THE WHO - DOHERTY HEADING FOR TRAGIC END SAYS DALTREY

THE WHO frontman ROGER DALTREY has sent out a chilling warning to troubled rocker PETE DOHERTY, advising the former LIBERTINE singer he could face the same tragic fate as his late bandmate KEITH MOON.

The MY GENERATION singer, 60, believes the erratic CAN'T STAND ME NOW star, 25, could end up dead if he continues to spiral out-of-control with his intense drugs habit.

Drummer Moon died in 1978 after overdosing on pills prescribed to help his alcoholism.

Of Doherty, Daltrey says, "He's got the X factor, hasn't he? He's magic to watch. You can't learn that.

"What's so disarming about Peter is that he pretends he's in control, or he thinks he is. But if he's up to everything (with drugs) people say he is, he cannot be in control.

"He is a genius. But I've known many people like that and they're all dead."