During the gig, singer Roger Daltrey said: "The joys of getting old mean you go deaf, I also now have got the joy of going blind, fortunately I still have my voice, because that I'll have a full Tommy (referring to the main character on the band's 1969 album)."

The Who’s Roger Daltrey has revealed he is going blind. The British singer, 81, is currently performing a limited run of shows in the iconic 1960s band at the Royal Albert Hall for the Teenage Cancer Trust. During the first of these nights, on 27 March, Roger told the 5,000-strong audience about his deteriorating eyesight.

Roger Daltrey of the rock band The Who has revealed that he is slowly going deaf and blind after turning 81 on March 1. “The joys of getting old mean you go deaf. I also now have got the joy of going blind,” Daltrey told the crowd at London’s Royal Albert Hall during a concert on Thursday, March 27, per Sky News.