Tuesday, February 6th, 1979

Tommy opens as a musical in London's West End with Pete in attendance. The script is based on the screenplay to the film written by Pete and Ken Russell. Allan Love stars as the afflicted hero and Paul Tomlinson and John Hole direct. Chris Welch in Melody Maker gives it a positive review although he finds much of the story pretentious. Variety pans the production. It closes after 118 performances.

After the opening Pete and others attended an "After-show party" at London's Sundown Club