The inclusion of ‘Be Lucky‘ on their 2014 compilation ‘The Who Hits 50!‘, and frontman Roger Daltrey telling the Mirror around the same time that they were ‘excited’ to be doing a new album, had seemingly cleared a path for The Who‘s twelfth studio release.
However, Daltrey has now told Rolling Stone that Pete Townshend and himself are fair less certain about doing a new album because ‘there’s no record industry anymore’.
“We’ve talked about it, but it’s not going to be easy,” he said. “There’s no record industry anymore. Why would I make a record?”
“I would have to pay to make a record. There’s no royalties so I can’t see that ever happening. There’s no record business. How do you get the money to make the records? I don’t know.”
“I’m certainly not going to pay money to give my music away free. I can’t afford to do that. I’ve got other things I could waste the money on.”
The Who tour UK arenas at the end of the summer, starting in Glasgow on August 29th.