The Who Set to Record New Album

British Invasion legends The Who have some great news for their fans. For the first time since their 2006 release Endless Wire, the band will be going into the studio to record a brand new album with all new material.

Guardian reports after a press conference held in London at Ronnie Scott's club that guitarist and primary Who songwriter Pete Townshend had come up with three brand new songs that have been given the thumbs-up by singer Roger Daltrey. Townshend elaborates that portions of the material have been inspired by Daltrey's recent work with Wilko Johnson and that "we might try to make the album in a more basic way than we usually do." As for the style of the rest of the album, Townshed says it will probably be "more prog rock than pub rock".

In addition to entering the studio this summer, the band is embarking on a 50th anniversary tour that will act as what Daltrey refers to as "the beginning of the long goodbye". He says “We can’t go on touring forever. [This tour] will have a finality to it. We’ll stop touring before we stop playing as a band.” The Who intends to bring out many songs on this tour including 'hits, picks, and misses'. So far, the band has included 9 U.K. dates for the tour which are listed below.

The Who 2014 U.K. Tour Dates

11/30 – Glasgow
12/2 – Leeds
12/5 – Nottingham
12/7 – Birmingham
12/9 – Newcastle
12/11 – Liverpool
12/13 – Manchester
12/15 – Cardiff
12/17 – London

“We can’t go on touring forever,” he said. “[This tour] will have a finality to it. We’ll stop touring before we stop playing as a band.”

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“We can’t go on touring forever,” he said. “[This tour] will have a finality to it. We’ll stop touring before we stop playing as a band.”

Read More: The Who to Record New Album This Summer | http://ultimateclassicrock.com/who-new-album/?trackback=tsmclip