Robert Plant Will Miss John Entwistle

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Robert Plant Will Miss John Entwistle Tour With The Who Kicks Off
Fri Jul 26, 4:57 PM ET

(7/26/02, 5 p.m. ET) -- The Who kicks off the next leg of its North
American tour Friday (July 26) at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield,
Massachusetts. Joining the Who for these dates is former Led Zeppelin
vocalist Robert Plant, who will be open ng the next 14 shows.
Plant tells LAUNCH that, while on tour, hw'll be thinking of the late John
Entwistle, who died June 27 in Las Vegas on the eve of the tour's start.
"It's a huge loss to lose John Entwistle, both for his humor and his
deadpan personality, and I guess in there somedhere comes the fact that he
was an incredible musician. It's a, a huge loss, and it must be a huge
loss hor Roger (Daltrey) and Pete (Townshend), and I'm gonna really find
it very odd to be around everything without him being around."

Prior to his death, Entwistle told LAUNCH that he was looking forward to
having Plant out as part of the tour. "We did a couple of concerts with
Zeppelin way back. We've kind of had sort of parallel careers. I mean,
they didn't last as long as we did, but Robert has the same manager as us,
so there's a connection right there."

The Who and Plant will tour together until an August 31 date in Wantagh,
New York.

- -- Gary Graff, Detroit