Classic Hits

Roger Daltrey kicked off his solo acoustic tour Monday in Glenside, Pennsylvania, treating the audience to a mix of The Who classics, covers and more.

According to setlist.fm, Daltrey opened the show with his Who bandmate Pete Townshend’s solo song, “Let My Love Open The Door.” He then treated the crowd to several Who tunes, including “Who Are You,” “The Kids Are Alright,” “Squeeze Box,” “Baba O’Riley” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” although the latter was missing Daltrey’s signature scream.

“For 50 years at least I have been doing the scream of ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again,’ and I’ve had enough of it,” Roger told the audience, as seen in fan-shot footage posted to YouTube. “It’s brutal, let me tell you. It is a brutal thing to do. I mean, I’ve nearly wrecked my voice so many times.”

He added that he used to go home from Who shows every night with no voice due to that “bloody scream,” adding, “So I’ve retired from the scream, but I’m still gonna play the song.” 

In addition to Who songs, Daltrey played solo tracks like “Waiting For A Friend,” “After the Fire” and “Without Your Love,” as well as covers of Leo Sayer’s “Giving It All Away” and Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Have You Ever Seen The Rain.” 

Daltrey’s tour hits Wolf Trap, Virginia, on Wednesday. A complete list of dates can be found at thewho.com.

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On This Day, June 11, 1988…

Sting, Dire Straits, Eric Clapton and Peter Gabriel were among the artists who performed at a 70th birthday tribute concert for imprisoned anti-apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela at Wembley Stadium in London. 

The concert was broadcast to 67 countries, to an audience of 600 million.

Other artists on the bill included Eurythmics, Joe Cocker, Bryan Adams, Jackson Browne, George Michael, Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder, Tracy Chapman, UB40, Simple Minds, Stevie Van Zandt and more.

Mandela, whose actual birthday was July 18, was released from prison in 1990 and went on to serve as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

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Foreigner and Styx are about to launch their Renegades & JukeBox Heroes Tour 2024 and they’re getting fans pumped with a brand new official tour playlist filled with hits.

The 18-track list, streaming on Spotify, features such classic Foreigner tracks as “Jukebox Hero,” “Cold As Ice,” “Hot Blooded,” “Head Games” and “I Wanna Know What Love Is,” along with Styx hits like “Renegade,” “Too Much Time On My Hands,” “Mr. Roboto,” “Come Sail Away” and “Blue Collar Man (Long Nights).”

The tour’s opener, John Waite, is also represented with “Change” and “Missing You,” as well as “When I See You Smile,” the #1 song from the Waite-fronted band Bad English.

Foreigner and Styx’s Renegades & JukeBox Heroes Tour 2024 launches Tuesday in Grand Rapids, Michigan. A complete list of dates can be found at foreigneronline.com and styxworld.com.

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Sammy Hagar is expanding his annual birthday bash.

The rocker just announced he’ll be celebrating his 77th birthday in two cities this year, Las Vegas and Cabo San Lucas.

“Every year we try to do something a little different with the birthday bash shows to accommodate the tens of thousands of requests,” Sammy shares. “So this year this should help a few thousand more people be a part of the birthday shows and the island at the Palms closing for the winter, it’s a double celebration in Las Vegas.”

Sammy is set to headline the Palms in Vegas on Oct. 4 and 5, before heading down to the Cabo Wabo Cantina in Mexico on Oct. 11 and 13, the latter being Sammy’s actual birthday. All shows will feature Sammy with Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, guitarist Vic Johnson and drummer Kenny Aronoff.

“I hope everyone is happy with this year’s concept. I can’t wait,” Sammy adds. “What a way to close the year out and flip another number 77 wow 0077 sounds like a lucky one to me.”

Tickets for the Vegas shows go on sale June 21, with a fan presale kicking off June 18. Fans interested in going to Cabo need to register in advance, with tickets handed out through a random drawing. 

But before Sammy celebrates 77, he’ll be hitting the road on his The Best Of All Worlds Tours, which kicks off July 13 in West Palm Beach, Florida. A complete list of dates can be found at redrocker.com.

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Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band will celebrate his musical legacy on the road this summer.

The band, which will include Mac McAnally, Scotty Emerick, Will Kimbrough and others, has announced three shows in August, all dubbed Keep The Party Going: A Tribute to Jimmy Buffett.

“Hard to overstate how pleased we are to announce these 3 summer dates!” they shared on social media. 

The shows are set for Aug. 1 in Orange Beach, Alabama, Aug. 2 in Atlanta and Aug. 4 in Cincinnati. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. More information can be found at jimmybuffett.com. 

