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Reply #750 - Jan 31st, 2014 at 3:43pm
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" Roger Daltrey says he will reunite with Pete Townshend this year to make a new Who album. "


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' Wire & Glass ' was the best WHO album since Quadro ( BLOWS DOORS !!!!!  ) .

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I prefer a "new Who album" than nothing at all.

Come on Stones, give us something.





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hit based?

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They Both Sound GREAT !!!!!!!!!!

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" I was fortunate to be at the press conference on Monday afternoon at Ronnie Scott’s when The Who Hits 50! British & Irish Tour dates were announced. This was followed by a fifteen-minute acoustic set by Pete and Roger. They sang four numbers, ‘Substitute’, ‘The Kids Are Alright’, ‘Bargain’ and ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’. This was then followed by about 30 minutes of Q&A in which Roger said that this tour would be the beginning of ‘the long goodbye’. Pete said that he’d sent Roger three demos recently which Roger likes and which they hope will lead on to a new studio album. There was much funny banter back and forth between the two of them – in fact they could go on the road as a comic double act and still do very well. After a chat with Pete and a quick hello with Roger I sat with my chum Chris Charlesworth to watch the proceedings and shoot photos. Like the true old-school journalist that he is, Chris had posted his review of the day on his excellent blog while I was still on the train home! Here’s what he said. . .  "

Read more at http://thewho.com/blog/story/last-chance-for-ticket-presales-video-from-the-who-...
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Already sorted. Got 8th row on the floor in the Who fan club presale on Tuesday. (had 7th row for the Quadrophenia show last year). Delighted.

The Who have become the equivalent of a (Magic) Bus as far as this city is concerned. You wait 47 years for one, and then two come along just after each other.
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http://www.pollstar.com/news_article.aspx?ID=814293

" The Who’s celebration of five decades of rocking continues with today’s announcement of 2015 North American dates for “The Who Hits 50! Tour.” The band has booked more than 40 dates divided up into spring and fall legs.

Following a run of U.K. gigs in November, the U.S./Canadian trek launches in April in Tampa, Fla. The Who is sharing the love with the East and West coast as well as a handful of gigs in the provinces.

Pete Townshend has described the setlist for the tour as “all the hits, picks, mixes and misses.”

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To coincide with the big 5-0 milestone, the group is releasing The Who Hits 50! on Oct. 27 via Geffen/Universal Enterprises (UMe). The collection of tunes is made up of a selection of  The Who’s greatest tracks, from their first recordings as The High Numbers to the brand new song “Be Lucky.”

Here’s the plan for the North American portion of the golden anniversary trek, which Daltrey has called “the beginning of the long goodbye.”

