" 19th November, 2008
FIRST 'WHO' SHOWS IN ADELAIDE & BRISBANE IN 40 YEARS!
November 20th: WHO AUSTRALIAN TOUR ANNOUNCED
“The Who quite possibly remain the greatest live band ever. Even the list-driven punk legend and music historian Johnny Ramone agrees with me on this.” Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
“More than any other band, The Who are our role models.” Bono U2
“In the annals of rock history The Who (like their contemporaries the Beatles and the Rolling Stones) stand alone.” US Rolling Stone
Arguably THE greatest live band ever The Who will make an explosive return to Australia in March/April 2009 for a national concert tour. The legendary band will play for the first time ever in Perth, and for the first time in 40 years in Brisbane and Adelaide. This is the news The Who fans have been waiting for since the band’s last national tour in 1968!
The band last played Melbourne and Sydney four years ago, and were recently announced as headlining the spectacular concert to close the 2009 FORMULA 1™ ING Australian Grand Prix.
TOUR DATES ARE:
March 24 BRISBANE Entertainment Centre
March 26 ADELAIDE Entertainment Centre
March 29 MELBOURNE 2009 Formula 1™ ING Australian GrandPrix.
(On sale now – The Who & Dallas Crane only)
March 31 SYDNEY Acer Arena
April 4 PERTH Members Equity Stadium *
ALL SHOWS ON SALE WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3
From ticketek.com.au & 132 849
* Except Perth on sale from ticketmaster.com.au & 136 100
There WILL be pre-sales for subscribed fans of thewho.com. The dates of the pre-sales will be announced soon.
Ticket numbers will be limited to 4 per purchaser. "
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