Roger Daltrey: ‘Musicians are being robbed blind by streaming and record companies’

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Roger Daltrey: ‘Musicians are being robbed blind by streaming and record companies’
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The lead singer of The Who talks to Mark Beaumont about his new solo tour, seeing Keith Moon in Liam Gallagher, politics, Partygate, and why smashing up guitars broke his heart

Far from an ego fest, Daltrey sees the tour as an extension of his philanthropic work. He initially organised it in order to give work to a band and crew after two lean pandemic years. “Musicians have had a real rough two years, really rough,” he explains. “Most of them are self-employed, they got no furlough, no anything. It’s been brutal on them. So if I can go out there and employ 10 musicians [and] 10 road crew for a month, I’m gonna do it.

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