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Saturday, May 2, 1964
Keith's first official date with The Who playing a girl's 21st birthday party upstairs in a pub on the North Circular. John is amazed to see Keith tie his drums together with rope but understands… More »
Sunday, May 2, 1965
The Who play the Dungeon Club in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. They show up two hours late.
Photo courtesy of Brian Bennion at dungeonmods.wordpress.com
Sunday, May 2, 1965
The Who's April 27th show is broadcast on Radio Luxembourg's Ready, Steady, Radio!
Radio listing for May 2, 1965
Tuesday, May 2, 1967
The Who's first gig in Norway at the Njårdhallen, a sports arena in Vestre Aker, Oslo
Friday, May 2, 1969
Roger, John, Keith, Bobby Pridden, John "Wiggy" Wolff and roadies Tony Haslam and John "Bumper" East fly to New York to prepare for the upcoming tour. Pete does not join them until the 8th, the… More »
Saturday, May 2, 1970
The Who play the Lower Refectory at the University of Sheffield in Sheffield, Yorkshire
Sunday, May 2, 1971
Another attempt at the Lifehouse Project was scheduled at the Young Vic but apparently The Who cancelled the date, ending Pete's first attempt to bring his multi-media, rock-revitalizing, science-fiction epic to fruition.
Tuesday, May 2, 1972
Pete records his demo for "Long Live Rock" at his home in Twickenham.
The demo would later be included on "Another Scoop" You can listen to it on YouTube here
The demo would later be included on "Another Scoop" You can listen to it on YouTube here
Thursday, May 2, 1974
This is the second day of filming of the "Uncle Ernie" sequence for the Tommy movie. Meanwhile, Pete spends the first of two days in Ramport Studios trying to coax a vocal performance out of… More »
Friday, May 2, 1975
Keith's "Don't Worry Baby" backed with Together" is released in the U.K
Wednesday, May 2, 1979
The Who return for their first concert after Keith Moon's death playing the Rainbow Theatre in London. According to John Swenson, the audience went "absolutely bonkers" and Who fans and reviewers are ecstatic about the… More »
Friday, May 2, 1980
The Who play the Saint Paul Civic Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota
Wednesday, May 2, 1984
The Evening Standard carries a letter from Pete regarding Meg Petterson and his recovery from Heroin addiction
Thursday, May 2, 1985
Pete attends the film premiere of the new Richard Gere/Gregory Hines movie, "The Cotton Club", in London
Thursday, May 2, 1996
Pete Townshend appears on CBS-TV's The Late Show With David Letterman in New York City performing "Rough Boys" and "The Kids Are Alright."
Friday, May 2, 1997
Roger Daltrey runs a game-fishing tourney at his farm to raise money for Raleigh International, a youth development charity
Sunday, May 2, 2004
Polydor Records UK releases The Who: The 1st Singles Box containing CD recreations of 11 classic Who singles and the new "Real Good Looking Boy"/"Old Red Wine" songs
Sunday, May 2, 2004
The Who: Then & Now 1964-2004 is released in the U.K.
Monday, May 2, 2005
Roger attends the reunion concert of Cream at the Royal Albert Hall
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
The 2CD live compilation "View From a Backstage Pass" is sold with membership in the new TheWho.com website that also opens on this date.
Saturday, May 2, 2015
The Who play the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas
