THE WHO singer Roger Daltrey reveals he recently suffered a health scare that led to doctors in the US removing a pre‑cancerous growth from his throat.


The legendary front man says he ­consulted medical experts in 2009 after he began to struggle to hit the notes on stage. It was then that the growth was located on his vocal cord and subsequently removed by Massachusetts-based throat surgeon Steven Zeitels.

“My voice wasn’t performing in a normal way,” says Daltrey. “It was becoming hard work to sing. I just got lucky that ­somebody put me in touch with Steven Zeitels.

“He told me that he didn’t like what he saw. He took off what he could from the problem area on my vocal cord. He said it wasn’t cancer but it was a pre-cancerous growth and you have to keep an eye on it. I see him every time I finish a tour. He swears that he’ll keep me singing into my 80s. That might upset some people but it keeps me happy.”

Although he was well enough to perform with the The Who at last January’s Super Bowl just weeks after the procedure ­Daltrey admits he was deeply affected by his experience.

“I got depressed after ­surgery, during what I call the Big Silence. That’s when I realised what it would be like to not have a voice,” he says.

But he’s turned the experience into a positive, declaring his support for The Institute of Laryngology and Voice Restoration, a group started by Dr Zeitels’ patients. Daltrey, 66, explains: “It will give people who have no voice, not even a voice box, a voice again. And that will be an extraordinary achievement.”



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" THE WHO singer Roger Daltrey reveals he recently suffered a health scare that led to doctors in the US removing a pre‑cancerous growth from his throat.


The legendary front man says he ­consulted medical experts in 2009 after he began to struggle to hit the notes on stage. It was then that the growth was located on his vocal cord and subsequently removed by Massachusetts-based throat surgeon Steven Zeitels.

“My voice wasn’t performing in a normal way,” says Daltrey. “It was becoming hard work to sing. I just got lucky that ­somebody put me in touch with Steven Zeitels.

“He told me that he didn’t like what he saw. He took off what he could from the problem area on my vocal cord. He said it wasn’t cancer but it was a pre-cancerous growth and you have to keep an eye on it. I see him every time I finish a tour. He swears that he’ll keep me singing into my 80s. That might upset some people but it keeps me happy.”

Although he was well enough to perform with the The Who at last January’s Super Bowl just weeks after the procedure ­Daltrey admits he was deeply affected by his experience.  "


This makes Joey scared !!!!!!


That is probably why Pete & Roger decided NOT to tour as THE WHO last year (   .. in addition to Pete's ear problems [ now cured with help from Neil Young ]  )



Joe Sea Scroll !!!!!!!!!

Wishing you good health, Roger.

Joey wrote on Jan 8^th, 2011 at 6:32pm:


It was scary listening to him choke his way thru his set in 2009, finally finishing the opening on the third try toward the end of the set. He should have let Simon sing all the songs.

Joey wrote on Jan 8^th, 2011 at 6:32pm:

Joey,perhaps this explains the NOKIA situation