April 15 – Tampa, Fla., Amalie Arena          
April 17 – Miami, Fla., AmericanAirlines Arena      
April 19 – Jacksonville, Fla., Jacksonville Veterans Mem. Arena    
April 21 – Raleigh, N.C., PNC Arena          
April 23 – Duluth, Ga., The Arena At Gwinnett Center
April 27 – Austin, Texas, Frank Erwin Center         
April 29 – Houston, Texas, Toyota Center   
May 2 – Dallas, Texas, American Airlines Center    
May 5 – Kansas City, Mo., Sprint Center    
May 7 – St. Louis, Mo., Scottrade Center    
May 9 – Louisville, Ky., KFC Yum! Center
May 11 – Nashville, Tenn., Bridgestone Arena         
May 13 – Rosemont, Ill., Allstate Arena      
May 15 – Columbus, Ohio, Nationwide Arena
May 17 – Philadelphia, Pa., Wells Fargo Center      
May 20 – Uniondale, N.Y., Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum   
May 22 – Atlantic City, N.J., Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall            
May 24 – Uncasville, Conn., Mohegan Sun Arena   
May 26 – Brooklyn, N.Y., Barclays Center 
May 30 – Queens, N.Y., Forest Hills Stadium         
Sept. 14 – San Diego, Calif., Valley View Casino Center   
Sept. 16 – Anaheim, Calif., Honda Center   
Sept. 19 – Las Vegas, Nev., The Colosseum At Caesars Palace
Sept. 21 – Los Angeles, Calif., Staples Center         
Sept. 23 – Oakland, Calif., Oracle Arena      
Sept. 25 – Portland, Ore., Moda Center       
Sept. 27 – Seattle, Wash., KeyArena At Seattle Center
Sept. 29 – Vancouver, British Columbia, Rogers Arena
Oct. 1 – Calgary, Alberta, Scotiabank Saddledome 
Oct. 3 – Edmonton, Alberta, Rexall Place   
Oct. 6 – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, SaskTel Sports Centre 
Oct. 8 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, MTS Centre   
Oct. 10 – Minneapolis, Minn., Target Center            
Oct. 13 – Milwaukee, Wis., BMO Harris Bradley Center    
Oct. 15 – Chicago, Ill., United Center         
Oct. 17 – Detroit, Mich., Joe Louis Arena
Oct. 19 – Toronto, Ontario, Air Canada Centre       
Oct. 21 – Toronto, Ontario, Air Canada Centre       
Oct. 23 – Pittsburgh, Pa., Consol Energy Center    
Oct. 25 – Newark, N.J., Prudential Center   
Oct. 27 – New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden Arena
Oct. 29 – Boston, Mass., TD Garden          
Nov. 1 – Washington, D.C., Verizon Center
Nov. 4 – Philadelphia, Pa., Wells Fargo Center

A presale for fan club members launches Saturday, Oct. 11 at 10 a.m. local time. Citi is holding a presale via its Private Pass Program beginning Oct. 13 at 10 a.m. local time. The general public onsale is scheduled Oct. 17 at 10 a.m. local time.

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Reply #758 - Oct 22nd, 2014 at 7:13am
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Fucking Belfast and Dublin shows rescheduled to June 21 & 23 for 'logistical reasons'.

Logistical, my arse.

Interesting that those new dates are a couple of days before Glastonbury.

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Joey wrote on Oct 10th, 2014 at 2:15pm:
http://www.pollstar.com/news_article.aspx?ID=814293

" The Who’s celebration of five decades of rocking continues with today’s announcement of 2015 North American dates for “The Who Hits 50! Tour.” The band has booked more than 40 dates divided up into spring and fall legs.

Following a run of U.K. gigs in November, the U.S./Canadian trek launches in April in Tampa, Fla. The Who is sharing the love with the East and West coast as well as a handful of gigs in the provinces.

Pete Townshend has described the setlist for the tour as “all the hits, picks, mixes and misses.”

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To coincide with the big 5-0 milestone, the group is releasing The Who Hits 50! on Oct. 27 via Geffen/Universal Enterprises (UMe). The collection of tunes is made up of a selection of  The Who’s greatest tracks, from their first recordings as The High Numbers to the brand new song “Be Lucky.”

Here’s the plan for the North American portion of the golden anniversary trek, which Daltrey has called “the beginning of the long goodbye.”

    


Nov. 4 – Philadelphia, Pa., Wells Fargo Center

A presale for fan club members launches Saturday, Oct. 11 at 10 a.m. local time. Citi is holding a presale via its Private Pass Program beginning Oct. 13 at 10 a.m. local time. The general public onsale is scheduled Oct. 17 at 10 a.m. local time.



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" One of the greatest live bands of all time, THE WHO will take to the Great Oak Stage in London’s iconic Hyde Park on Friday June 26, 2015 with very special guests PAUL WELLER, KAISER CHIEFS AND JOHNNY MARR and others to be announced. The all-day bill will feature many more brilliant acts who owe an artistic debt to one of the most influential of all British bands.

The Who Fan Club have access to presale tickets starting Monday, November 17 at 9am (GMT)and tickets go on sale to the general public starting Thursday, November 20 at 9am (GMT)thru Ticketmaster.co.uk.

The band, who recently released a career-spanning set and were the subject of a rapturous sold out tribute show at Shepherds Bush Empire, are about to undertake the ten date THE WHO HITS 50! UK tour including two shows at the London O2 Arena.  During these shows  the band will take their audience on an ‘Amazing Journey’ through their entire career from the days of THE HIGH NUMBERS to classic albums such as WHO’S NEXT, TOMMY, QUADROPHENIA, MY GENERATION, LIVE AT LEEDS up to the present day.

Hyde Park will be the final UK show of the THE WHO HITS 50! tour which ROGER DALTREY described as “This is the beginning of the long goodbye.”

Friday June 26, 2015 will see THE WHO play Hyde Park for the fourth and possibly final time (three times as headliners and once as part of Live 8) they join Taylor Swift, performing on Saturday June 27, as part of an incredible array of talent who will make Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park the greatest music experience of the summer.

THE WHO’s very special guests include PAUL WELLER, widely considered to be one of the UK’s greatest song writers, has just released his second best of compilation More Modern Classics with a new album due in 2015. Weller has had a lifelong relationship with The Who, citing them as an early influence, covering their songs whilst in The Jam and playing with both Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey at Teenage Cancer Trust shows.
KAISER CHIEFS will also be playing on June 26, the band are riding high off the back of their Education, Education, Education And War album which has been widely hailed as a return to form. The band have a long history with The Who from playing early Teenage Cancer Trust Shows, covering ‘Pinball Wizard’ at the 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony and singer Ricky Wilson performing at The Who Hits 50! tribute show at Shepherds Bush Empire.

JOHNNY MARR who has just released his second solo album Playland will be making his Hyde Park debut. The legendary guitarist also has history with The Who, in the early days of Oasis (specifically in the ‘Live Forever’ video) Noel Gallagher used to play a 1960’s Gibson Les Paul Custom guitar lent to him by Johnny who in turn had originally bought it from The Who’s Pete Townshend.

Jim King, Senior Vice President Live Events,said: “The Who are THE consummate live band and we are extremely excited to bring them back to Hyde Park. In addition to Paul Weller, there will be a great bill of artists who have been influenced by The Who over the years and we look forward to what will be a full day of fantastic music.”

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Perhaps this Who Tour will feature a Lil'  " Two -Song   --  Pete Set "   ( ' Rough Boys ?!  '   .........   ' Going Mobile ?!  '    ............  '  Let my Love Open The Door ?!  '    ................   '  Eminence Front   '    ?!     ........... etc   )
featuring Pete on lead vocals for a couple of numbers in order to preserve Roger's vocals.   The band is playing a lot of gigs next year .


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The Who AND Paul Weller...that would be amazing!!
Weller and his band do an amazing version of Magic Bus...
Perhaps a live collaboration will be in the works!!
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Fucking Belfast and Dublin shows rescheduled to June 21 & 23 for 'logistical reasons'.



Logistical, my arse.

Interesting that those new dates are a couple of days before Glastonbury.

Hmm..


Hmm....right around the time I might be over there...
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Fucking Belfast and Dublin shows rescheduled to June 21 & 23 for 'logistical reasons'.

Logistical, my arse.  Hmm..


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Gazza wrote on Oct 22nd, 2014 at 7:13am:
Fucking Belfast and Dublin shows rescheduled to June 21 & 23 for 'logistical reasons'.



Logistical, my arse.

Interesting that those new dates are a couple of days before Glastonbury.

Hmm..


Hmm....right around the time I might be over there...



get yourself a ticket.

I figured that the timing of the rescheduled shows might see them used as a warm up for a major festival date, but Hyde Park is a better alternative than Glastonbury. Good line up too.
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BTW   .... Great Call Gazza  ............... you knew right away that The Who might very well end up playing Glastonbury and / or Hyde Park in 2015 .

