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Friday, May 17, 1963
The Detours play the Carnival ballroom at the Park Hotel in Hanwell "...All my college chums turned out. Some pretty girls from the fashion school stood at the front of the stage, pretending to scream… More »
Sunday, May 17, 1964
The Who play the second of two nights at the Florida Rooms in Brighton
Monday, May 17, 1965
The Who play The Pavilion in Bath, Somerset
Tuesday, May 17, 1966
The Lincolnshire Echo's "In the Groove by Bob Farmer" includes an article titled "The Who Look At A New Means of Self Defense" Transcript: THE Who, Britain's most talked-about, written-about pop group, may soon find… More »
Wednesday, May 17, 1967
Pete records an interview for the BBC overseas radio programme Dateline London
Radio listing from "The Vancouver"
Wednesday, May 17, 1967
The Who fly to Manchester to tape an appearance on Top Of The Pops which is broadcast the next night. After the show they flew to Luton Airport and quickly drove to Stevenage
Tv listing for May 18, 1967
Wednesday, May 17, 1967
After a week off from gigs following their mini tour of Scandinavia, The Who are back on the circuit again playing a gig at Mod stronghold, the Locarno Ballroom in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. By 1967 the… More »
Saturday, May 17, 1969
The Who play the Fillmore East in New York, New York
Saturday, May 17, 1969
Pete and Roger surrender themselves to the authorities at the Ninth Precinct station for the previous nights on-stage incident. They are released on bail
Saturday, May 17, 1969
The first copies of the Tommy LP are appearing on store shelves in America. Disc jockeys receive a 4-single box set of selected tracks. Ellen Sander in Saturday Review calls it a masterpiece and says… More »
Saturday, May 17, 1969
Disc and Music Echo runs a profile on John, Pete and Keith's wives If anyone has this issue of Disc magazine, please share!!
Thursday, May 17, 1979
The Who play the Pavillon de Paris in Paris, France Since this is a Who show in France, we recommend you visit our friends at "Les Who en France" here
Thursday, May 17, 1979
Rolling Stone magazine publishes an article titled "The Who unveil plans for New York shows" by Dave Marsh Transcript: The Who unveil plans for New York shows First live dates here since 1976 By Dave… More »
Wednesday, May 17, 1989
Roger is at the Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of Mack The Knife, which features Roger singing the title song. In an interview, Roger says he wanted to become a doctor of Chinese medicine… More »
Roger Daltrey in costume for the film "Mack the Knife"
Photo by Arnaud BORREL/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
Thursday, May 17, 2001
Pete wins an award from BMI for "Who Are You" as one of the most performed television themes of the year. Earlier in the day he records individual guitar "riffs" on the Gibson SG's he… More »
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Willie Nile releases his CD Live at the Turning Point featuring a cover of "Substitute".
You can listen to it on YouTube here
You can listen to it on YouTube here
Thursday, May 17, 2007
The Who play the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid in Madrid, Spain
Photo: JAVIER SORIANO/AFP via Getty Images
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Harper Collins is declared the publisher of Pete's autobiography.
Friday, May 17, 2013
Roger appears on the U.S. television show "The View"
Sunday, May 17, 2015
The Who play the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Courtesy of Sheva Golkow
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
The Who play the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon
