I believe the Who only announced 1 farewell tour (82). The other "reunions" were not billed as farewell tours. To listen to Pete the Who continued to tour after 82 because of Entwistle's money problems. However, and maybe this is naive on my part, I think from the 99 tour on, the band is out there to make money yes, but also enjoys actually playing the music more so than in 89 and 96/97. As for Endless Wire being a "horrible new album" I admit its not as good as any of the classics, but then what albums can ever be in any artists catalog? (tell me honestly that the stones have put out anything that truly matches Exile or LIB or Sticky Fingers?) However, I wouldnt call Endless Wire a "Horrible album". Musically and lyrically its better than Its Hard. There are several good songs on it, and I give the Who credit for at least promoting it, rather than dumping it after only half of one tour and sticking to fan favorites.

Good points HJ. I think they realized the futility and stupidity of announcing a farewell tour. No, Endless Wire is not a horrible album. Without radio airplay it's difficult for old bands to get new material recognized. Although The Who has been more aggresive in using the internet than the Stones have to get new music recognized.

"It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door"

Farewell Tour

After Jimmie Rodgers passed away in 1933 his body was moved by
train from New York back to Oak Grove Cemetary, Meridian, Mississippi
for burial. Thousands of fans lined the edge of the tracks to pay tribute....



Jimmy Rodgers 1897 - 1933



ROCKMAN

Well than it's all Jimmy Rodgers fault than. Not The Who's.LOL...............Whatta's it matta?..............If ya can keep doing. DO IT!..........If ya can't..............DON'T.

"It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door"

4tylix Wrote:
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> Let's face it...the Who is THE primary offender in
> rock music history for falsely announcing Farewell
> tours...
>


Nah, pretty much EVERYBODY except for the Ramones and The Jam have come back at some point or another.


> There would be NOTHING wrong with the Stones
> announcing a farewell tour, so long as they stuck
> to it...
>

I guess they could if they wanted to. I also think it would be a cheap shot.


> In fact, I'd say announcing and doing a final
> farewell is a gracious gift to deserving fans
> who'd surely make it an incredible lovefest...
>

Everything from '99 forward has been a lovefest among the fans.


> C'mon boys...return to the States for at least a
> farewell tour, if not one more go round before the
> final bow!!!!!!!!
>

I've seen them plenty of last times. Listening to Budapest right now I am kinda thinking this really SHOULD be it even if it probably isn't.

Gazza Wrote:
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> Thats true, although Robbie Robertson never played
> with The Band again after that show so its not
> QUITE the same...

Actually, they all reunited (with Robbie) during an encore at a Rick Danko solo show at the Roxy that happened after The Last Waltz concert, but before the movie was released.

Once the film was released, The Legend had to be maintained...

tatters Wrote:
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> loog droog Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > tatters Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > A complete history of the Who's farewell
> tours:
> > >
> > > 1982 - The Farewell tour
> > > 1989-90 The we thought we'd just come back to
> > say
> > > goodbye again while Pete plays acoustic
> guitar
> > in
> > > a soundproof booth tour
> >
> > At the time Pete was doing interviews about how
> > playing loud music had screwed up his hearing,
> and
> > I seem to recall him also regretting his
> earlier
> > drug abuse.
> >
> > I told my friends they should call this Who
> > reunion the "Your Mother Was Right" tour...
>
>
> "Your Mother Was Right"? I don't get it. But I did
> come up with a name for the 2004 Who Tour. It was
> the "Pete Wants To Thank You For Your
> 'Unconditional Support' In The Wake Of His Having
> To Register As A Sex Offender" tour.


Granted, this is an inevitable knee-jerk response in some quarters whenever The Who or PeteTownshend come up here, but it really wasn't the way it seemed.

[en.wikipedia.org]

As part of the Operation Ore investigations, Townshend was cautioned by the police in 2003 after acknowledging a credit card access in 1999 to the Landslide website alleged to advertise child pornography.[9][10] He claimed in the press and on his website to have been engaged in research for A Different Bomb (a now-abandoned book based on an anti-child pornography essay published on his website in January 2002), his autobiography and as part of a campaign against child pornography. The police searched his house and confiscated 14 computers and other materials and after a four-month forensic investigation confirmed that they had found no evidence of child abuse images. Consequently, the police offered a caution rather than pressing charges, issuing a statement: "After four months of investigation by officers from Scotland Yard's child protection group, it was established that Mr Townshend was not in possession of any downloaded child abuse images." In a statement issued by his solicitor [11], Townshend said, "I accept that I was wrong to access this site, and that by doing so, I broke the law, and I have accepted the caution that the police have given me." As a statutory consequence of accepting the caution, Townshend was entered on the Violent and Sex Offender Register for five years[12]. This would normally prevent travel abroad, but in Townshend's case such restrictions have been waived, making possible his numerous concert performances with and without The Who since receiving the caution.
A later investigator stated that he was "falsely accused".[13] After obtaining copies of the Landslide hard drives and tracing Townshend's actions, investigative journalist Duncan Campbell wrote in PC Pro Magazine, "Under pressure of the media filming of the raid, Townshend appears to have confessed to something he didn't do." Campbell states that Townshend accessed a single site which was not connected with child pornography.[14]

