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THE WHO have announced they are in the process of 
 recording their first studio album since 1982, which they 
 will tour early in 2000. 

 Speaking to Reuters, singer Roger Daltrey said: 
 "We're attempting to make a new album. We can't say 
 we're definitely going to make a new album because if it 
 turns out to be rubbish we won't release it."

 Daltery is working with an outside collaborator Gerard 
 McMahon, while guitarist Pete Townshend is working 
 on new songs for the album alone.

  Daltery would not be drawn into any more speculation 
 on the new LP, claiming it was too early predict how the 
 album will sound. He said: "We just don't know what it's 
 going to be like now. Until we get in a studio ... it's very 
 difficult to talk about it because music's not like that. It's 
 whatever happens in a studio on a day."

 Industry sources are claiming that the record may be 
 finished as early as April 2000 with a tour to follow in the 
 summer.

 The band have been pencilled in to play a series of 
 charity shows throughout the United States at the end of 
 October and the start of November. The first show will 
 take place at the Las Vegas music festival on 29 
 October. Following this on 30 and 31 October they are 
 set to play in Mountain View, California, followed by two 
 more shows in Chicago on November 12 and 13.

 The Who's surviving members have been reunited in the 
 past, notably on the 1997 'Quadrophenia' tour, but this 
 is the first time the band will have been reunited and 
 recorded any new material.

  In addition to the new LP, The Who's label MCA have 
 announced they are to release an album of unheard 
 BBC session recordings in time for Christmas. 

 
Regards,

Alan.

UK