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Today in Whostory: 3/09/2026

    1963 – The Detours play Osterley Park Hotel in Isleworth

    1965 – The Who play The Marquee Club in London

    1966 – The Who play the Town Hall in Farnborough

    1968 – New Musical Express article: “Ann Moses meets The Who” about meeting between The Who and the editor of Tiger Beat. Mention is made of the American Cancer Society ads.

    If anyone has this issue of NME, please send image of the article!

    1968 – The Who play the Grande Ballroom in Detroit, Michigan with Soap opening. At this show The Who add “Little Billy” to their show list. They also break all attendance records for the ballroom.

    1975 – John and his band The Ox is the headlining act at Century Theater in Buffalo, New York

     

    1976 – The Who play the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The show is stopped after only two songs when Keith passes out. They reschedule the show for the end of the tour (April 1)

    1981 – The Who play the first of three nights at Wembley Arena in Wembley, London

    1996 – The John Entwistle Band play the Buffalo Rose in Golden, Colorado

    1998 – An expanded and re-ordered version of Odds and Sods is released on CD in the U.K. The U.S. issue comes out the following day.

    1998 – The gay-themed film Like It Is premiers at the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. Roger plays Kelvin, a gay music promoter

    2007 – The Who play the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey

    2010 – Roger opens for Eric Clapton at the Gwinnett Center near Atlanta

    2012 – Roger plays at Il Gran Teatro GEOX in Padua, Italy