>The Who join together for corporate event >October 14, 1999 6:37 PM EDT > > By Dean Goodman > > LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Who will perform for the first time in more >than two years when they appear at a corporate event in Las Vegas later this >month, organizers said. > > The veteran rock trio will headline an Oct. 29 festival being put on at the >MGM Grand Hotel and Casino by Internet company Pixelon Corp. > > The following two nights they will be in Mountain View, Calif., doing >acoustic sets at Neil Young's annual Bridge charity concert. The Who are >also scheduled to play charity shows at Chicago's House of Blues on Nov. 12 >and 13. > > The Who -- singer Roger Daltrey, guitarist Pete Townshend and bassist John >Entwistle -- last performed in Florida on Aug. 16, 1997, the final date of a >''Quadrophenia'' reunion tour. > > Daltrey told Reuters in a phone interview Thursday that the band would be >on stage in Las Vegas for about an hour. The threesome will be rounded out >by drummer Zak Starkey, son of former Beatle Ringo Starr, and veteran tour >keyboardist John ''Rabbit'' Bundrick. > > He declined to say how much the Who were being paid by Pixelon, but said >the income would help offset costs incurred by the Mountain View and Chicago >shows. > > ''We're such tarts, we're very expensive tarts,'' Daltrey said. ''Even Bill >Gates couldn't afford us.'' > > San Juan Capistrano, Calif.-based Pixelon delivers audio and video content >over the Internet. Daltrey said he's not a big Web aficionado. ''I'm >completely not interested. I haven't got time for it in my life. Does that >sound ridiculous?'' > > Besides the Who, Pixelon's ''iBash '99'' will feature other acts, which >will be announced over the coming weeks. According to Daltrey, performers >include Kiss, Tony Bennett and the Dixie Chicks, although organizers said >they had not been confirmed. > > Tickets will go on sale shortly, a statement from Pixelon said. The event >will be broadcast live on the Internet for free at http://www.pixelon.com. > > Reuters/Variety >� Reuters Ltd. All rights reserved. >
