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Washington, Sept 27: The Who frontman Roger Daltrey has slammed tabloid reports claiming that he does not get along well with his bandmate Pete Townshend.

The pair have been on the road all summer on their current world tour and Daltrey insists that he will always forgive guitarist Townshend's "foibles", and vice versa. The ‘My Generation’ singer claims that he loves and respects his band mate.

"Well, I feel very close to him. But we don't have to see each other all the time. It's a different closeness, and I really treasure it for that. The Who is the energy that exists between Pete and I, and that energy is increased by doing it separately,” Contactmusic quoted him as saying.

"I don't care when people say we're not getting on - it's not [bleep]ing important. All that matters is what exists onstage and in our music. In that music is what our relationship, is our love. I have such a deep love and respect for him, and that goes though all of it. He forgives all my foibles, and I forgive all his, and underneath all that I love him dearly," he added.

Daltrey and Pete are the only two surviving members of the band's original line-up. (ANI)