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Today in Whostory: 11/28/2025

    1963 – The Detours play at the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford

    1964 – The Who play the Corn Exchange in Chelmsford, Essex

    1965 – The Who play the Oasis Club in Manchester

    1970 – The Who play Lanchester Polytechnic in Coventry. The Who plan to leave on a high note but after cutting down Tommy and losing “Summertime Blues “ and “Shakin’ All Over “ they realize they’ve only played 45 minutes! Pete later declares the show a “disaster. “,

    1971 – The Who play the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis. Keith Moon “renovates “ his hotel room. Total bill for work done? $1400.

    1972 – Pete is interviewed about the London Symphony Orchestra’s Tommy for the programme Scene and Heard to be broadcast on December 2

    1973 – The Who play the St. Louis Arena in St. Louis, Missouri

    1975 – The Who play the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina

    1975 – “Love’s Dream” backed with “Orpheus Song”, a single by Roger from the Lisztomania soundtrack is released in Europe.
    You can listen to Love’s Dream on YouTube here
    You can listen to Orpheus Song on YouTube here

    1983 – Roger appears on Måndagsbörsen, a Swedish talk show.

     

    Watch on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_oifRAdjUQ

    2005 – The DVD Thunderfingers, A Tribute to John Entwistle of ‘The Who’ is released in Europe.

    2006 – The Who play the Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, Connecticut

    2007 – The television show “Final 24” features the last 24 hours of Keith Moon. You can watch it on YouTube here

    2014 – The Who were scheduled to play the Odyssey Arena in Belfast but the show is postponed until the following year