Two pictures—ABOVE and BELOW—taken during the visit to Bingley Hall, Stafford, of the pop group The Who.

Spellbound by magic of The Who

IT WAS just like bonfire night at the Bingley Hall, Stafford, at The Who concerts last weekend (writes Dianne Gibbons).

Coloured lights blazed onto the four lads on stage while vast amplifiers on scaffolding reaching to the ceiling filled the hall with the crash of drums and the biting chords of the guitars.

And the atmosphere was just as explosive as gunpowder.

The Who have not done any live gigs for two years and usually base their concerts on their new albums. They performed "Quadrophenia" in full at Trentham Gardens.

However, they changed their tactics much to the delight of the audiences—totalling 15,000 over the two nights and performed sizeable chunks of their rock opera "Tommy" and past hits including "Can't Explain," "My Generation" and "Substitute."

Bingley Hall is ideal for pop concerts no matter how the volume increased — and it did reach earsplitting pitch.

After their warm-up concert on the Friday night, Roger Daltrey, Keith Moon, Pete Townshend and John Entwhistle were really in top gear on Saturday.

Their music is savage but brilliant and as live performers go they are excellent.

Roger Daltrey was the front man, dominating the vocals with power and agility while Pete Townshend their mastermind (who writes all their material) performed acrobatics while viciously strumming his guitar.

High upon the drums Keith Moon reigned supreme, especially when he did the naughty little song from "Tommy" called "Uncle Ernie." It was just John Entwhistle who remained somewhat in the shadows.

These two exciting concerts have now paved the way for other major pop stars to visit the new Bingley Hall.