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The Who: Q&A with frontman Roger Daltrey
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November 19, 2014 Updated: November 20, 2014 12:13 PM

    

The Who’s legendary frontman Roger Daltrey talks about performing in Abu Dhabi, the delicate relationship with guitarist Pete Townshend and his most memorable live experience.

Isn’t it amazing that 50 years into your career, you can still find things to do for the first time, such as making your Middle East debut in Abu Dhabi on Sunday at the Formula One After-Race Concert?

It is absolutely wonderful. We do have a certain amount of regrets and there are some places that we should have toured a long time ago. The reason was that Pete [the guitarist Pete Townshend] was never keen on touring. But now that the sands of time are ticking, he is more keen to tour than ever.

We are looking at new territories to play. For example, The Who have never been to South America or China. We went to Australia in 1967 and we came back in 2005. We never went to Japan until 2007. I mean, it’s crazy that we didn’t see more of these places. And here we are now coming to Abu Dhabi and we are looking forward to it.

Your last world tour had you performing the classic 1973 album Quadrophenia in full. How does it feel to hit the road again with 50 years’ worth of songs to choose from?

It is quite different. The Quadrophenia tour was very musical and theatrical. This tour is much more fun and everyone will have a good time. Sure, there is nostalgia in there but most musical events are about nostalgia. People see bands that only came out five years ago and they still want to hear the hit that got them started. There is nothing wrong with having good memories. This show is more free, fun and we can have a joke and chat to the audience. With the Quadrophenia tour, we didn’t speak to the audience at all for an hour and a half.

Speaking of memories, I read that you have detailed recollections of nearly every concert The Who performed.

That’s really strange. If anyone can give me a name of a show I can immediately recollect it. I think it is down to it being the one part of my life that I have been totally focused on. The other moments, between shows, I just can’t remember. I mean they are totally missing from my memory and that is kind of worrying.

That raises the question, what has been your most memorable moment on stage?

There was one night where I was doing a show in South Carolina. I wasn’t feeling very well, I had a burning fever and that night was very humid. We were doing a three-hour show. There was a point where I was going to totally collapse and I just felt someone holding me up. I didn’t know what it was or who it was, it just felt like there was someone standing beside me. I looked around to thank the person and there was nobody there. Then, later in the show when I came around a bit and I had some fluids, I remember looking down at the floor and I saw this giant praying mantis looking at me. I will never forget that night – someone held me up that wasn’t there, and a praying mantis enjoying a Who show.

When The Who have long breaks you are always working on other projects, whether it is music, film or theatre. Where does your work ethic come from?

When you come from a poor background and you want something so bad, it is very hard to hold people back from their dreams. For me, it goes back to before the band. I was a bright kid but I was never comfortable at school. I went to this academic school and I was eventually kicked out, and as I was leaving, I remember the headmaster looking at me and said: “You will never make anything of your life” – and I turned around and said: “Oh, yeah, I will show you.” Looking back, I really have to thank him for that. I always had a good work ethic. But I don’t know what drove me to do what I did. I don’t know what drove Pete to write those songs or what made the chemistry the four of us in the band had to make the music we made. It seems to me there is a bigger hand at work and I think it is more than a coincidence.

Does everything with The Who rest on your relationship with Pete Townshend?

There is definitely a balance. Pete is a head man and I am heart man. I am a glass-half-full person. I am always positive about moving on and letting go. Pete has a lot of turbulent and emotional things going on within and he manages to put them to paper and write those songs. I have to then take what Pete is thinking in his head and transmit that to people’s hearts. That is the symbiosis that we are lucky to have found.

Listening to those vintage rock bands from the 1960s and 1970s, I always found The Who’s music to be the most emotionally resonant of the lot. Would you agree with that?

