# The Who frontman Roger Daltrey not allowed to sing two nights in a row. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 21, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-frontman-roger-daltrey-not-allowed-to-sing-two-nights-in-a-row/723087 "2015-06-21T17:29:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-frontman-roger-daltrey-not-allowed-to-sing-two-nights-in-a-row/723087/1 "2015-06-21T17:29:50Z")
Good advice for many aging singers. The band’s shows should be even better with Daltry resting his voice and all the guys getting a break between shows. I need to see if theres any way to make one of their shows. I’ve never seen the Who live. > **[The Who’s Roger Daltrey says insurance company forbids him from playing two...](https://www.nydailynews.com/2015/06/21/the-whos-roger-daltrey-says-insurance-company-forbids-him-from-playing-two-nights-in-a-row/)** > > He may be a seasoned rocker but The Who frontman Roger Daltrey has been banned from singing two nights in a row by his insurance company. The 71-year-old says he has to rest his vocal chords after … > [@](#): > > "My doctor said you need to take a day off after a show. So the insurance company immediately say you must do that or your insurance will be negated. > > “And, of course, to put a tour on you have no idea of the cost and we are responsible for 70 people’s wages and you cannot jeopardize that insurance and you cannot go on without it.” > > Daltrey is recovering after the removal of a growth on his vocal chords. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-frontman-roger-daltrey-not-allowed-to-sing-two-nights-in-a-row/723087/2 "2015-06-21T17:55:11Z")
The second leg of the US tour starts in September. You should be able to get a ticket without a problem…depending on how far you want to travel or how much you’re willing to pay. I plan on seeing them in San Diego and Oakland. Roger’s voice is the wild card when it comes to the quality of their gigs, but I go to see Pete. Oh, and don’t forget that Joan Jett is opening for them. She always puts on a good show. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-frontman-roger-daltrey-not-allowed-to-sing-two-nights-in-a-row/723087/3 "2015-06-21T17:59:03Z")
Lots of people avoid shows every night. Even younger artists. There is no need to play every night. Saw them in April and it was a very good show. It was not the same as they were in 1979 but I did not expect that. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-frontman-roger-daltrey-not-allowed-to-sing-two-nights-in-a-row/723087/4 "2015-06-21T18:18:02Z")
Daltrey tells audiences not to smoke because his voice will shut down if exposed to anything ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-frontman-roger-daltrey-not-allowed-to-sing-two-nights-in-a-row/723087/5 "2015-06-21T18:23:41Z")
Almost every indoor arena bans smoking and have for a long time. But they don’t always enforce the law at concerts . Even outdoor stadiums have smoking bans. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-frontman-roger-daltrey-not-allowed-to-sing-two-nights-in-a-row/723087/6 "2015-06-21T18:55:39Z")
I refuse to pay that kind of money to see a Who cover band. Especially since I’ve seen the real thing. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-frontman-roger-daltrey-not-allowed-to-sing-two-nights-in-a-row/723087/7 "2015-06-21T19:24:09Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Almost every indoor arena bans smoking and have for a long time. But they don’t always enforce the law at concerts . Even outdoor stadiums have smoking bans. ``` But when I saw them Daltrey twice told people to extinguish their joints. Granted there were few people smoking, a far change from concertgoers behavior a couple decades ago. ``` ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-frontman-roger-daltrey-not-allowed-to-sing-two-nights-in-a-row/723087/8 "2015-06-21T20:20:26Z")
Whatever advice they’d give aging singers would apply in spades to Daltry, who really abused his instrument when younger. (Gee, that sounded kind of dirty, didn’t it?) ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-frontman-roger-daltrey-not-allowed-to-sing-two-nights-in-a-row/723087/9 "2015-06-23T14:39:22Z")
This sounds like the tour will be a dream for those 70 people on the tour. No driving all night to get to the venue for a 10 AM load-in. Actually have time to visit the cities rather than just traveling from arena to arena. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-frontman-roger-daltrey-not-allowed-to-sing-two-nights-in-a-row/723087/10 "2015-06-23T14:55:20Z")
I have wondered why these veteran musicians don’t arrive to town a day early. Have a day and half to relax, and rest. See a few sights, go to a restaurant, and then play the gig that night. They’ve earned the right to take it easy. Let the young up and comers kill themselves gigging every night. Michael Bolton and his band /crew used to schedule [charity softball games](http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1993-12-12/features/1993346218_1_michael-bolton-softball-finish-the-game) around his tours. He and many of his guys loved playing and found it relaxing on long road tours. Raised some money for charity too. I think He’s probably stopped now that he’s getting older. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-frontman-roger-daltrey-not-allowed-to-sing-two-nights-in-a-row/723087/11 "2015-06-23T15:08:33Z")
