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Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: More Hot Rocks ()
Date: October 26, 2024 02:56

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It would be great to hear Pete really give his 100% on a slightly modern day Who album. I don't really need it, but it'd be cool to hear he and Roger do some magic once again. I always thought Endless Wire was lacking.

The did all that on the last album "Who".
I'll have to listen! My first thought is "how good could it have been if I never even heard of it!" but I'll chalk that up to there just being so much out there that I guess its easy to pass one by these days. What were some good songs on it?

Roger said it was the best album they ever did. I think its the best album of the post Moon era. Even better than Who Are You.
Roger also made a comment to the face of "what's the point of making one of our best albums when no one listens to it. Give a couple listens to it RollingFreak. I think you will like it. Much much better than Endless Wire.

Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: RollingFreak ()
Date: October 26, 2024 04:06

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It would be great to hear Pete really give his 100% on a slightly modern day Who album. I don't really need it, but it'd be cool to hear he and Roger do some magic once again. I always thought Endless Wire was lacking.

The did all that on the last album "Who".
I'll have to listen! My first thought is "how good could it have been if I never even heard of it!" but I'll chalk that up to there just being so much out there that I guess its easy to pass one by these days. What were some good songs on it?

Roger said it was the best album they ever did. I think its the best album of the post Moon era. Even better than Who Are You.
Roger also made a comment to the face of "what's the point of making one of our best albums when no one listens to it. Give a couple listens to it RollingFreak. I think you will like it. Much much better than Endless Wire.
I'll take a listen! I actually now do think I remember it cause I remember that "best" quote and was like "@#$%& off" lol. Good that he likes it, but thats almost more of a turn off to me. I'm glad and hope its good, but you said "best album we ever did" and its like "it just ISN'T gonna be better than Who's Next, so at least do that caveat." But I digress, I'll take a listen. I totally understand his quote, its the same as what Stevie Nicks says, these artists put their hard work into these albums, obviously trying to be as good as a Rumours, and if no one's gonna listen thats gotta be hard. Like its their fault they have previous hits. I'm still the guy that liked A Bigger Bang and would love to hear Let Me Down Slow live lol.

Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: Dan ()
Date: November 20, 2024 03:27

Eminence Front and Hey Joe, pro shot, Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO 1989-08-05

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Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: BeastyBurdeny ()
Date: November 20, 2024 03:29

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It would be great to hear Pete really give his 100% on a slightly modern day Who album. I don't really need it, but it'd be cool to hear he and Roger do some magic once again. I always thought Endless Wire was lacking.

The did all that on the last album "Who".
I'll have to listen! My first thought is "how good could it have been if I never even heard of it!" but I'll chalk that up to there just being so much out there that I guess its easy to pass one by these days. What were some good songs on it?

Roger said it was the best album they ever did. I think its the best album of the post Moon era. Even better than Who Are You.
Roger also made a comment to the face of "what's the point of making one of our best albums when no one listens to it. Give a couple listens to it RollingFreak. I think you will like it. Much much better than Endless Wire.

I was listening to it again recently. It's a really solid album. It's disappointing more of it wasn't played live on the tour to support the album.

Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: Beast ()
Date: December 5, 2024 18:33

Recently released on YouTube - Pete's conversation at the launch of the Townshend Studio. It was a great evening and am glad for the chance to see it again. Watch it if you can.

[www.youtube.com]



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Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: johnnythunders ()
Date: January 29, 2025 00:24

Does anyone know who will be performing as The Who at the RAH in March?
Eg who will be the drummer if Zak still out of action?
And rumoured special guests ?

Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: Halup ()
Date: January 29, 2025 00:25

Richard Evans posted this on their site yesterday:

No orchestra this time. Just The Who. I'll be naming the band members shortly. You'll be very pleased.
Richard Evans
Editor & Web Master thewho.com

Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: johnnythunders ()
Date: January 29, 2025 00:39

Thank you, I saw that on thewho.com Forum
Helpful to know who's playing before tickets go on sale!

Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: tommycharles ()
Date: January 29, 2025 07:02

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Does anyone know who will be performing as The Who at the RAH in March?
Eg who will be the drummer if Zak still out of action?
And rumoured special guests ?

Since when was Zak out of action? He missed 2013 but has been back ever since as far as I know.

Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: MadMax ()
Date: January 29, 2025 11:28

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It would be great to hear Pete really give his 100% on a slightly modern day Who album. I don't really need it, but it'd be cool to hear he and Roger do some magic once again. I always thought Endless Wire was lacking.

The did all that on the last album "Who".
I'll have to listen! My first thought is "how good could it have been if I never even heard of it!" but I'll chalk that up to there just being so much out there that I guess its easy to pass one by these days. What were some good songs on it?

Roger said it was the best album they ever did. I think its the best album of the post Moon era. Even better than Who Are You.
Roger also made a comment to the face of "what's the point of making one of our best albums when no one listens to it. Give a couple listens to it RollingFreak. I think you will like it. Much much better than Endless Wire.

I was listening to it again recently. It's a really solid album. It's disappointing more of it wasn't played live on the tour to support the album.

It's hilarious that people's tastes are so different. I rate "Endless Wire" very highly and I think it's miles better than "Who". The songs are better, more interesting and complex and the classic Who anger is very much there, summat that is lacking on "Who". The songs on "Who" sounds like the songs I wrote when I was 15 years old and in my first band. Endless Wire got songs almost as good as some on Who Are You and Who By Numbers IMHO.

Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: johnnythunders ()
Date: January 29, 2025 12:02

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Does anyone know who will be performing as The Who at the RAH in March?
Eg who will be the drummer if Zak still out of action?
And rumoured special guests ?

Since when was Zak out of action? He missed 2013 but has been back ever since as far as I know.

Sorry it's from the Daily Mail
[www.dailymail.co.uk]

Fingers crossed!

Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: paulywaul ()
Date: January 29, 2025 14:39

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Does anyone know who will be performing as The Who at the RAH in March?
Eg who will be the drummer if Zak still out of action?
And rumoured special guests ?

IF Zak is still out of action, then maybe Kenney Jones could sit in ? It's not as if he'll have forgotten how to play all those magnificent WHO songs !

[ I want to shout, but I can hardly speak ]

OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: bye bye johnny ()
Date: January 29, 2025 16:32



Tickets go on sale Friday 31 January at 9:00am GMT - [www.teenagecancertrust.org]

[www.thewho.com]

Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: tommycharles ()
Date: January 30, 2025 04:57

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Does anyone know who will be performing as The Who at the RAH in March?
Eg who will be the drummer if Zak still out of action?
And rumoured special guests ?

Since when was Zak out of action? He missed 2013 but has been back ever since as far as I know.

Sorry it's from the Daily Mail
[www.dailymail.co.uk]

Fingers crossed!

Oh, I had missed that. Get well Zak!

Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: tommycharles ()
Date: January 30, 2025 04:58

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It would be great to hear Pete really give his 100% on a slightly modern day Who album. I don't really need it, but it'd be cool to hear he and Roger do some magic once again. I always thought Endless Wire was lacking.

The did all that on the last album "Who".
I'll have to listen! My first thought is "how good could it have been if I never even heard of it!" but I'll chalk that up to there just being so much out there that I guess its easy to pass one by these days. What were some good songs on it?

Roger said it was the best album they ever did. I think its the best album of the post Moon era. Even better than Who Are You.
Roger also made a comment to the face of "what's the point of making one of our best albums when no one listens to it. Give a couple listens to it RollingFreak. I think you will like it. Much much better than Endless Wire.

I was listening to it again recently. It's a really solid album. It's disappointing more of it wasn't played live on the tour to support the album.

It's hilarious that people's tastes are so different. I rate "Endless Wire" very highly and I think it's miles better than "Who". The songs are better, more interesting and complex and the classic Who anger is very much there, summat that is lacking on "Who". The songs on "Who" sounds like the songs I wrote when I was 15 years old and in my first band. Endless Wire got songs almost as good as some on Who Are You and Who By Numbers IMHO.

Totally agree about the merits of EW. Black Widows Eyes, It’s Not Enough, and Wire and Glass are as good as anything they did, imo.

Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: RollingFreak ()
Date: January 30, 2025 21:19

Just listened to Endless Wire. Sure, some of the songs were ok but overall it didn't feel at all impressive. I'll try listening to WHO this afternoon and see if its any better.

Again, don't mean to be overly critical of it, but I can't in any way compare it to Who By Numbers or earlier. Who Are You is an incredible song, but the rest of the album suck. And this felt like more of the same.

Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: tommycharles ()
Date: January 31, 2025 00:32

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Just listened to Endless Wire. Sure, some of the songs were ok but overall it didn't feel at all impressive. I'll try listening to WHO this afternoon and see if its any better.

Again, don't mean to be overly critical of it, but I can't in any way compare it to Who By Numbers or earlier. Who Are You is an incredible song, but the rest of the album suck. And this felt like more of the same.

WHO has a few bright spots but is overall kind of a weak album, imo. I have no idea why they picked Ball and Chain and Hero Ground Zero to play live, I think both are pretty forgettable. All This Music Must Fade, I Don’t Wanna Get Wise, and Street Song are pretty good, though. The first two in particular are good examples of what the core Who band sounded like live in the post-Entwistle era, and I like that. Even if I prefer EW as a set of songs, it’s not a very “band” album, and there are a few tracks on WHO where that does come through.

Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: RollingFreak ()
Date: January 31, 2025 00:42

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Just listened to Endless Wire. Sure, some of the songs were ok but overall it didn't feel at all impressive. I'll try listening to WHO this afternoon and see if its any better.

Again, don't mean to be overly critical of it, but I can't in any way compare it to Who By Numbers or earlier. Who Are You is an incredible song, but the rest of the album suck. And this felt like more of the same.

WHO has a few bright spots but is overall kind of a weak album, imo. I have no idea why they picked Ball and Chain and Hero Ground Zero to play live, I think both are pretty forgettable. All This Music Must Fade, I Don’t Wanna Get Wise, and Street Song are pretty good, though. The first two in particular are good examples of what the core Who band sounded like live in the post-Entwistle era, and I like that. Even if I prefer EW as a set of songs, it’s not a very “band” album, and there are a few tracks on WHO where that does come through.

Different strokes for different folks I guess. I'm not super negative on aging bands making records. I still really like A Bigger Bang. But these albums were very forgettable to me and I don't really see a reason to revisit them. To me, with the exception of the song Who Are You, nothing after Who By Numbers even comes remotely close to what made this band great. Who Are You, Its Hard, Face Dances, Endless Wire and Who are completely unnecessary to their discography but glad others find value in them. I still maintain I'd love to hear one more really great effort from Pete and Roger but I'd never really hold out hope for that, mainly because it was mostly always Pete's vision that he then brought to the band. So unless he had another true creative burst it seems DOA.

Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: paulywaul ()
Date: January 31, 2025 11:48

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Tickets go on sale Friday 31 January at 9:00am GMT - [www.teenagecancertrust.org]

[www.thewho.com]

Brilliant ! I'm in ! Just scored a 6th row arena seat for the Sunday 30th show. Wouldn't miss these guys for anything, thank heavens they're still out there playing ! Love 'em to death ...

[ I want to shout, but I can hardly speak ]

Re: OT: The Who stuff
Date: January 31, 2025 12:18

Looks like we will be sitting next to you Paul, we are in the same row!

Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: dkwalika ()
Date: January 31, 2025 12:23

Any rumors on coming stateside this year?

Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: paulywaul ()
Date: January 31, 2025 12:23

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Looks like we will be sitting next to you Paul, we are in the same row!

Magnificent ! Delighted ! Can't wait !

[ I want to shout, but I can hardly speak ]

Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: johnnythunders ()
Date: January 31, 2025 13:44

Once again being a Friend Of The Royal Albert Hall really paid off!

I think it is about £100 per year - I joined in time for the TCT gigs last year and my 12 months runs out today so great timing

Friends get their own allocation of tickets for every gig at the RAH

For 15 minutes this morning the RAK website was telling me that there were no tickets avilable at any price but then about 0920 I was offered two seats in. Area A, row 8 for the Thursday so a great result

I just checked and they still have Arena C available via  RAH Friends for the Thursday - you can book up to 1300 GMT today

Hope that helps

(Who are we going to be seeing in March ? Will Zak be fit in time?)

Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: mikey C ()
Date: January 31, 2025 14:07

Also 2 Concerts in Italy this July! Hoping maybe Vienna after or before we shall see.peace.M

Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: paulywaul ()
Date: February 1, 2025 10:42

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johnnythunders
Once again being a Friend Of The Royal Albert Hall really paid off!

I think it is about £100 per year - I joined in time for the TCT gigs last year and my 12 months runs out today so great timing

Friends get their own allocation of tickets for every gig at the RAH

For 15 minutes this morning the RAK website was telling me that there were no tickets avilable at any price but then about 0920 I was offered two seats in. Area A, row 8 for the Thursday so a great result

I just checked and they still have Arena C available via  RAH Friends for the Thursday - you can book up to 1300 GMT today

Hope that helps

(Who are we going to be seeing in March ? Will Zak be fit in time?)

I am a Friend of the RAH, so I was logically thinking that the RAH would grant us somewhat earlier access to tickets as compared to the general public, but this wasn't the case on this occasion. Heaven knows why, because earlier access is how the RAH promotes the advantages of such membership. But anyway, I also had other windows open to see what Ticketmaster and SeeTickets had to offer. Much to my amazement, whilst the RAH website still had me in the waiting room with an estimated wait time of 40 minutes, SeeTickets came up with a 6th row Arena seat in section F. Out of interest, I did somewhat later in the morning look at what the RAH site had to offer, but it was only stuff much further back in the arena, or in blocks J & K in the stalls ...

[ I want to shout, but I can hardly speak ]

Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: ukcal ()
Date: February 1, 2025 14:32

Wow! Old Rodger is doing another solo tour with the above mentioned Who gigs in Italy , right in the middle of the tour!

Stones would never do that in a month of Sundays

27 Mar 2025
The Who: Teenage Cancer Trust Shows, London, England, UK
The Royal Albert Hall

30 Mar 2025
The Who: Teenage Cancer Trust Shows, London,
The Royal Albert Hall

20 Apr 2025
Roger Daltrey: Brighton, England
The Dome

21 Apr 2025
Roger Daltrey: London, England
The London Palladium

23 Apr 2025
Roger Daltrey: Southend-On-Sea, England
Cliffs Pavilion

24 Apr 2025
Roger Daltrey: Wolverhampton, England
University of Wolverhampton at the Halls

26 Apr 2025
Roger Daltrey: Dundee, Scotland
Caird Hall

28 Apr 2025
Roger Daltrey: Glasgow, Scotland
SEC Armadillo

30 Apr 2025
Roger Daltrey: Edinburgh, Scotland
The Usher Hall

1 May 2025
Roger Daltrey: Gateshead, England
The Glasshouse - Sage 1

4 May 2025
Roger Daltrey: Manchester, England
The Bridgewater Hall

8 Jul 2025
Roger Daltrey: Llangollen, Wales
International Eisteddfod

20 Jul 2025
The Who: Padova (Padua), Italy
Stadia Euganeo

22 Jul 2025
The Who: Milano (Milan), Italy
Ippodromo Snai - San Siro

30 Jul 2025
Roger Daltrey: Halifax, England
The Piece Hall

1 Aug 2025
Roger Daltrey: Audley End Estate, UK
Saffron Walden

8 Aug 2025
Roger Daltrey: Margate, England
Dreamland

Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: peoplewitheyes ()
Date: February 1, 2025 14:40

I wish Pete would do a solo tour!

Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: MadMax ()
Date: February 1, 2025 20:48

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Just listened to Endless Wire. Sure, some of the songs were ok but overall it didn't feel at all impressive. I'll try listening to WHO this afternoon and see if its any better.

Again, don't mean to be overly critical of it, but I can't in any way compare it to Who By Numbers or earlier. Who Are You is an incredible song, but the rest of the album suck. And this felt like more of the same.

WHO has a few bright spots but is overall kind of a weak album, imo. I have no idea why they picked Ball and Chain and Hero Ground Zero to play live, I think both are pretty forgettable. All This Music Must Fade, I Don’t Wanna Get Wise, and Street Song are pretty good, though. The first two in particular are good examples of what the core Who band sounded like live in the post-Entwistle era, and I like that. Even if I prefer EW as a set of songs, it’s not a very “band” album, and there are a few tracks on WHO where that does come through.

Different strokes for different folks I guess. I'm not super negative on aging bands making records. I still really like A Bigger Bang. But these albums were very forgettable to me and I don't really see a reason to revisit them. To me, with the exception of the song Who Are You, nothing after Who By Numbers even comes remotely close to what made this band great. Who Are You, Its Hard, Face Dances, Endless Wire and Who are completely unnecessary to their discography but glad others find value in them. I still maintain I'd love to hear one more really great effort from Pete and Roger but I'd never really hold out hope for that, mainly because it was mostly always Pete's vision that he then brought to the band. So unless he had another true creative burst it seems DOA.

I think the first three songs on Who Are You (New Song, Had Enough and Entwhistle's 905) are among the best sequenced on a Rock n Roll album, 3 very strong trax and Moon's last stand. The bleakness and awareness and fear of growing older and maybe irrelevant are irresistable. Pure perfection smileys with beer

Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: johnnythunders ()
Date: February 2, 2025 17:15

Paul
I think there was a glitch on the RAH Friends bit of their website
For the first 10-15 minutes it told me there were no tickets available at any price and the suddenly there were Arena A and F tickets coming up.
Sill all's well that ends well! Just a bit of unnecessary jeopardy - glad we both got good seats
Simon

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Once again being a Friend Of The Royal Albert Hall really paid off!

I think it is about £100 per year - I joined in time for the TCT gigs last year and my 12 months runs out today so great timing

Friends get their own allocation of tickets for every gig at the RAH

For 15 minutes this morning the RAK website was telling me that there were no tickets avilable at any price but then about 0920 I was offered two seats in. Area A, row 8 for the Thursday so a great result

I just checked and they still have Arena C available via  RAH Friends for the Thursday - you can book up to 1300 GMT today

Hope that helps

(Who are we going to be seeing in March ? Will Zak be fit in time?)

I am a Friend of the RAH, so I was logically thinking that the RAH would grant us somewhat earlier access to tickets as compared to the general public, but this wasn't the case on this occasion. Heaven knows why, because earlier access is how the RAH promotes the advantages of such membership. But anyway, I also had other windows open to see what Ticketmaster and SeeTickets had to offer. Much to my amazement, whilst the RAH website still had me in the waiting room with an estimated wait time of 40 minutes, SeeTickets came up with a 6th row Arena seat in section F. Out of interest, I did somewhat later in the morning look at what the RAH site had to offer, but it was only stuff much further back in the arena, or in blocks J & K in the stalls ...

Re: OT: The Who stuff
Posted by: paulywaul ()
Date: February 2, 2025 20:26

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Paul
I think there was a glitch on the RAH Friends bit of their website
For the first 10-15 minutes it told me there were no tickets available at any price and the suddenly there were Arena A and F tickets coming up.
Sill all's well that ends well! Just a bit of unnecessary jeopardy - glad we both got good seats
Simon

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paulywaul
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johnnythunders
Once again being a Friend Of The Royal Albert Hall really paid off!

I think it is about £100 per year - I joined in time for the TCT gigs last year and my 12 months runs out today so great timing

Friends get their own allocation of tickets for every gig at the RAH

For 15 minutes this morning the RAK website was telling me that there were no tickets avilable at any price but then about 0920 I was offered two seats in. Area A, row 8 for the Thursday so a great result

I just checked and they still have Arena C available via  RAH Friends for the Thursday - you can book up to 1300 GMT today

Hope that helps

(Who are we going to be seeing in March ? Will Zak be fit in time?)

I am a Friend of the RAH, so I was logically thinking that the RAH would grant us somewhat earlier access to tickets as compared to the general public, but this wasn't the case on this occasion. Heaven knows why, because earlier access is how the RAH promotes the advantages of such membership. But anyway, I also had other windows open to see what Ticketmaster and SeeTickets had to offer. Much to my amazement, whilst the RAH website still had me in the waiting room with an estimated wait time of 40 minutes, SeeTickets came up with a 6th row Arena seat in section F. Out of interest, I did somewhat later in the morning look at what the RAH site had to offer, but it was only stuff much further back in the arena, or in blocks J & K in the stalls ...

Yup, there probably was some kind of glitch. Anyway, we both lucked out so it seems, so all is well that ends well.

Best regards, Paul

[ I want to shout, but I can hardly speak ]

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