The Who may reach a whole new ?g-g-generation? of music fans with the upcoming release of their first studio album in 24 years.

The band will support their first studio album since 1982’s ?It’s Hard? with a worldwide tour this year and next year, reports Billboard.

Guitarist Pete Townshend and singer Roger Daltrey are the two surviving members of the original group. Drummer Keith Moon died of a drug overdose in 1978 and bassist John Entwistle suffered a fatal heart attack in 2002.

Zac Starkey ? son of Beatle Ringo Starr ? will be on drums when the band plays a number of European music festivals in June and July. The Who will then tour North America in the fall and take on the rest of the world in 2007.

Singer/songwriter Rachel Fuller, who is Townshend’s girlfriend, will open all of the shows with her ?In the Attic? project.

The band anticipates an early summer release date for the new album. “I know I’ve cried wolf a few times, but this time I have committed because I have about enough music for a new CD, and I’m still producing,” wrote Townshend on his website.






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