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Pete Townsend may be forced to leave The Who

February 24, 2010

Huffington Post is reporting:

Guitarist Pete Townshend may have to leave the Who if a new device doesn’t improve his tinnitus, a painful ringing and buzzing caused by years of exposure to high sound volumes at gigs.

“If my hearing is going to be a problem, we’re not delaying shows. We’re finished,” Townshend told Rolling Stone. “I can’t really see any way around the issue.”

Read the Huffpost full piece.

At the same time Rolling Stone is reporting Roger Daltrey may hook up with Jimmy Page

While Pete Townshend’s ongoing tinnitus problem threatens to dock the Who for the foreseeable future, Roger Daltrey is already lobbying to work with another guitar god who’s on the lookout for a vocalist. “I’d love to do an album with Jimmy Page. He needs a singer to drive him. I’m a great blues singer,” Daltrey told BBC 6Music. “I don’t sing the blues with the Who, but that’s what I used to be before Townshend started writing. I used to be a great blues singer.”

Read the full Rolling Stone report.




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