Who Is On Tour With The Who?
The Who comes through with information concerning their tour schedule in the year 2023 and the line-up that comes with this.
In 2023, legendary rock band The Who Tickets are planning several concerts where they will be playing hits that defined their music over the past 50 years. The tour is quite special because the band members on the video are the new members of the band that perform with Daltrey and Townshend, the latter being one of the founders of the band. The audience will be keen to watch The Who perform live with quality vocal power, quality guitar, and a good backing band.
But as important as Daltrey and Townshend are to The Who's stage shows, they aren't going out on tour alone. The band is accompanied by other brilliant musicians who contribute to the music when The Who is performing their songs in concerts. Well, now you know who has been opening for The Who this time around, or at least you should know, right? Let's take a look at the full lineup:Let's take a look at the full lineup:
Roger Daltrey, Vocals Let's go back to the present day: 78-year-old Daltrey is still capable of delivering those legendary high notes that set The Who on the path to stardom in the 1960s. His voice is unique and strong, so he can hit walls as Won't Get Fooled Again and Love Reign O'er Me in any show, no matter the time of his career. Daltrey also provides vocals along with acoustic guitar in few songs.
Townsend Pete, guitar, vocal Pete Townshend is one of the co-founding member of the Who but he requires no introduction for he is one of the band's guitarist and the vocalist, Roger Daltrey. He is also famous for his aggressive and powerful rhythms that can be heard in many of the band's hits. Touring musicians also include Townshend, who also contributes his unique vocals to some of the tracks and backing vocals. At 77, he further performs on stage, twirling his guitar elegantly, as if in a wonderful display.
Zak Starkey, Drums Zak, the son of former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, has been drumming for The Who since the early 1990s and is viewed as an important member of the lineup. This is because he has much energy and forceful playing to capture the styles of the different late Who drummers, such as Keith Moon and Kenney Jones.
Simon Townshend : guitar, vocal More to his family background, Simon Townshend, Pete's younger brother, is also a musician who has been performing backing vocals and playing guitar for The Who since 1996. He plays rhythm guitar in addition to contributing vocals for the band during performances.
Loren Gold is the key person who is responsible for keyboards and vocals. Gold is a mult-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter; this is the list of a few well-known artists he toured and recorded with before joining The Who. Guitar, vocal and added percussion supplement his initial bass organ and synthesizer contribution to The Who's live performance.
JP Button Bass, vocals As a bass guitarist and composer, Button proves that he is up to this task as he delivers bass lines. He has been part of this band from the year 2012. Button also provides backing vocals from time to time as well.
Billy Nicholls Lead and backing Vocalist, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards A member who has been associated with The Who in the studio since the band's formative years in 1968, Nicholls, is now joining the live performances. He plays acoustic guitar, piano, and most crucially, eloquent harmonies and vocals complementing Daltrey and Townshend.
Just by evaluating the list of performers that are going to open for The Who in their 2023 tour, one can easily guess that the tour is going to be extraordinary. However, one must also credit other performers, who are not members of the original lineup but fit perfectly into this duet. Audiences can expect a spectacle of dynamic instrumentation with soaring vocals to match, which will surely make the listeners of the entire stadium belt out the immortal and strong choruses. Whether it is Zak Starkey who plays drums vehemently, Jon Button who plays bass equally powerfully, or even Simon Townshend who keeps on strumming the guitar with equal fervor, this is a group that is on overdrive.
Of course, the show belongs to Daltrey and Townshend only; they are lead singers and guitarists, so they are the most revealing performers. Years since they stormed the rapidly growing rock scene, these two continue to possess the vitality, disposition and musicality that have conferred on this band the moniker arguably the greatest live band in the history of recorded music. The manner in which Townshend savagely thrashes those resonant power chords against his guitar strings and the ear-piercing howls Daltrey can trump every time, one could be forgiven for failing to remember that these legends are just a few years shy of the octogenarian club. Accompanied by the best musicians who are capable of accompanying two rock stars at once on the stage, The Who live in 2023 is a spectacle that should not be missed. It might be the final opportunity to see the real thing and formative lineup of The Who on a stadium level, roaring through the setlist that bristles with tunes that will ingrained into the popular music canon for all of time.