I don’t know about the current Who tour, but in the past the band had a “home base” location for shows within a geographic area–they would fly in for the gig and fly back afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-frontman-roger-daltrey-not-allowed-to-sing-two-nights-in-a-row/723087/12 "2015-06-23T16:04:43Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Lots of people avoid shows every night. Even younger artists. There is no need to play every night. I had only the vaguest notion of how fragile a singer’s voice is until I read a pretty good book about the Metropolitan Opera (_Molto Agitato_ - recommended). While a case can be made that opera singers are more fragile than rock belters, a lot of it rang as true even for the latter. Careful warm-ups, long rests between full-out performances, and then all the usual stuff about not smoking and taking immediate care of respiratory issues - there are some real horror stories about rising stars blowing out their career in one ill-advised session. (The story of a sudden replacement warming up all the way to the Met, in the car, is pretty funny, too.) Even as a Tom Waits fan, I wonder how some of these glass-and-gravel guys can still do it after forty, fifty years. To say nothing of those with mellower voices. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-frontman-roger-daltrey-not-allowed-to-sing-two-nights-in-a-row/723087/13 "2015-06-23T16:48:59Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Whatever advice they’d give aging singers would apply in spades to Daltry, who really abused his instrument when younger. (Gee, that sounded kind of dirty, didn’t it?) Would this advice be helpful to younger singers, or are we just talking about his generation? ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-frontman-roger-daltrey-not-allowed-to-sing-two-nights-in-a-row/723087/14 "2015-06-23T17:07:37Z")
Nah! The kids are alright. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-frontman-roger-daltrey-not-allowed-to-sing-two-nights-in-a-row/723087/15 "2015-06-23T17:24:28Z")
“But my body feels so good and I still sing a razor line everytime.” Not so much anymore, eh? You better you bet! ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-frontman-roger-daltrey-not-allowed-to-sing-two-nights-in-a-row/723087/16 "2015-06-23T17:24:54Z")
I saw The Who in Portland several years ago, and it was easily one of the best shows I’ve seen, Roger’s dodgy voice and the rest of the old guys notwithstanding. It rocked! ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-frontman-roger-daltrey-not-allowed-to-sing-two-nights-in-a-row/723087/17 "2015-06-24T23:06:48Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Lots of people avoid shows every night. Even younger artists. There is no need to play every night. > > Saw them in April and it was a very good show. It was not the same as they were in 1979 but I did not expect that. I’m sure a band with the status of The Who can manage, but most touring acts route their tours so they can make the most money since they have to spend money every day (crew, bus, rentals, etc) whether they are performing or not. Sure, maybe they aren’t playing EVERY night but 5-6 out of every 7 is pretty typical. Different economics apply to fly-in bands and acts that get 7 figure guarantees. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-frontman-roger-daltrey-not-allowed-to-sing-two-nights-in-a-row/723087/18 "2015-06-25T01:02:18Z")
> [@Iggins](#): > > I saw The Who in Portland several years ago, and it was easily one of the best shows I’ve seen, Roger’s dodgy voice and the rest of the old guys notwithstanding. It rocked! “The rest of the old guys”? Isn’t it down to him and Pete and whatever hired guns they bring on tour with them? It’s a weird world when Zak Starkey is “one of the old guys.” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-frontman-roger-daltrey-not-allowed-to-sing-two-nights-in-a-row/723087/19 "2015-06-25T02:42:18Z")
Here’s what Roger and the other old guys sounded like earlier in the week. Not too shabby: [I Can’t Explain / Dublin](https://youtu.be/q37E9B5r0mk?t=53s) ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-frontman-roger-daltrey-not-allowed-to-sing-two-nights-in-a-row/723087/20 "2015-06-25T11:29:17Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > “The rest of the old guys”? Isn’t it down to him and Pete and whatever hired guns they bring on tour with them? It’s a weird world when Zak Starkey is “one of the old guys.” Zak will be 50 in September. Pete’s brother Simon, who plays with them, will be 55 in October. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-frontman-roger-daltrey-not-allowed-to-sing-two-nights-in-a-row/723087.md?page=2)