HERSHEY — The one thing you haven’t come to expect from The Who in all its 40 years is tenderness.

Great power chords and explosive rock anthems? Yes. Eye-dabbing sentimentalism? Not so much.

True, some of guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend’s more subdued moments have been downright introspective, but Monday night at the Giant Center he and vocalist Roger Daltrey, along with their exceptional band, were able to blow the roof off the place and bring the crowd nearly to tears.

Only an act with 40 years of depth and a still-present lust for loudness (even moreso than some of their oldest fans, it seems) could accomplish this.

The duo, augmented by drummer Zak Starkey (former Beatle Ringo Starr’s son), guitarist Simon Townshend (Pete’s younger brother), bassist Pino Palladino and keyboardist Brian Keyroe filling in for longtime side man John “Rabbit” Bundrick, offered a steady stream of hits as well as new material from the recently released “Endless Wire,” the band’s first disc of all-new material in 24 four years.

“Baba O’Reilly” was triumphant,