The Who Confirm Plans To Quit Touring Following 50th Anniversary

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All good things must come to an end, I guess, but that doesn’t mean saying goodbye ever gets any easier.

Confirming what had been rumored for weeks, The Who have revealed that they plan to stop touring after a final series of live shows in 2015 to mark their 50th anniversary.

Speaking with The Evening Standard, guitarist Pete Townshend revealed the band’s plans by sharing a desire to visit the few places they’ve only traveled on rare occasions.

“For the 50th anniversary we’ll tour the world. It’ll be the last big one for us. There are still plenty of places we’ve not played. It would be good to go to eastern Europe and places that haven’t heard us play all the old hits,” Townshend said.

The Who spent this past summer touring arenas and performing their double album Quadrophenia in full. They have no current plans to tour again this year, but it is expected that they will tour arenas again in summer 2014. We’ll update you as more information becomes available.