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Monday, April 15, 1963
The Detours 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
Thursday, April 15, 1965
The Who play the Victoria Ballroom in Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Friday, April 15, 1966
The Who play the Fairfield Hall in Croydon, Surrey
Saturday, April 15, 1967
New Musical Express carries an article titled "Who`s smashing New York trip" by Keith Altham. You can read it here
Saturday, April 15, 1967
Billboard reports "Happy Jack" has hit its peak in New Zealand at #7
Billboard magazine's New Zealand music chart from April 15, 1967
Saturday, April 15, 1967
The Who play Siegerlandhalle in Siegen. I found the image for the ticket here. It's interesting because the date on the ticket is listed as April 4, but The Who begin their German tour… More »
Image courtesy of www.beatundrockhistory.de
Saturday, April 15, 1967
The Who play Rhein-Main Halle in Wiesbaden Read more about this show (and a few others on the German 67 tour)  here (in German)
Image courtesy of giants-aachen.de
Monday, April 15, 1968
The Who play The Marquee Club in London. They replaced Jethro Tull on the bill
Saturday, April 15, 1972
New Musical Express prints part three of a long interview with Pete conducted by Chris Van Ness in Denver the previous December.   If anyone has this issue of NME, please share!!
Monday, April 15, 1974
Seven days of overdubbing and sound mixing for the Tommy soundtrack at Ramport and CTS begins. The Elton John Band's recording of "Pinball Wizard" is completed
Cover of Elton John's "Pinball Wizard" from the Netherlands
Sunday, April 15, 1979
Roger and Kenney are interviewed on the BBC children's programme Swap Shop
Tuesday, April 15, 1980
The Who play the first of two nights at the Center Coliseum in Seattle, Washington
You can listen to it on Youtube here
Tuesday, April 15, 1997
Advance copies of Flipp's new CD Flipp are released containing the cover of "My Generation" that got the band its record deal. They are pulled and another song is substituted after Pete denies permission
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Back cover of the "Flipp" CD containing "My Generation"
Thursday, April 15, 2004
The Who make #29 on Rolling Stone's list of "The Immortals", a list compiled by rockers including Pete. The Beatles head up the list. Eddie Vedder writes the tribute for The Who. He closes with… More »
Cover of Rolling Stone magazine from April 15, 2004
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Roger helps launch a job centre for people with learning disabilities in Stanmore, Middlesex. Also attending are publisher Richard Desmond, the Duchess of York, and Elizabeth Hurley. Read more about it here, or here… More »
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
The Who play the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida
Ticket to The Who's April 15, 2015 concert