For 24 years, Roger Daltrey, singer for classic British rock band The Who, headed Teenage Cancer Trust’s annual charity shows, weaponizing his star power to assemble some of the greatest musicians in the world to raise money and awareness for the worthy cause.
Known for holding strong and unapologetic opinions, Daltrey is doing the media rounds as he wraps up his quarter of a century on the frontlines combating the terrible disease.
And wouldn’t you know, as he comes to the end of his hugely successful 24-year stewardship, an interview finds him ‘in typically skeptical form’, mincing no words.
Louder reported:
“Daltrey – whose sister died from breast cancer aged just 32 – expresses reservations about the scientific establishment’s approach to finding a cure for the disease.
‘I don’t think they’ll ever find a cure for cancer’, says Daltrey. ‘I don’t think they want to find a cure. I’m being cynical here, but scientists look after the science but they also look after themselves.
You do imagine if they did find a cure tomorrow it would be fabulous for the country, but there’d be an awful lot of scientists out of work. You might think I’m being cynical, but I do think that’.”