RICHARD HARTOG Los Angeles Times A BIG S-S-SENSATION: Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend (on guitar) perform Saturday at a VH1 tribute to their band, the Who.

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THERE ARE “once-in-a-lite-time” tribute and trophy shows most every weekend in Los Angeles, but Saturday night had been circled on the calendar for weeks