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Daltry asks Noel and Kelly to take over charity gigs
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 30 March 2009
According to Kelly Jones, Roger Daltrey has suggested that both he and Noel Gallagher might consider one day taking over the organisation of the Teenage Cancer Trust Charity gigs, one of which Stereophonics headlined last week.
The Who frontman, who launched the annual series of events back in 2000 and which he plans to expand to other countries, has previously admitted that it’s getting tiring persuading big bands to take part, telling 6Music: “I would love to find someone from a younger generation to take over from me. It does take an awful lot of energy. I call it my ‘yearly breakdown'”.
While talking about his involvement in last week’s fundraising gigs, Jones revealed: “He’s asked me and Noel a couple of times to our faces. If you’re in a band and you can help people who are worse off, it’s not really much to ask for. It’s a big job and we’re like, ‘Come on Roger, you’d do it a lot better than us’, and he carries on doing it”.
Asked whether he would really consider taking it on at some point, he continued: “It depends how much time it involves. I think it’s an important thing for somebody to do. I’ve never really given it as much thought as answering it with a serious tone. We’ll see. You see what happens in life”.
Jones adds that it’s a difficult job for Daltrey, saying: “I think he does get a bit embarrassed – that might not be the right word – but I think he does know that he’s pestering people all the time to do it, but good on him. I think somebody does need to pester people to do stuff like this, and if he’s the one doing it then good on him”.
