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Today in Whostory
Sunday, August 2, 1964
The High Numbers play the Florida Rooms in Brighton
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Tuesday, August 2, 1966
The Who go on vacation for two weeks. Keith, his wife Kim, John and his girlfriend Allison travel to Torremolinos in Spain. Newborn Mandy Moon is left behind with Keith's parents. Pete travels to Israel.… More »
Friday, August 2, 1968
The Who play the Singer Bowl in Flushing Meadows, New York, New York. They opened for The Doors.
Saturday, August 2, 1969
The Who play The Winter Garden in Eastbourne, East Sussex
Saturday, August 2, 1969
Keith denies to Record Mirror that he plans to leave The Who. Transcript: RECORD MIRROR, Week ending August 2, 1969In spite of what you might read or hear in other publications, drummer Keith Moon… More »
Monday, August 2, 1971
The Who play the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York. For one of the first times, The Who's show is shown on closed-circuit monitors for the benefit of back-row patrons. In addition,… More »
Friday, August 2, 1974
Pete accompanies Eric at the Greensboro North Carolina Coliseum for "Willie And The Hand Jive" and "Get Ready". Keith joins them for "Layla," "Badge" and "Little Queenie."
Friday, August 2, 1974
Billy Nicholls' LP Love Songs, with an engineering credit for Pete on "Helpless Helpless," is released in the U.K.
Tuesday, August 2, 1977
The Who finalize their control of Shepperton Studios in Surrey for around £350,000. The biggest movie made during The Who's time will be Alien (1979) where the set designers will borrow The Who's stage lasers… More »
Saturday, August 2, 1980
Roger Daltrey's solo single "Free Me" backed with "McVicar" hits the British charts. It peaks at #39, the last solo Roger single to enter the British Top Forty.
Tuesday, August 2, 1988
John plays at the 99 Club in Seattle, Washington. This show is listed as August 4 in our favorite sources, but we have two newspaper clips indicating it was on the 2nd
Thursday, August 2, 1990
John Entwistle reunites with Rat Race Choir, the band he toured with in 1987, for a show at World Stage in Hillcrest, New York
Monday, August 2, 1993
Pete plays the first of two nights at the Community Theater in Berkeley, California
Tuesday, August 2, 1994
Roger and John perform "You Better You Bet" on The Tonight Show with Simon Townshend and Zak Starkey.
Saturday, August 2, 1997
The Who play the Meadows Music Theater in Hartford, Connecticut
Monday, August 2, 1999
The John Entwistle Band play Sub-Culture in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Wednesday, August 2, 2000
Pete attends the wedding of The Who's manager, Bill Curbishley. Pete says he spends a long time talking to fellow Curbishley-managed act, Jimmy Page.
Tuesday, August 2, 2005
Roger has a cameo as himself in the end credits of "The Priest and The Beast" on the BBC TV series The Mighty Boosh. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3n6abm
Wednesday, August 2, 2006
Keith Moon's ex-wife, Kim Kerrigan Moon McLagen, is killed in a traffic accident in Eastern Travis County, Texas.
Wednesday, August 2, 2006
Moon The Loon, a play written by Chas Early (who plays Keith) and Martin Keady and partially concerned about Keith and Kim's problematic marriage, opens at the Edinburgh Festival.
