The Who will start the next leg of their Who Hits 50! tour over a week late due to an unspecified illness being suffered by frontman Roger Daltrey.
Daltrey and Pete Townshend had been due start another round of North American dates in San Diego on September 14th, but the launch has now been put back to September 24th and a gig in Portland, Oregon as Daltrey battles what is only being described as a ‘virus’.
“First, the bad news: Poor Roger Daltrey (my brother) has been unwell lately,” Simon Townshend has written on his website. “Subsequently the first 4 shows of the 2nd leg of ‘The Who Hits 50′ tour have been postponed. An announcement will be made shortly as to when they will be rescheduled.”
Other shows affected are in Anaheim, California, Las Vegas and Los Angeles, while a scheduled performance at the iHeartRadio festival on September 18th will also no longer take place.