http://www.nme.com/news/the-who/53815

The Who, Richard Ashcroft, Debbie Harry to play Concert For Killing Cancer
Jeff Beck is also on the bill for the charity gig
The Who are set to play a gig at London's HMV Hammersmith Apollo in aid of the Killing Cancer charity next January.

They will headline A Concert For Killing Cancer on January 13, joined by Richard Ashcroft, Debbie Harry and Jeff Beck.

The gig will raise money for the Killing Cancer charity, which helps to fund research into Photodynamic Therapy (PDT). The therapy destroys cancer cells with a single treatment.

Speaking about supporting the charity, Beck said: "Any new breakthrough in cancer treatment should be taken very seriously and we want as many people to know about that as possible. The concert is not just going to raise funds to pay for new PDT trials, but will also help raise public awareness."

Organisers Harvey Goldsmith and Bill Curbishley say they hope the concert will increase public and corporate donations to Killing Cancer, and in turn speed up the launch of PDT trials for heart and arterial disease, cervical, vulval and penile cancer.

Tickets go on sale at 9am (GMT) on November 19. See Killingcancer.co.uk for more information.

To check the availability of Killing Cancer tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/TICKETS now, or call 0871 230 1094.

JOEY, DON'T LET GO THE COAT !

"PENILE CANCER" NEVER LET GO THE COAT !

Joey wrote on Nov 13^th, 2010 at 11:15am:

BETTER SHIELD YOUR ROCKET, OR KEEP IT IN YOUR POCKET !

Bitch wrote on Nov 18^th, 2010 at 7:44pm:



where is this?

Bitch wrote on Nov 18^th, 2010 at 9:33pm:



very cool, hope leslie will join jack bruce at the blue note two weeks later!!!

ROGER DALTREY PERFORMS THE WHO'S TOMMY
Teenage Cancer Trust has just announced the line-up to its 11th annual week of music and comedy gigs at the Royal Albert Hall.

The highlight for Who fans will be a special performance on Thursday 24 March by Roger Daltrey of The Who's 1969 rock opera TOMMY. Roger will also perform early hits including material from LIVE AT LEEDS.

Members of TheWho.com will be able to participate in a ticket presale this week beginning on Tuesday 9AM local time. If you would like to join TheWho.com here are all the details.

MORE TICKET AND PRESALE INFO

http://www.thewho.com/index.php?module=news&news_item_id=464&utm_source=Publicas...

Review – Roger Daltrey & His Band, O2 Academy Bournemouth
Sunday, March 20, 2011 Posted in Going Out
A meticulous performance of controlled power and measured musicianship saw Roger Daltrey roll back the years, all 42 of them, as he lead a crack band through The Who’s 1969 opus, Tommy, at the Academy.

In his first Bournemouth show since the album’s original release, when The Who warmed up for the Isle of Wight Festival with a date at the Pavilion Ballroom, Daltrey returned to road test his band ahead of the much-feted Teenage Cancer Trust gig at the Royal Albert Hall on Thursday.


Of course, Tommy has been played live many times before, albeit in various altered states from orchestral readings to a stage musical and by The Who themselves, but rarely has it been tackled with such reverence. Daltrey’s band of sympathetic American session players, augmented by Pete Townshend’s brother Simon, expertly recreate the original album with precision and skill; as the singer gamely delivers the lion’s share of the vocals (wisely leaving John Entwistle’s soprano parts for the higher-voiced Townshend).

The show revels in the subtle tones and crafted layers of the original Tommy. It was only The Who’s fourth album. In an amazing four years they’d progressed from the speedy R&B urgency of 1965’s My Generation, through the proto-psychedelia of A Quick One and the full-blown pop art cantata of The Who Sell Out to arrive at a point where absolute confidence in their own ability – coupled with a necessary dose of arrogance – had convinced them they could deliver Pete Townshend’s synesthetic vision of a rock album that could paint pictures and be played by a band acting like an orchestra.

It’s there in the intricately woven Overture, through the choral interludes of 1921 and the stirring finale, We’re Not Gonna Take It, which knits a euphoric symphony from two of Townshend’s finest songs – See Me Feel Me and Listening To You.



With a soundcheck that lasted nearly two hours, Daltrey obviously put the work in for this performance and was clearly irritated by some of the harmonies that didn’t quite come off. It’s a measure of his notorious perfectionism though and although we wouldn’t have it any other way, it didn’t actually matter because there was so much love between stage and crowd that he probably could have read the phone book and got away with it!

Rightly sharing the roundly deserved plaudits of the audience with his band, Daltrey noticeably relaxed into the second portion of the show – a chance to revisit some Who gems and indulge a few of his own tastes. White City Lights recalls his rock ’n’ roll teenage; while Freedom Ride plays to the rootsier sounds he makes with Charlie Hart (ex-Slim Chance), Danny Thompson, and long-time Who cohort Billy Nicholls, whose sentimental Without Your Love from the McVicar film soundtrack closes the show.

But for many, the real highlight must have been Daltrey’s loving resurrection of a brace of rarely-performed Who classics, Pictures Of Lily and I Can See For Miles, as well as more staple material like Baba O’Riley and Who Are You? They may lack the raw power and spontaneous energy of The Who in their prime – only a fool would try to ape that in any case – but this more measured, disciplined delivery reminds fans of every vintage just how good the songs were in the first place.

Daltrey makes for a personable host. Fit and lean, he banters with the loudmouths in the crowd and goes so far as to suggest he could still punch well above his weight. I don’t doubt it. There’s always been aggression in this music and no matter how fastidious the presentation of it is, scratch the surface and it bites back.

A full two-hour show and no encore… as the man with the biggest mic swing in the business says: “What more do you want from me? I’m a f***ing pensioner!”

" A meticulous performance of controlled power and measured musicianship saw Roger Daltrey roll back the years, all 42 of them, as he lead a crack band through The Who’s 1969 opus, Tommy, at the Academy.

In his first Bournemouth show since the album’s original release, when The Who warmed up for the Isle of Wight Festival with a date at the Pavilion Ballroom, Daltrey returned to road test his band ahead of the much-feted Teenage Cancer Trust gig at the Royal Albert Hall on Thursday.


Of course, Tommy has been played live many times before, albeit in various altered states from orchestral readings to a stage musical and by The Who themselves, but rarely has it been tackled with such reverence. Daltrey’s band of sympathetic American session players, augmented by Pete Townshend’s brother Simon, expertly recreate the original album with precision and skill; as the singer gamely delivers the lion’s share of the vocals (wisely leaving John Entwistle’s soprano parts for the higher-voiced Townshend).

The show revels in the subtle tones and crafted layers of the original Tommy. It was only The Who’s fourth album. In an amazing four years they’d progressed from the speedy R&B urgency of 1965’s My Generation, through the proto-psychedelia of A Quick One and the full-blown pop art cantata of The Who Sell Out to arrive at a point where absolute confidence in their own ability – coupled with a necessary dose of arrogance – had convinced them they could deliver Pete Townshend’s synesthetic vision of a rock album that could paint pictures and be played by a band acting like an orchestra.

It’s there in the intricately woven Overture, through the choral interludes of 1921 and the stirring finale, We’re Not Gonna Take It, which knits a euphoric symphony from two of Townshend’s finest songs – See Me Feel Me and Listening To You.



With a soundcheck that lasted nearly two hours, Daltrey obviously put the work in for this performance and was clearly irritated by some of the harmonies that didn’t quite come off. It’s a measure of his notorious perfectionism though and although we wouldn’t have it any other way, it didn’t actually matter because there was so much love between stage and crowd that he probably could have read the phone book and got away with it!

Rightly sharing the roundly deserved plaudits of the audience with his band, Daltrey noticeably relaxed into the second portion of the show – a chance to revisit some Who gems and indulge a few of his own tastes. White City Lights recalls his rock ’n’ roll teenage; while Freedom Ride plays to the rootsier sounds he makes with Charlie Hart (ex-Slim Chance), Danny Thompson, and long-time Who cohort Billy Nicholls, whose sentimental Without Your Love from the McVicar film soundtrack closes the show.

But for many, the real highlight must have been Daltrey’s loving resurrection of a brace of rarely-performed Who classics, Pictures Of Lily and I Can See For Miles, as well as more staple material like Baba O’Riley and Who Are You? They may lack the raw power and spontaneous energy of The Who in their prime – only a fool would try to ape that in any case – but this more measured, disciplined delivery reminds fans of every vintage just how good the songs were in the first place.

Daltrey makes for a personable host. Fit and lean, he banters with the loudmouths in the crowd and goes so far as to suggest he could still punch well above his weight. I don’t doubt it. There’s always been aggression in this music and no matter how fastidious the presentation of it is, scratch the surface and it bites back.

A full two-hour show and no encore… as the man with the biggest mic swing in the business says: “What more do you want from me? I’m a f***ing pensioner!”

This makes young Joey Happy !!!!!!!!

John Entwistle leads the top 10 Bassist of all time. (no Bill Wyman which disappoints me)
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/rolling-stone-readers-pick-the-top-ten-...

" Rolling Stone Readers Pick the Top 10 Live Acts of All Time: The Who  "

<  ---- This makes Joey smile .


So True Lil' Fella ( Little Fijikins )

So True


JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJacky ! ®

can't wait for the inevitable Roger Daltreys Cape tour.........






[ Music Open: "Behind Blue Eyes" ]

Announcer: The New Jersey Civic Colisseum is proud to present... appearing live for a limited engagement... Roger Daltreys Cape!

[ music segues to "Substitute" ]

Announcer: Hear the hits of the Who, and see the Cape that made him famous.

[ flash shots of the Cape performing "Don't Let Go the Coat" to a packed crowd ]

Group of Girls: [ being interviewed outside ] It's sexy! It's very sexy!

[ Cape shakes while performing "The Real me" ]

Old Woman: It's simply mind-boggling!

Hippie: Uncanny.

Woman: It's visual.

Man: It was remarkable, I'm gonna have to bring the kids!

Announcer: Said one critic, "It was the closest thing to Roger himself."

[ wearing a lei, the Cape performs "Anyway,Anyhow,Anywhere" ]

Old Man: Wow! The lights!

Second Woman: The sound.

Second Man: I think I've seen all of the imitation Cape shows.. but they don't compare to the real thing.

Announcer: The Who may be dead, but the Coat lives on. Engagement begins Tuesday, November 7th.

[ SUPER: "BEGINS TUESDAY, NOV. 7th
New Jersey Civic Coliseum
Tickets Available at Box Office" ]

Black Woman: It's a trip! You really have to see it.

[ fade ]

happy birthday mr t!!!