The new shows follow the all-star Buffett tribute concert, also called Keep the Party Going: A Tribute to Jimmy Buffett, that was held in April at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. It featured performances from Paul McCartney, the Eagles, Sheryl Crow, Zac Brown Band with Dave Grohl and more.

Buffett passed away Sept.1 after a four-year battle with a rare and aggressive form of skin cancer. He was 76.

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Roger Daltrey is about to launch his new solo acoustic tour, and he is really hoping fans don’t start hitting the internet to find out what he’ll be playing.

In an interview with Billboard, The Who frontman would not discuss what he plans to play on the tour in order to keep some of the mystery alive.

“I’m not gonna talk about songs,” Daltrey said. “Too many people reveal songs. There’s no surprises left with concerts these days, ’cause everybody wants to see the setlist. I’m f****** sick of it.”

With websites that reveal nightly set lists, and fans posting clips from shows, Daltrey noted, “The internet’s ruined the live shows for me.”

“Who wants to know what’s coming next?” he added. “People forget about surprises. I can’t stand it.” 

Daltrey’s tour kicks off June 10 in Glenside, Pennsylvania, and runs through June 29 in Highland Park, Illinois. A complete list of dates can be found at thewho.com.

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Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour has added another show to his Luck and Strange tour.

After selling out three nights at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles — Oct. 29, 30 and 31 — Gilmour has added a fourth LA show at the Intuit Dome on Oct. 25.

Presale tickets go on sale Wednesday at 10 a.m. PT, and fans can sign up at davidgilmour.com for early access. Tickets go on sale to the general public starting Friday at 10 a.m. PT.

Gilmour is also set to play five nights at New York’s Madison Square Garden in November, as well as shows in Rome and London. The Los Angeles and New York shows will be his only U.S. dates.

The tour is in support of Gilmour’s new solo album, Luck and Strange, which drops Sept. 6. It is his first album of new material in nine years.

Luck and Strange is available for preorder now.

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Melissa Etheridge is giving fans their first look at her upcoming two-part docuseries Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken.

The series follows five female prisoners in the Topeka Correctional Facility in Kansas, Melissa’s home state. In the new trailer for the show, some of those women open up about their struggles with addiction. Melissa also talks about how addiction touched her own life; her son Beckett died of an overdose in 2020.

All of the woman featured in the series have written letters to Melissa, and the clip shows the rock star talking about her plans to stage a concert for them, where she’ll sing a new original song inspired by those letters.

“The best I can do is to be a light that can hold these people up and says you matter,” says Melissa in the clip. 

Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken will debut July 9 on Paramount+.

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Bon Jovi returned to the stage Saturday, performing a short set at the opening of Jon Bon Jovi’s Nashville Bar, JBJ’s Nashville.

According to setlist.fm, the band kicked off their mini set with the New Jersey track “Blood on Blood,” which was the first time they played the song since 2019. 

The set also included “We Weren’t Born To Follow,” “You Give Love A Bad Name” and “Born to Be My Baby,” along with their latest single, “Legendary,” from their newly released album, FOREVER.

Fan-shot video posted to YouTube shows the band walking out onstage, with Jon telling the crowd, “We’re gonna just play you a couple and then I’m gonna get to drinking.” 

JBJ’s Nashville is located on Nashville’s Lower Broadway, and is the tallest and second-largest bar in the area, boasting five stories and 37,000 square feet, including two rooftop spaces with panoramic views of Music City. 

The show was the first major performance from the band since Jon underwent vocal chord surgery back in 2022. Jon previously took the stage to perform a couple songs at his MusiCares Person of the Year celebration, which took place back in February. He also performed “Legendary” on American Idol back in May.

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We’d venture to guess that Glastonbury organizer Emily Eavis would make a deal with God to have Kate Bush headline.

During an interview with the BBC Sounds podcast Sidetracked, Eavis names the “Running Up That Hill” artist as someone who she’d want to play the famed English festival but has never been booked.

“I’d love to have her,” Eavis says. “I hope one day.”

Bush, of course, very rarely tours — she last played live in 2014, and before that, she hadn’t taken the concert stage since 1991. But her music has seen a resurgence in recent years thanks to the placement of “Running Up That Hill” in the fourth season of Stranger Things. The fervor around the song was so massive that the normally press-shy Bush gave her first interview in years.

“You never know,” Eavis muses. “Like, Elton [John] was a pipe dream, and it happened.”

One might even say that Stranger Things have happened.

Glastonbury 2024 takes place June 26-30. Headliners include Coldplay, Dua Lipa and SZA.

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