News | Entertainment
31 Dec 2025 5:23
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Roger Daltrey has warned against the dangers of listening to “loud” music

    The Who frontman has urged younger people to lower the volume because it’s unnecessary and admitted he and his bandmate, Pete Townshend, are paying the price now for not following the advice decades ago


    He said: “Young people should stop listening to such loud music. They don’t need to. If your ears are ringing, you’ll pay.

    “Pete and I both have to wear hearing aids and it’s no fun taking them out; without them, life’s a mumble.”

    While he doesn’t want people to listen to loud music, Roger does wish they would sing more.

    He said: “We always had music in the house. It felt like every house had a piano and someone who could knock out a song. People would sing everywhere: inside pubs and outside, and on building sites. We have lost that now. I miss it.”

    The group were arrested in Montreal in 1973 for trashing a hotel room but Roger insisted he wasn’t involved.

    He told the Times magazine: “In the early days there were lots of parties, booze and relationships. We had no money, so we were sharing rooms and it was chaos.

    “When we got arrested [in 1973 in Montreal, for wrecking a room], I’d been ordered to go to bed by the doctor, so I didn’t do the smashing up. Some of those rooms did need a bit of redecorating.”

    But the ‘Pinball Wizard’ singer did have a temper and only addressed his anger issues when he was forced to by the rest of the group.

    He said: “I often hit out at people because I came from a rough neighbourhood. And that’s what boys did. You fought. I only learnt to control my temper when the band threw me out – so I had to.”

    © 2025 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

     Other Entertainment News
     30 Dec: Sadie Sink's modelling work has been a dream come true
     30 Dec: Venus Williams wore a dozen dresses for her wedding celebrations
     30 Dec: Jason Kelce has hinted at appearing topless at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding
     30 Dec: Venus Williams "knew" she would marry Andrea Preti after they dated in London
     30 Dec: Amy Poehler is "too scared" to invite Martha Stewart on her podcast
     30 Dec: Boy George believes "Christmas is about" over-indulgence
     30 Dec: Susan Boyle has been gifted a jacket by Timothee Chalamet
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    Nick Kyrgios has blitzed Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 across what has been coined their battle-of-the-sexes tennis match in Dubai More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    It's back to business for a refreshed Auckland FC side, following a prolonged break in the A-League More...



     Today's News

    Basketball:
    To US basketball, with another bumper holiday fixture list ... and a potential injury scare for one of the NBA's leading players .. 21:57

    Living & Travel:
    MH370 vanished in 2014. A new search aims to find answers families desperately want 21:47

    Entertainment:
    Sadie Sink's modelling work has been a dream come true 21:38

    Soccer:
    Despite slumping to their biggest loss of the A-League season, the Wellington Phoenix men's coach insists they can still turn around their fortunes 21:17

    Entertainment:
    Venus Williams wore a dozen dresses for her wedding celebrations 21:08

    Entertainment:
    Jason Kelce has hinted at appearing topless at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding 20:38

    Entertainment:
    Venus Williams "knew" she would marry Andrea Preti after they dated in London 20:08

    Motoring:
    A person's been confirmed dead - after a car plunged off a bank on a notorious stretch of State Highway 2, at Tangoio, north of Eskdale and Napier, just before midday 19:47

    Entertainment:
    Amy Poehler is "too scared" to invite Martha Stewart on her podcast 19:38

    Entertainment:
    Boy George believes "Christmas is about" over-indulgence 19:08


     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2025 New Zealand City Ltd