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Sunday, April 12, 1964
The Who play the White Hart Hotel in Acton.
Image of White Hart Hotel in Acton in more recent times
White Hart Hotel in Acton in more recent times
Wednesday, April 12, 1967
The Who play Friedrich-Ebert-Halle in Ludwigshafen. Violence erupts but not during the Who's set. This time it's during John's Children's performance as they provoke a riot and almost close the entire show down. John's Children's… More »
The Who perform at Friedrich-Ebert Halle in Ludwigshafen, Germany on April 12th, 1967
Courtesy of Marc Starcke
Saturday, April 12, 1969
The Who attend the Melody Maker Poll winners concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London "The Who, 1969, Melody Maker Awards, unknown hotel in London. Every year the Melody Maker readers would vote for… More »
Saturday, April 12, 1969
Keith gets his chance to rate records without knowing who recorded them in the Melody Maker article: "Blind Date: Keith Moon" Transcription: BLIND DATE KEITH MOON BARRY RYAN: “Theme to Eutopia” and “Why Do You… More »
Saturday, April 12, 1969
"Pinball Wizard" enters the Dutch charts where it will ultimately peak at #12.
Swedish "Pinball Wizard" backed with "Dogs Part Two" single
Sunday, April 12, 1970
Keith drums as a special guest for a Screaming Lord Sutch gig at the Country Club in Hampstead. Keith is accompanied by the screaming Lord's longtime drummer, Carlo Little, who was also the mentor who… More »
"Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends" album cover
Saturday, April 12, 1975
Pete, in an interview in Melody Maker, talks about his current feelings about the Tommy movie. He finds it "entertaining. I don't like the first few minutes of it. I felt that was all a… More »
April 12, 1975 article on Pete Townshend from Melody Maker
Image courtesy of www.thewhothismonth.com
Thursday, April 12, 1984
Roger performs "Free Me" and "Parting Would Be Painless" at the Golden Rose Pop Festival in Montreux
Friday, April 12, 1996
The Japanese all-woman band Super Junky Monkey releases their CD Parasitic People with a strange "cover" version of "See Me Feel Me". You can listen to it on youtube here
Super Junky Monkey's "Parasitic People" album
Monday, April 12, 2004
A DVD of the British Rock Symphony, featuring Roger performing "Street Fightin' Man," "5:15," See Me Feel Me," "Let It Be" and "Pinball Wizard," is released in the U.K
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Roger attends the Teenage Concert Trust concert at the Royal Albert Hall
Photo by Jo Hale/Getty Images
Monday, April 12, 2010
The CBS-TV series Two and a Half Man airs an episode entitled "Keith Moon is Vomiting in His Grave"
Newspaper listing for "Two and a Half Men" for April 12, 2010
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
The Who play the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham, West Midlands
The Who performing on April 12, 2017 in Birmingham
Photo by Alan Tipping