If you look past the tabloid headlines and at the actual facts, you'll erealise that Pete was completely innocent of the charges against him. In fact, the FBI had told Scotland Yard that he wasn't worth investigating because he hadn't downloaded any images. Except that someoneon the Operation Ore team sold the story to the Daily Mail and it took on a life of its own.

tatters Wrote:
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>> I'll try to think up some funny names for Stones
> tours. In the meantime I'll just say that every
> Stones tour since 1989 has been a kind of
> recreation, not of how Stones concerts used to be,
> but of how someone in their 20s or 30s IMAGINES
> them to have been. They are paying ridiculous sums
> to experiece someone else's nostalgia, the
> nostalgia of someone older than themselves. It's a
> peculiar phenomenon.


Too good an opportunity to pass up, I'm afraid. Apologies in advance to the Stones Taliban who may get touchy about anything thats quite obviously written with tongue firmly in cheek....


1975 - The 'Cock Dance' Tour

1976 - The '1976 Was a Great Year For Class A Drugs' Tour

1978 - The 'See Us One More Time Before Keith Gets Banged Up' Tour

1979 - The 'How The F*** Did He Wriggle Out of That One' Benefit Shows

1981 - The 'Hooray! Keith Escaped Jail But Ronnie's Now on Speedballs' Tour

1982 - The '25 Songs Played At Breakneck Speed' Tour

1989/90 - The 'Michael Cohl Presents 100 Million Reasons Why We Love Each Other After All, Honestly' Tour

1994/95 - The 'Since When Was Bill Wyman A 220 Pound Black Man' Tour

1997/98 - The 'Can Anyone Hear Ronnie Playing' Tour (aka The 'Last One Everyone Can Afford' Tour)

1999 - The 'Millionaires Watching Billionaires' Tour (aka The 'We're Only Doing This Because Mick's Got Another Bird Up The Spout' Tour)

2002/2003 - The 'It's Official - We're Now a Nostalgia Act' Tour

2005/2006 (America) - The 'Give The Setlist Whiners A Field Day' Tour

2006 (Japan/Australia) - The 'This Almost Was The Last Time' Tour

2006 (Europe) - The '40 Original Excuses To Cancel' Tour

2006 (America) - The '40 More Original Excuses to Cancel' Tour (aka the 'Milking It Dry' Tour)

2007 (Europe) - The 'Whoops - We Forgot Europeans Aren't Quite As Rich And Gullible as Americans' Tour (aka The 'Shut The F**k Up About Ticket Prices And Be Thankful We're Still Around' Tour and The 'New Album? What New Album?' Tour)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-07-25 14:57 by Gazza.

you've nailed it Gazza

sweetcharmedlife Wrote:
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> Elmo Lewis Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Cream must have been first.
> >
> > In 1982, both The Doobie Brothers and The Who
> > "retired" from touring. That was the first time
> I
> > remember hearing this, as I was 8 years old
> when
> > Cream did it.
>
>
> LOL Elmo. Yeah I remember sitting watching The
> Who's farewell concert with some buddies back in
> '82. I think it was on ppv and I believe it was in
> Toronto. I have also seen a couple of Doobie Bros.
> farewell shows. But their still kicking as far as
> I know.


I was at the Who farewell concert in Toronto in 82. There is also a pretty good CD of the show.

I guess anyone who believes in "farewell" concerts, also believes in Santa Claus!

Status Quo's 'Farewell Tour' in 1982/3 ? was called the 'End Of The Road'

if a band announces a "farewell tour", i just think of it as a stupid decision by the marketing department or whatever Maybe a band really has the intention of quitting at the time, but then it only makes them look rather silly if-when they change their minds.

then check out ebay sometime and you'll usually see a certain number of losers scalping tickets a la: DON'T MISS THIS, IT'S ABSOLUTELY THE LAST TOUR OF THE ROLLING STONES, bla bla bla !!!!!

carouslambra Wrote:
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> Status Quo's 'Farewell Tour' in 1982/3 ? was
> called the 'End Of The Road'


It was 1984. I saw em at the Glasgow Apollo and then saw them again over 20 years later at the Glasgow SECC. Superb both times btw.

