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Today in Whostory: 2/24/2026

    1963 – The Detours play the Douglas House in Bayswater in the afternoon

    1963 – The Detours play the White Hart Hotel in Acton

    1966 – The Who were scheduled to play at the Victoria Ballroom in Chesterfield. Roger came down with laryngitis and the show was postponed until March 3rd

    1966 – The Who were scheduled to play at the Victoria Ballroom in Chesterfield. Roger came down with laryngitis and the show was postponed until March 3rd

    1967 – The Who play two shows at the Palazzetto dello Sport in Bologna, Italy

    1968 – The Who play The Winterland in San Francisco

     

    1968 – Disc and Music Echo features a brief article titled “Who History TV” stating that The Who will appear in an hour long history of pop

    1968 – Rolling Stone magazine votes The Who the Best Band Of 1967. This issue also features a short article titled “Who Take New Album on Faith”

    1969 – The Who head back into IBC Studio A for more Tommy work.

    1973 – Pete is interviewed by Charles Shaar Murray in New Musical Express. He details how he got Eric Clapton to play at the Rainbow Concert the month before.

    1973 – Billboard magazine carries an ad for Ode Records “Tommy” with London Symphony Orchestra

    1974 – The Who play the Palais des Sports in Lyon. After this show, most of the hated backing tapes for the live Quadrophenia are packed away, never to be used again.

    1981 – The Who play the City Hall in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear

    1982 – MTV begins the “I Want My MTV” ad campaign featuring Pete, among others, declaring the phrase.

    1987 – Roger and his wife Heather attend the 29th annual Grammy Awards show at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles

    1990 – Pete is scheduled to appear, via video, at an all-star tribute for Roy Orbison at the Universal Amphiteater in Los Angeles.  Footage found does not indicate he was included

    1993 – Q magazine prints a letter by Chris Charlesworth decrying the sorry state of the Who’s CD catalog and lack of a career-spanning boxset retrospective. The next day, Pete calls him up and gives him permission to begin a CD reissue program and the compilation of a Who CD boxset.

    1994 – Pete, Roger and John Entwistle are reunited, somewhat, at Carnegie Hall as part of “Daltrey Sings Townshend: A Celebration,” an all-star-assisted Roger performance of Pete’s songs with an orchestra led by Michael Kamen. Although Roger and John perform together, Pete performs his two numbers, “And I Moved” and “Who Are You,” without either of his former bandmates. The three do not appear together on stage until the finale, a performance of “Join Together,” where Roger and all the guest stars group on stage. Other guests include The Spin Doctors doing “I Can’t Explain,” Alice Cooper doing “I’m A Boy,” Linda Perry doing “Dr. Jimmy,” Lou Reed doing “Now And Then,”Roger, Sinead O’Connor and The Chieftans doing “Baba O’Riley” and “After The Fire,” and Eddie Vedder performing “Let My Love Open The Door,” “Squeeze Box,” “Naked Eye,” and “My Generation.” A compilation of the two shows is cablecast that weekend as a pay-per-view special. Eddie Vedder’s performances are edited out, according to Roger, “because he’s a star.”

    1996 – The John Entwistle Band plays Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma

    1996 – Pete presents the Gong for Best Group to Oasis at the Brit Awards

    1998 – Roger Daltrey’s A Celebration: The Music Of Pete Townshend CD is reissued by the House Of Blues label

    2004 – Roger attends Brian Wilson’s performance of his Smile album in London

    2013 – The Who play the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire