![]() A non-functioning microphone and stand that wouldn’t adjust properly also bewildered him. There was a sense Daltrey left too many details to others he scoffed at parts of the set list, veering off it and introducing the wrong song at one point. ![]() The same held true with the wonderful group vocals on folk-leaning standout “Days of Light.” Launching with “I Can See for Miles,” a cantankerous Daltrey and his regular five-piece band finally hit their stride four songs in, amid “Pictures of Lily,” boosted by harmonies from guitarist and backing vocalist Simon Townshend (Pete’s brother and a longtime touring member of the Who). Of the latter, the singer once remarked: “That was the album I really wanted to make … it got great airplay and sold an awful lot.” So why continually ignore it? The closest came via an acoustic guitar intro on “Who Are You,” introduced as a “blues song that Pete Townshend added synths to and made a masterpiece.”Īdditional selections from primo solo efforts like the McVicar soundtrack and 1992’s Rocks in the Head (we got one each here) or anything off 1985’s stellar Under a Raging Moon would have been preferable. Yet diehard enthusiasts probably would have preferred to see him use this rare opportunity to be more adventurous, possible rework some classic arrangements. Granted, Daltrey surely felt obligated to perform some Who material to satisfy casual fans and the curious. ![]() Fifteen of 19 songs played were Who staples. A major chunk of the set was similar to Daltrey’s 2009 solo stop at the Orpheum Theatre in L.A., though bafflingly, as it was then, most of his own catalog was dismissed. Those who attended definitely did, though the terrace section was barely half-full. “Let’s turn something sad into something positive,” he said, “and have a bloody good time.” event’s tally will be earmarked for another in Irvine.īefore starting the 110-minute Pacific show, Daltrey mentioned TCA and alluded to Manzarek. facility was opened at UCLA Medical Center in 2012, and this O.C. The annual charity benefits at London’s Royal Albert Hall are star-studded affairs, often ending up on television and DVD. Proceeds went to the nonprofit Teen Cancer America, a relatively new offshoot of the Who Cares’ U.K.-based Teen Cancer Trust, which started in 1990 with the goal of providing age-appropriate hospital treatment and support for teenagers and young adults suffering from the disease. It came about after an original booking featuring Ray Manzarek was canceled in light of the Doors keyboardist’s death in May from cancer. The legendary British singer recently finished another Quadrophenia world tour (including a January stop at Honda Center), so this was an unusual one-off gig, and a rarity at that: Daltrey’s Pacific Amphitheatre debut marked his second-ever show at a fair. Unshackled from the constraints of a regular tour by the Who and without an album to spotlight, Roger Daltrey’s Costa Mesa benefit concert Saturday night promised something special.
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