I know its not a band (or indeed rock n roll), but didnt Sinatra have the record for the most farewells?

Question for Status Quo fans. It seems the only Status Quo we ever hear of in the colonies is the Song "Pictures of Matchstick Men" from well over 40 years ago. When I saw them on Live Aide in 85 I wondered if they were even the same group?

letitloose Wrote:
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> carouslambra Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Status Quo's 'Farewell Tour' in 1982/3 ? was
> > called the 'End Of The Road'
>
>
> It was 1984. I saw em at the Glasgow Apollo and
> then saw them again over 20 years later at the
> Glasgow SECC. Superb both times btw.
>
> I know its not a band (or indeed rock n roll), but
> didnt Sinatra have the record for the most
> farewells?


see my post on page 1. The "Sinatra farewells" thing is something of a myth. He only really did it once...and he just announced a retirement at the end of a show, and not at the beginning of a tour.



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letitloose Wrote:
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> carouslambra Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Status Quo's 'Farewell Tour' in 1982/3 ? was
> > called the 'End Of The Road'
>
>
> It was 1984. I saw em at the Glasgow Apollo and
> then saw them again over 20 years later at the
> Glasgow SECC. Superb both times btw.
>
> I know its not a band (or indeed rock n roll), but
> didnt Sinatra have the record for the most
> farewells?


I seem to remember Robert Smith of The Cure saying it a lot but not sure if any official announcement was ever made.

Gazza Wrote:
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> tatters Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> >> I'll try to think up some funny names for
> Stones
> > tours. In the meantime I'll just say that every
> > Stones tour since 1989 has been a kind of
> > recreation, not of how Stones concerts used to
> be,
> > but of how someone in their 20s or 30s IMAGINES
> > them to have been. They are paying ridiculous
> sums
> > to experiece someone else's nostalgia, the
> > nostalgia of someone older than themselves. It's
> a
> > peculiar phenomenon.
>
>
> Too good an opportunity to pass up, I'm afraid.
> Apologies in advance to the Stones Taliban who may
> get touchy about anything thats quite obviously
> written with tongue firmly in cheek....
>
>
> 1975 - The 'Cock Dance' Tour
>
> 1976 - The '1976 Was a Great Year For Class A
> Drugs' Tour
>
> 1978 - The 'See Us One More Time Before Keith Gets
> Banged Up' Tour
>
> 1979 - The 'How The F*** Did He Wriggle Out of
> That One' Benefit Shows
>
> 1981 - The 'Hooray! Keith Escaped Jail But
> Ronnie's Now on Speedballs' Tour
>
> 1982 - The '25 Songs Played At Breakneck Speed'
> Tour
>
> 1989/90 - The 'Michael Cohl Presents 100 Million
> Reasons Why We Love Each Other After All,
> Honestly' Tour
>
> 1994/95 - The 'Since When Was Bill Wyman A 220
> Pound Black Man' Tour
>
> 1997/98 - The 'Can Anyone Hear Ronnie Playing'
> Tour (aka The 'Last One Everyone Can Afford'
> Tour)
>
> 1999 - The 'Millionaires Watching Billionaires'
> Tour (aka The 'We're Only Doing This Because
> Mick's Got Another Bird Up The Spout' Tour)
>
> 2002/2003 - The 'It's Official - We're Now a
> Nostalgia Act' Tour
>
> 2005/2006 (America) - The 'Give The Setlist
> Whiners A Field Day' Tour
>
> 2006 (Japan/Australia) - The 'This Almost Was The
> Last Time' Tour
>
> 2006 (Europe) - The '40 Original Excuses To
> Cancel' Tour
>
> 2006 (America) - The '40 More Original Excuses to
> Cancel' Tour (aka the 'Milking It Dry' Tour)
>
> 2007 (Europe) - The 'Whoops - We Forgot Europeans
> Aren't Quite As Rich And Gullible as Americans'
> Tour (aka The 'Shut The F**k Up About Ticket
> Prices And Be Thankful We're Still Around' Tour
> and The 'New Album? What New Album?' Tour)

gazza you are SUCH a naugthy boy! aren't you ashamed of yourself? LOL..a classic!

Ozzy did a farewell tour in the '90s, then changed his mind a few years later and started touring again. He called his first tour after the farewell tour the Retirement Sucks Tour, which I thought was pretty funny.

"It wasn't my fault ... liquors drunkened me!" Homer Simpson

tatters Wrote:
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> ohnonotyouagain Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > tatters Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > A complete history of the Who's farewell
> tours:
> > >
> > > 1982 - The Farewell tour
> > > 1989-90 The we thought we'd just come back to
> > say
> > > goodbye again while Pete plays acoustic
> guitar
> > in
> > > a soundproof booth tour
> >
> > Acoustic guitar yes, soundproof booth, no
> >
> > > 1996-97 The we just figured out you need 18
> > people
> > > on stage to perform Quadrophenia properly
> tour
> >
> > > 1999-2000 The Pete CAN still play electric
> > after
> > > all, just not very loud tour
> >
> > On the contrary, he played very loud and very
> well
> > on that tour
> >
> > > 2002 - The John can't make the mortgage
> > payments
> > > on his castle, and even though he just
> dropped
> > > dead, we found someone else to stand over
> there
> > > and play the bass tour
> >
> > Of course I would rather that Entwistle lived
> to
> > go on that tour, but I would rather see Pete
> and
> > Roger as The Who than no Who at all
> >
> > > 2004 - The no particular reason tour
> >
> > see above
> >
> > > 2006-07 The get a load of our horrible new
> > album
> > > tour
> >
> > Parts of it are actually quite good, in my
> > opinion. It got pretty good reviews as well.
>


> Yes, I know, I exaggerated about the soundproof
> booth, but he WAS partially surrounded by some
> sort of soundproof baffling on the "quiet side" of
> the stage.

Really? I always thought that was a myth. I have a VHS of an '89 show that I've watched many times and I don't remember seeing any sort of baffling. Maybe I missed it, or they just edited it out of the video? Or maybe he had it for some shows and not others? I have a friend who saw them about 10 times in '89, I'll have to ask him.

> As far as you saying he played "very loud" in
> 2000, I can only ask "compared to what"? Did you
> see the Who in the 70s? I did. It was so loud I
> could hardly stand it. In 2000 he didn't even make
> my ears ring.

Ok, you've got me there. But nobody is as loud as The Who in the '70s, they were in the Guiness book of world records for loudest show ever for a concert from '76. Compared to that, ANY band is going to be quieter. I saw them in 2000 and my ears rang plenty. Which could be because my ears are just big pussies, I don't know

> A perverse aspect of the 2002 tour is that ticket
> sales actually increased after John died. I guess
> fans were getting bored with the three man Who and
> were curious to see what a two man Who would be
> like. I was. But I already had my tickets when
> John died. I went because I wanted my Who show. It
> was good, but I don't think I would have bought
> the tickets if I'd known John wasn't gonna be
> there.

Good points, I agree. They still put on a great show, tho of course not as good as with Entwistle. I loved Pete's deadpan, tongue-in-cheek comment in one of the shows: "Roger and I have talked it over and we've decided if one more of us dies we're not going to call it The Who anymore."

> As for Endless Wire, I was expecting a bad album,
> but not this bad. The best track on it is not as
> good as the worst track on what used to be their
> worst album, It's Hard.

To each his own, I suppose. I thought Mike Post Theme, It's Not Enough and the extended version of We've Got A Hit were very good, miles better than anything on It's Hard and most of Face Dances. And there are several others on there I like, just not as well as those three. I admit it's a very uneven album and there are some clunkers on it. Like most recordings by '60s bands in the CD era, it's overly long and could have greatly benefited from some serious editing/track order rearranging.

"It wasn't my fault ... liquors drunkened me!" Homer Simpson

ohnonotyouagain Wrote:
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> Ozzy did a farewell tour in the '90s, then changed
> his mind a few years later and started touring
> again. He called his first tour after the farewell
> tour the Retirement Sucks Tour, which I thought
> was pretty funny.


I was at the last shows of the tour in Costa Mesa '92, at the end a huge flaming sign hung from a crane in the parking lot lit up "I'LL BE BACK." I yelled out "I just spent $25 (!!) on a ticket that says farewell show, you better not come back!."

chrisking Wrote:
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> well if the who have been touring on a crappy
> album, someones mortage payments. would the stones
> tours be called..........Well we like more money
> so were going to charge 400 bucks. or a bigger
> bang tour should be called an over hyped album
> that everyone believes is great but its not tour.
>
>
> im kind of lost on the idea of those. or maybe
> this tour should be called we need to get to 500
> million while we play miss you for the 20,000th
> time.
>
> i have a feeling not many people are going to like
> this post


I like your post.
I'm with you!

