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Forget the young pretenders, check out the line up of rock megastars taking the stage at this year’s Coachella festival in the Californian desert.
Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Roger Walters and the Rolling Stones are all confirmed for the staggering line-up which is being regarded as a spectacular celebration of the "end of an era." And if you thought that this list couldn’t get any better, they've just added their (and every) generation's icon, Roger Daltrey.
The Who frontman has spoken of his excitement at the thought of so many old friends gathered together.
"It’s a brilliant idea,” he said. “It’s the closing of an era and the handing of a baton to a new generation.”
Not that their era is over yet, by any means. Despite the health problems that postponed a recent The Who tour, Daltrey is not planning on retiring any time soon and highlighted the fact that the band are busier than ever.
“It’s the working-class ethic” he said. “You’re going out there and you’re doing a job.
"One day I might not be able to deliver it in the way I’d like to, the voice might suffer, but for the time being I’m carrying on because my voice seems to be better than ever, mainly because I can hear myself for the first time in 50 years."
The Who have been an essential part of creating the festival culture that is so dominant today. They've done it all, from performing at Woodstock at five in the morning to being the opening act for Jimi Hendrix in Monterey where they broke their instruments and released smoke bombs.
It never ceases to amaze Daltrey how far the band have come.
“When we started, we were four guys with two amplifiers, a PA and a drummer. Everything went into the back of a truck and we just showed up," he said.
"It was easy. Now it’s six trucks, loads of roadies, everyone expects huge video screens. It’s all a bit of a palaver.”
The Who are presently working their way through a 50th anniversary world tour which will also stop by the Isle of Wight Festival in the UK on June 11. The band were forced to take a dramatic break when Daltrey contarcted viral meningitis during the US leg of the tour last September.
Despite his health blip, the 72-year-old rock singer isn’t showing any sign of stopping, however.
“I’m doing alright.” he said.
"I don’t think I’m 100% but I’m singing better than I’ve ever sung in my life, so that’s a good result."
Coachella will take place from 7-9 October this year at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, California.
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