Keith Moon unable to attend London Olympics ceremony

Having already secured the services of surviving Who members Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend, London 2012 officials made a special request: Could Keith Moon perform?



Moon has been dead for 34 years. The drummer for the Who died in 1978 after ingesting 32 tablets of clomethiazole, a sedative he had taken for alcohol withdrawal symptoms.

The band's manager, Bill Curbishley, said he had been approached to see if Moon "would be available" to play with the surviving members this summer.



"I emailed back saying Keith now resides in Golders Green crematorium, having lived up to the Who's anthemic line 'I hope I die before I get old'," he said. "If they have a round table, some glasses and candles, we might contact him."