Sunday, November 11th, 1973
The Quadrophenia tour continues with a three-night run at the Lyceum in London. Problems continue as the venue proves to be too small for The Who's gigantic stage rig, eliminating good seats in a venue that already had too few decent sightlines of the stage. This causes a crush to the front resulting in some twenty fans passing out from the pressure. The Who are forced to stop temporarily after the first three numbers so order can be restored.
Tony Palmer in The Observer wrote: Sunday witnessed the first of six concerts at the Lyceum by the most experienced of all British live groups, The Who. Â Alas,, the performance was bad. It was too loud and too long. The result was that the excerpts from 'Quadrophenia' which the group played were almost unrecognizable and no amount of apologetic introduction by Pete Townshend could excuse the nightmarish organization -- or lack of it -- at the concert.
John  Blake in the Evening news was nicer and said "it was a magic evening"
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