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“We’re not pretending that nothing’s happened,” Pete Townshend, left, told the Hollywood Bowl audience. “Tonight we play for John Entwistle,” Roger Daltrey said.

The Who: Touch Me, Heal Me

Mourning the unexpected death of founding bassist John Entwistle, the band opens its tour with power, emotion and grace.

Pop Music Review

By Richard Cromelin

Times Staff Writer

If ever catharsis were in the cards, it was Monday at the Hollywood Bowl, where one of rock’s most emotion-driven bands was due to perform