How about the '401K Retirement Tour?'

The Beatles were the first although it wasn't publicly announced...but they new it about half-way through the 1966 tour.

Happy Jack Wrote:
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> I believe the Who only announced 1 farewell tour
> (82). The other "reunions" were not billed as
> farewell tours.

Good point, very true, they did only announce one farewell tour. '89 was a reunion tour and they never said "we'll never play together again after this one." But because they didn't commit to staying together during the tour and they did in fact go on an indefinite hiatus (which ended up lasting 7 years) afterwards, a lot of people regarded it as "yet another farewell tour" and the urban legend of them breaking up and getting back together over and over was created.

And it was further stoked later because a lot of people also thought they broke up after the '96-97 tour and then got back together later. But that's not the case, they didn't break up in '97, they've been a working band since then, touring in '99, '00, '02, '04 and '06-'07.


>To listen to Pete the Who
> continued to tour after 82 because of Entwistle's
> money problems. However, and maybe this is naive
> on my part, I think from the 99 tour on, the band
> is out there to make money yes, but also enjoys
> actually playing the music more so than in 89 and
> 96/97. As for Endless Wire being a "horrible new
> album" I admit its not as good as any of the
> classics, but then what albums can ever be in any
> artists catalog? (tell me honestly that the stones
> have put out anything that truly matches Exile or
> LIB or Sticky Fingers?) However, I wouldnt call
> Endless Wire a "Horrible album". Musically and
> lyrically its better than Its Hard. There are
> several good songs on it, and I give the Who
> credit for at least promoting it, rather than
> dumping it after only half of one tour and
> sticking to fan favorites.

"It wasn't my fault ... liquors drunkened me!" Homer Simpson



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Gazza Wrote:
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> tatters Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> >> I'll try to think up some funny names for
> Stones
> > tours. In the meantime I'll just say that every
> > Stones tour since 1989 has been a kind of
> > recreation, not of how Stones concerts used to
> be,
> > but of how someone in their 20s or 30s IMAGINES
> > them to have been. They are paying ridiculous
> sums
> > to experiece someone else's nostalgia, the
> > nostalgia of someone older than themselves. It's
> a
> > peculiar phenomenon.
>
>
> Too good an opportunity to pass up, I'm afraid.
> Apologies in advance to the Stones Taliban who may
> get touchy about anything thats quite obviously
> written with tongue firmly in cheek....
>
>
> 1975 - The 'Cock Dance' Tour
>
> 1976 - The '1976 Was a Great Year For Class A
> Drugs' Tour
>
> 1978 - The 'See Us One More Time Before Keith Gets
> Banged Up' Tour
>
> 1979 - The 'How The F*** Did He Wriggle Out of
> That One' Benefit Shows
>
> 1981 - The 'Hooray! Keith Escaped Jail But
> Ronnie's Now on Speedballs' Tour
>
> 1982 - The '25 Songs Played At Breakneck Speed'
> Tour
>
> 1989/90 - The 'Michael Cohl Presents 100 Million
> Reasons Why We Love Each Other After All,
> Honestly' Tour
>
> 1994/95 - The 'Since When Was Bill Wyman A 220
> Pound Black Man' Tour
>
> 1997/98 - The 'Can Anyone Hear Ronnie Playing'
> Tour (aka The 'Last One Everyone Can Afford'
> Tour)
>
> 1999 - The 'Millionaires Watching Billionaires'
> Tour (aka The 'We're Only Doing This Because
> Mick's Got Another Bird Up The Spout' Tour)
>
> 2002/2003 - The 'It's Official - We're Now a
> Nostalgia Act' Tour
>
> 2005/2006 (America) - The 'Give The Setlist
> Whiners A Field Day' Tour
>
> 2006 (Japan/Australia) - The 'This Almost Was The
> Last Time' Tour
>
> 2006 (Europe) - The '40 Original Excuses To
> Cancel' Tour
>
> 2006 (America) - The '40 More Original Excuses to
> Cancel' Tour (aka the 'Milking It Dry' Tour)
>
> 2007 (Europe) - The 'Whoops - We Forgot Europeans
> Aren't Quite As Rich And Gullible as Americans'
> Tour (aka The 'Shut The F**k Up About Ticket
> Prices And Be Thankful We're Still Around' Tour
> and The 'New Album? What New Album?' Tour)

LOL, that's great!

"It wasn't my fault ... liquors drunkened me!" Homer Simpson

LOL
Thank you for the review , Gazza!

wipeacdc@hotmail.com
never too old or young to rocknroll!!!!!!

Montrealsuperfan Wrote:
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> sweetcharmedlife Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Elmo Lewis Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Cream must have been first.
> > >
> > > In 1982, both The Doobie Brothers and The Who
> > > "retired" from touring. That was the first
> time
> > I
> > > remember hearing this, as I was 8 years old
> > when
> > > Cream did it.
> >
> >
> > LOL Elmo. Yeah I remember sitting watching The
> > Who's farewell concert with some buddies back
> in
> > '82. I think it was on ppv and I believe it was
> in
> > Toronto. I have also seen a couple of Doobie
> Bros.
> > farewell shows. But their still kicking as far
> as
> > I know.
>
>
> I was at the Who farewell concert in Toronto in
> 82. There is also a pretty good CD of the show.
>
> I guess anyone who believes in "farewell"
> concerts, also believes in Santa Claus!


Yeah Montreal from what I remember it was a good show and we had a blast watching it.


Gazza,the Stones Taliban?............Let's hope thier not as bad as the Stones Al-Qaeda.

Gazza Wrote:
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> tatters Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> >> I'll try to think up some funny names for
> Stones
> > tours. In the meantime I'll just say that every
> > Stones tour since 1989 has been a kind of
> > recreation, not of how Stones concerts used to
> be,
> > but of how someone in their 20s or 30s IMAGINES
> > them to have been. They are paying ridiculous
> sums
> > to experiece someone else's nostalgia, the
> > nostalgia of someone older than themselves. It's
> a
> > peculiar phenomenon.
>
>
> Too good an opportunity to pass up, I'm afraid.
> Apologies in advance to the Stones Taliban who may
> get touchy about anything thats quite obviously
> written with tongue firmly in cheek....
>
>
> 1975 - The 'Cock Dance' Tour
>
> 1976 - The '1976 Was a Great Year For Class A
> Drugs' Tour
>
> 1978 - The 'See Us One More Time Before Keith Gets
> Banged Up' Tour
>
> 1979 - The 'How The F*** Did He Wriggle Out of
> That One' Benefit Shows
>
> 1981 - The 'Hooray! Keith Escaped Jail But
> Ronnie's Now on Speedballs' Tour
>
> 1982 - The '25 Songs Played At Breakneck Speed'
> Tour
>
> 1989/90 - The 'Michael Cohl Presents 100 Million
> Reasons Why We Love Each Other After All,
> Honestly' Tour
>
> 1994/95 - The 'Since When Was Bill Wyman A 220
> Pound Black Man' Tour
>
> 1997/98 - The 'Can Anyone Hear Ronnie Playing'
> Tour (aka The 'Last One Everyone Can Afford'
> Tour)
>
> 1999 - The 'Millionaires Watching Billionaires'
> Tour (aka The 'We're Only Doing This Because
> Mick's Got Another Bird Up The Spout' Tour)
>
> 2002/2003 - The 'It's Official - We're Now a
> Nostalgia Act' Tour
>
> 2005/2006 (America) - The 'Give The Setlist
> Whiners A Field Day' Tour
>
> 2006 (Japan/Australia) - The 'This Almost Was The
> Last Time' Tour
>
> 2006 (Europe) - The '40 Original Excuses To
> Cancel' Tour
>
> 2006 (America) - The '40 More Original Excuses to
> Cancel' Tour (aka the 'Milking It Dry' Tour)
>
> 2007 (Europe) - The 'Whoops - We Forgot Europeans
> Aren't Quite As Rich And Gullible as Americans'
> Tour (aka The 'Shut The F**k Up About Ticket
> Prices And Be Thankful We're Still Around' Tour
> and The 'New Album? What New Album?' Tour)

LMAO! Frickin' hilarious!
Don't forget the:
1963 - 'Hey we want to be like our friends the Beatles tour'
1964 - 'Hey, they do think we're like The Beatles but much dirtier tour'
1965-66 - 'Who ever thought 12 year old girls would be louder than our amplifiers tour'
1967 - 'Does anyone think anyone will remember this tour, tour?'
1968 - 'The Brian Jones Final Tour albeit just one obscure Television special'
1969-1970 - 'The Life Goes on Tour'
1971 - 'We missed not paying UK taxes in 69-70 tour'
1972-1973 - 'The let's peak now tour'