Summer is when major pop acts tour arenas whether or not they have new albums out. Janet Jackson, whose last album came in 2015, is at the Xfinity Theatre. Roger Daltrey is at Mohegan Sun Arena doing Who classics and material from decades of his underappreciated solo albums.
Sarah McLachlan hasn’t released new material since 2016, though her opening act at Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater, fellow ’90s/’00’s Canadian pop icon Feist, put out an album just last year. On the other hand country stars Brad Paisley (at Mohegan Sun Arena) and Lainey Wilson (at Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater) are hitting Connecticut weeks before their new albums are released. Here are some of the top things to see this week.
While his bandmate Pete Townshend’s theatrical version of “Tommy” has returned to Broadway, The Who’s lead singer Roger Daltrey brings his solo act to Mohegan Sun Arena on June 23 at 7 p.m. Recent set lists find Daltrey doing not just Who classics like “Baba O’Riley” and “Magic Bus” but relatively rarities like “So Sad About Us,” “Squeeze Box” “Going Mobile” as well as Leo Sayer-penned tunes from Daltrey’s first solo album, recent collaborations with Wilko Johnson and even a song from one of Townshend’s solo albums, “Let My Love Open the Door.
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