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Saturday, May 11, 1963
The Detours play the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford
Monday, May 11, 1964
The Who play the Glenlyn Ballroom in Forest Hill
Tuesday, May 11, 1965
Radio Luxembourg's Ready, Steady Radio! was recorded at The Marquee Club and broadcast on May 16.
Radio listing for May 16, 1965
Wednesday, May 11, 1966
The Who play the Corn Exchange in Bristol
Wednesday, May 11, 1966
"Substitute" enters the Swedish Kvällstoppen sales chart, peaking at #16
Courtesy of discogs.com
Saturday, May 11, 1968
The Who play the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland.
Saturday, May 11, 1968
Record Mirror carries an article titled "America: TheyJust Don't Know Who We Are", an interview with Keith Moon Transcription (not fully reviewed for accuracy): AMERICA: THEY JUST DON’T KNOW WHO WE ARE says WHO’S KEITH… More »
Sunday, May 11, 1969
The Who play the Grande Ballroom in Detroit, Michigan
Monday, May 11, 1970
The Who spend five days rehearsing afternoons at the Granada Theatre in Wandsworth in order to inject some of the new songs they have been recording, such as "I Don't Even Know Myself" and "Water",… More »
Tuesday, May 11, 1971
The Who complete recording "Song Is Over" at Olympic Studios in London. Also recorded this month and early the next are "Baba O'Riley," "Love Ain't For Keeping," "My Wife," "Behind Blue Eyes," "Let's See Action,"… More »
Friday, May 11, 1973
The Harrow Observer and Gazette carries an article titled "Keith Mooon knows Harrow well". Transcript (not verified for accuracy): That'll Be The Day As the title song "That'll Be The Day" faded away after the… More »
Friday, May 11, 1973
John's third solo album John Entwistle's Rigor Mortis Sets In is released in Britain. The album had been delayed because of planned bridges between tracks that would have featured an imitation of BBC children's show… More »
Wednesday, May 11, 1977
Who manager Bill Curbishley presents a contract to producer Sydney Rose and director Tony Klinger to make a documentary about The Who. Unbeknownst to the two signers, the contract is part of an unsuccessful backdoor… More »
Monday, May 11, 1981
Pete and Chris Stamp attend a memorial service for The Who's late manager Kit Lambert at St. Paul's Church in Covent Garden. It would have been his 46th birthday and was almost exactly 20 years… More »
Sunday, May 11, 1997
The Who play the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Friday, May 11, 2001
eelpie.com puts The Who's Aug. 24, 2000 Denver concert up for sale as an unedited mp3 download
eelpie.com - 2001
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Roger tells the press he will play a surgeon's assistant in a Battle of Waterloo drama for Britain's Channel 4. It is released in August as Trafalgar Battle Surgeon. You can watch the show on… More »
Friday, May 11, 2007
Roger attends the launching of Scotland's first hospital unit for teenage cancer sufferers in Glasgow.
Photo by Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images
Monday, May 11, 2015
The Who play the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee
Saturday, May 11, 2019
The Who play Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, Virginia
Photo by Jules McNamara