour? Here's some advice from the British rock band's leader, Pete Townshend: he wouldn't bother going.
In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, the famously loquacious songwriter said he doesn't want to watch "old guys in their self-congratulatory mode."
The Who just wrapped the first leg of their North American tour, and will resume the trek in Los Angeles on November 4. They will release their first studio album in 24 years, "Endless Wire," on October 31.
"I don't want to go out and see Bob Dylan. I don't want to go out and see the Stones. I wouldn't pay money to go see the Who, not even with new songs," Townshend, 61, added in the interview.
Speaking of self-congratulation, the admitted "ageist" declared that he was at the top of his artistic game. He recalled that he felt like a "triumphant liberating giant come to release a million captive children" when the Who played a recent show in Spain.
"I may never get any better," he said. "But I can try."
In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, the famously loquacious songwriter said he doesn't want to watch "old guys in their self-congratulatory mode."
The Who just wrapped the first leg of their North American tour, and will resume the trek in Los Angeles on November 4. They will release their first studio album in 24 years, "Endless Wire," on October 31.
"I don't want to go out and see Bob Dylan. I don't want to go out and see the Stones. I wouldn't pay money to go see the Who, not even with new songs," Townshend, 61, added in the interview.
Speaking of self-congratulation, the admitted "ageist" declared that he was at the top of his artistic game. He recalled that he felt like a "triumphant liberating giant come to release a million captive children" when the Who played a recent show in Spain.
"I may never get any better," he said. "But I can try."