Love reigns over The Who's first of two farewell shows in Toronto

“Hope I die before I get old!” goes the famous pointed lyric in The Who’s anthemic song My Generation.

Well it turns, out the legendary British rock band’s lead guitarist Pete Townshend, 80, and lead singer Roger Daltrey, 81, are still very much alive and touring as octogenarians on The Who’s The Song Is Over; North American Farewell Tour which arrived at Budweiser Stage on Tuesday night for the first of two shows.

And yes, the group appear to mean it this time after having successive goodbye treks since the early ‘80s.

“We retired that song when we turned 25 because we thought we were too old,” joked Townshend of My Generation, which came about midway through their set.

After a rough technical start due to Daltrey’s non-functioning ear pieces — “Well, this is terribly embarrassing,” j