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Friday, May 8, 1964
The Who play the Goldhawk Social Club in Shepherd's Bush
Saturday, May 8, 1965
Pop Weekly's "Top Thirty" has The Who's "I Can't Explain" down 2 at number 18.
Saturday, May 8, 1965
The Who play The New Palladium in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The opening acts are Studio Six and the Jaygars, the latter featuring twelve-year old guitarist and later member of Thunderclap Newman and Wings, Jimmy McCulloch.
Sunday, May 8, 1966
The Who play the Arcadia Ballroom in Cork, Ireland thewho.com has a story Irish Jack wrote about this date here
Sunday, May 8, 1966
The New Musical Express Poll Winners concert at the Empire Pool from the 1st is broadcast on ITV. It is re-broadcast on the 15th. Video from this show does exist - but unfortunately the portion… More »
Monday, May 8, 1967
The Who flew back to London from Sweden and began rehearsals at Brian Epstein's Saville Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue, London.
Friday, May 8, 1970
The Who play Eliot College of the University of Kent in Canterbury, Kent. Despite being advertised as the support band, Genesis cancels at the last moment and are replaced by the group Spirogyra. 1,400 attend,… More »
Saturday, May 8, 1971
Melody Maker interviews John about his new solo album. If anyone has this issue, please share!!
Saturday, May 8, 1971
Record Mirror interviews Roger about the collapse of the Lifehouse project.
Wednesday, May 8, 1974
The Who begin three days of filming the "Pinball Wizard" sequence with Elton John at the King's Theatre in the Albert Road, Portsmouth. The extras are students from the local Portsmouth Polytechnic. Pete, while smashing… More »
Saturday, May 8, 1976
Record Mirror confirms that Bill Curbishley has been named the manager of The Who
Thursday, May 8, 1986
Roger is part of a panel at the 1st International Music & Media Conference in Montreux, Switzerland. The Bronski Beat and Mike Rutherford are also on the panel. Roger is reportedly photographed around the conference
Thursday, May 8, 1986
Roger performs "Under a Raging Moon" and "The Pride You Hide" for the Montreux Rock TV show. It is aired later in the month.
Saturday, May 8, 1999
Pete travels to La Jolla, California to meet with Ted Waitt of Gateway Computers to discuss the Lifehouse Method software development. While there he pens the poem "I Want To Get Through The Fall."
Monday, May 8, 2006
Roger performs at Arsenal Stadium in Highbury during ceremonies marking the last football game played at the stadium. In honor of his favourite team playing his favourite stadium, Roger sings a song he has written… More »
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Roger Daltrey performs with the RD Crusaders in a charity event at the Old Billingsgate fish market in London. They perform "Giving It All Away", "Squeeze Box", "Substitute", "Pinball Wizard" and "Ring of Fire". Audience… More »
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Friday, May 8, 2009
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band cover "My Generation" during their show at University Park, Pennsylvania.
You can watch it on YouTube here
You can watch it on YouTube here
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Pete's literary agent, Ed Victor, begins shopping Pete's autobiography to publishers. The proposed title is Pete Townshend: Who He?
Sunday, May 8, 2016
The Who play the Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Photo byCodie McLachlan/Postmedia
Sunday, May 8, 2022
The Who play the Woodlands Pavilion in The Woodlands, Texas