A friend said this profound thing about The Who recently. He said all the bands from that era are great. I agree with him because for me The Rolling Stones are the best rock ’n’ roll band out there. The difference, my friend said, between The Who and all these other great bands out there is that they play at you and The Who play to you. There is a lot of sense in that, because it comes down to the words. Pete has a way of capturing the words and feelings that most of us couldn’t express.

Finally, Abu Dhabi is the first show of what might be your last tour. Are there still nerves on opening night?

Not really. I wouldn’t say it was nerves. The best way to put it is that it is like a trip to the dentist. You go to enjoy the gas.

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" There is definitely a balance. Pete is a head man and I am heart man. I am a glass-half-full person. I am always positive about moving on and letting go. Pete has a lot of turbulent and emotional things going on within and he manages to put them to paper and write those songs. I have to then take what Pete is thinking in his head and transmit that to people’s hearts. That is the symbiosis that we are lucky to have found.

Listening to those vintage rock bands from the 1960s and 1970s, I always found The Who’s music to be the most emotionally resonant of the lot. Would you agree with that?

A friend said this profound thing about The Who recently. He said all the bands from that era are great. I agree with him because for me The Rolling Stones are the best rock ’n’ roll band out there. The difference, my friend said, between The Who and all these other great bands out there is that they play at you and The Who play to you. There is a lot of sense in that, because it comes down to the words. Pete has a way of capturing the words and feelings that most of us couldn’t express.   "


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F1 Abu Dhabi: Pete Townshend on guitars, getting old, and Daltry
What’s On has a Pete Townshend interview ahead of The Who live at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after-race concerts, du Arena, Yas Island.



Hendrix, Page, Clapton, Richards. No, not a firm of lawyers, but some of the most talented men to ever pick up a guitar. Another name that belongs in that list is Pete Townshend of The Who. The iconic British band, who had huge success around the world in the 1960s and 1970s, close the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend with Townshend and his explosive guitar driving the show.

One of the most dynamic – and sometimes terrifying – bands to ever take the stage, Townshend, along with singer Roger Daltrey, drummer Keith Moon and bassist John Entwistle, played Woodstock 45 years ago, smashed up hotel rooms, and provided the soundtrack to an entire movement: the Mods, with hits such as My Generation, Who Are You and Won’t Get Fooled Again.

Townshend and Daltrey are the only two living members of The Who and begin their latest tour in Abu Dhabi. They’re no strangers to big gigs: they played the Super Bowl in 2010, closed the London Olympics in 2012, and rocked the 2009 Melbourne Grand Prix.

The relationship between Townshend and Daltrey is one of the most notorious in rock history with frequent, well-documented fights – often physical. But today, with Roger aged 70 and Pete 69, Townshend says there is a new respect and affection between the men, 50 years after The Who released their first record. We spoke to Townshend ahead of the Abu Dhabi gig and began by asking him about his trademark move: the windmill.



So, Pete, the windmill. For those who haven’t seen it, describe how it works.

You take a guitar pick and slice it across the strings at what must be about 50mph and it goes schweeeuugghhh! It’s not just a gimmick; I do it because it’s a noise you can’t get any other way. Nobody else gets it right. It is very difficult to do it without cutting your hand to shreds. And, of course, I have cut my hand to shreds a few times while doing it.

You’ve been playing the guitar a long time – do you still enjoy it?

Oh yeah, I still love it. I’m not a Jimmy Page, or a Jimi Hendrix, I’m not a great shredder like Slash. I’m not an eloquent player, but I like to get sounds out of the guitar that it doesn’t want to make. I like to take a position, look the audience in the eye and let my fingers do the walking – I know something magical will happen. The guitar is a great thing. It’s something you can take to bed with you at night. You can sit in the bath and plunk away at it. A guitar has a weapon-like quality. It can be angry and explosive, but also tender and warm.

Touring today must be very different to when you started.

[laughs] Yeah, everything’s a bit nicer these days. It’s not that the hotel rooms are bigger, but we get more respect now. We might get a note from the hotel manager welcoming us. That didn’t happen in the old days. Back then the manager would warn us, “If you put a foot wrong, you’re out the door.”

Yes, The Who had some crazy days, right?

I’m not a natural at this but I think Roger is. His passion is rooted in the traditions of rock ’n’ roll. But I’m more of an intellectual about it. I understand what rock is and why it happened and where it came from. But next birthday I’ll be 70, and I don’t look back and think I could have done more concerts. I look at AC/DC still playing gigs today and wonder how they’re not dead.



Roger once said: “I’d do 300 gigs a year if Townshend was up for it…”

No, he wouldn’t be able to do it. When we go on tour we have to take a day off between each show, sometimes two or three days, because we’re getting older. Roger and I don’t mind being called old. I’m incredibly fit, I eat OK, I ride a bike and go sailing. I survive. My energy comes from the music. I come home from a tour and I look better than when I set off. I usually lose 20 pounds. I have to eat a lot of cheesecake to keep up.

Do these big gigs get your blood racing?

Being at a gig feels like home to me, I don’t get nervous, I feel very safe. I remember when we played the London Olympics in 2012. We were about to walk on stage and somebody told me something daft like four billion people around the world were watching on TV. I just thought, “Yeah, OK.” People who come to see us probably put more effort into the show than I do. But it’s important for me to respect the audience and I always do my best.

How much do you rehearse?

It takes me a quite a while to get comfortable. I need to know a song well enough so that, if I make mess of it, I can make it look deliberately anarchic. There has to be feeling of looseness, and movement, and possibility.

You once said on a TV chat show in 1981 that, “You have to grow up with dignity and that’s very difficult in the music business.” Have you done that?

I remember that day very well. I felt terrible. My marriage was breaking up, and I was not well. Soon after that I left The Who. Those were painful times. I don’t care about dignity anymore. What’s important is being content with what life has delivered you. If there happens to be a bit of misery, that’s OK. I’m certainly much happier now than I was then. I was happy being miserable. I was a performing, windmilling clown in The Who and we were selling out stadiums, playing the old songs. I was earning lots of money, throwing it away on a stupid lifestyle. I’m so glad that I’m not like that anymore. I feel my best years are still to come.



You and Roger. What’s your relationship like these days?

We’re still very, very different people. When we lost John Entwistle in 2002, it wasn’t so much a wake up call, but I think Roger and I looked at each other and realised that the two people who had the most to work out between them were the ones left alive. We had the bridge to cross and had to work out why life had thrown us together. It was a karmic, cosmic moment.

How have you patched it up?

Slowly but surely, we’ve managed to do what we never did all these years: listen to each other. It took us a long time to learn that. I told him, “Rog, I’m listening to you, could you please do me the favour of listening to me too.” We’ve been through so much together, we have so much common ground, and our communication is improving. We still live on slightly different planets, but we’re very comfortable in each other’s company, and I’m looking forward to seeing lots of him on this tour.

Can you say you love him?

Ten years ago I would have said no. But today, I would say most emphatically, yes. I’m sure we’ll exchange some very interesting words on our deathbeds!

You can’t deny you two have amazing chemistry on stage.

Well, other people see that, probably better than we do. In the mid-1970s I’d be on stage wanging away on the guitar and Roger would look across at me like a puppy [laughs]. I used to think, “He’s just the singer.” But that’s not how I feel today. Now I look across and think, “That’s Roger Daltrey, we’ve done some extraordinary things together.” And we’re still doing it.




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Not as many 'deep cuts' as I'd hoped, but I suppose its a tour opener at what is almost a 'corporate' gig, so its pretty good.

Saying that, as I've only seen The Who three times - two of them being Quadrophenia shows - I'd be pretty happy with that selection next June.

I hope 'Eminence Front' stays in the show.
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