The Who Adds San Diego Stop To 'Moving On!' 2019 Tour

SAN DIEGO, CA – Brace yourselves — The Who is coming. The band led by Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey will kick off its tour in May in Michigan and will finish in Edmonton, Alberta -- with an Oct. 16 stop at the Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl, San Diego State University.

In addition to San Diego, the classic rock band will play more than a dozen shows and hit such major U.S. cities as Buffalo, Nashville, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Pittsburgh, St. Paul, Boston, Atlanta, Ft. Lauderdale, Tampa, Houston, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles and Seattle.

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The rock stars will be accompanied by a local orchestra on each night of their tour, Rolling Stone reported. But don't expect that to dampen the show.

"Be aware, Who fans!" Daltrey, who turns 75 in March, said in a statement. "Just because it's The Who with an orchestra, in no way will it compromise the way Pete and I deliver our music. This will be full throttle Who with horns and bells on."

Despite the title, the band is not calling "Moving On!" a farewell tour. But Daltrey has said the tour could be their last.

"I'm just being realistic about going through the 75th year of my life," he told Rolling Stone. "I have to be realistic that this is the age I am, and voices start to go after a while. I don't want to be not as good as I was two years ago."

Fans can expect to hear at least some of the band's many classics, such as "Baba O' Riley," "Pinball Wizard," "My Generation," "Behind Blue Eyes" and "Won't Get Fooled Again."

Townshend and Daltrey are the only remaining full-time members of The Who. Drummer Keith Moon died in 1978, and he was replaced by Kenney Jones. Jones left the band in 1988. Then in 2002, bassist John Entwistle died. According to The Guardian, the current touring band includes Ringo Starr's son Zak Starkey, as well as Pete Townshend's younger brother Simon.

The Who also plans to release a new studio album this year, its first since "Endless Wire" in 2006.

Townshend, the band's 73-year-old lead guitarist, said in a statement that listeners will be treated to "dark ballads, heavy rock stuff, experimental electronica, sampled stuff and Who-ish tunes that began with a guitar that goes yanga-dang."

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--Dan Hampton, Patch, contributed to this post/Photo credit: NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 12: Roger Daltrey (L) and Pete Townshend of The Who perform at '12-12-12' a concert benefiting The Robin Hood Relief Fund to aid the victims of Hurricane Sandy presented by Clear Channel Media & Entertainment, The Madison Square Garden Company and The Weinstein Company at Madison Square Garden on December 12, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Clear Channel)