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Pete Townshend's stressful tour

May 6, 2007, 11:00 GMT

Pete Townshend finds travelling in tour buses "too stressful". The Who guitarist prefers to charter planes because "normal travel" is too much to cope with before a show.Townshend said: "I prefer to fly to and from shows if I can. I got a taste for this on The Who's first big tour of the USA in 1967. We flew in a battered charter plane. Once or twice it caught fire in flight. Even so, it felt luxurious. "Today I use chartered jets. I know it's profligate, and not eco-friendly, but otherwise I simply couldn't handle the stress of a day of normal travel followed by an intense and gruelling stage performance of over two hours."Townshend revealed The Who did travel in a tour bus once - but drummer Keith Moon made it impossible for the band to relax.He said: "We only once tried using tour buses. With Keith Moon in the gang, there was no sleep." (C) BANG Media International

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