Roger Daltrey has announced his 10 cities, 12-date tour where he’ll perform The Who’s Tommy backed by an orchestra and guess what there is an Illinois date!
He’ll kick off the tour on June 8th in New York on the site of the Woodstock festival and will wrap it up a month later, July 8th in Ohio, he’ll do two dates in Chicago land at the Ravinia on June 23rd & 25th, tickets go on sale on February 9th. Get the details here.
Talking about the tour, Daltrey says, “I’m really looking forward to singing Tommy, not only with my great backing group, but also some of the finest orchestras in the country.
Here’s the complete tour line up and the backing Orchestras.
- 6/8 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts (w/the Hudson Valley Philharmonic)
- 6/10 +12 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap (Wolf Trap Orchestra)
- 6/15 – Lenox, MA – Tanglewood (Boston Pops Orchestra)
- 6/19 – Philadelphia, PA – Mann Center for the Performing Arts (Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia)
- 6/23+25 – Highland Park, IL – Ravinia (Ravinia Festival Orchestra)
- 6/27 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater (Nashville Symphony Orchestra)
- 6/30 – Canandaigua, NY – CMAC – (Orchestra TBD)
- 7/2 – Kettering, OH – Fraze Pavilion (Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra)
- 7/5 – Rochester Hills, MI – Meadowbrook Amphitheatre (Detroit Symphony Orchestra)
- 7/8 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center (Cleveland Orchestra)
~Anna Kinkade
