1965 – The Who play the Town Hall in Kidderminster, Worcestershire 1966 – New Musical Express reports the The Who will soon be touring Scandinavia 1966 – The Who play the Corn Exchange in Newbury, Berkshire. John and Keith are late due to attending Ready Steady Go! Pete and Roger have been playing with the… Read More »Today in Whostory: 5/20/2026
1963 – The Detours play the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford 1964 – The Who play the Glenlyn Ballroom in Forest Hill 1965 – The Who play McIlroy’s Ballroom in Swindon, Wiltshire 1967 – The Who play the Locarno ballroom in Bristol and the third time The Who played here. Despite John’s broken finger (see yesterday’s… Read More »Today in Whostory: 5/18/2026
1963 – The Detours play the Carnival ballroom at the Park Hotel in Hanwell “…All my college chums turned out. Some pretty girls from the fashion school stood at the front of the stage, pretending to scream at me like Beatles fans; they were teasing, but everyone was impressed, especially when we played the slightly… Read More »Today in Whostory: 5/17/2026
1964 – The Who play the first of two nights at the Florida Rooms in Brighton 1964 – The Whitsun Bank Holiday riots between Mods and Rockers take place. Photos of Mods and Rockers smashing each other on the Brighton seaside inflame the British public. The press also reports a sad incident connected with the… Read More »Today in Whostory: 5/16/2026
1964 – The Who play the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford 1965 – The Who play the Dunstable College of Further Education Rag Ball at the Civic Hall in Dunstable 1966 – Disc and Music Echo carries an article titled “Who Bomb Threat” Transcript: WHO BOMB THREAT: IRA WARN ‘DON’T WEAR UNION JACKETS IN DUBLIN’… Read More »Today in Whostory: 5/14/2026
1965 – The Who play the Public Hall in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. The Who played the first set to a half-empty hall, and during the second set had coins thrown at them from the patrons of the now closed pubs nearby. 1966 – The Who play the Wimbledon Palais in Wimbledon 1966 – The Who appear… Read More »Today in Whostory: 5/13/2026
1963 – The Detours play the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford 1964 – The Who play the Glenlyn Ballroom in Forest Hill 1965 – Radio Luxembourg’s Ready, Steady Radio! was recorded at The Marquee Club and broadcast on May 16. 1966 – The Who play the Corn Exchange in Bristol 1966 – “Substitute” enters the Swedish… Read More »Today in Whostory: 5/11/2026
1964 – The Who play the Florida Rooms in Brighton 1966 – Pete presents Who manager Kit Lambert with a musical gift the day before Kit’s 31st birthday. It is a 10-minute piece called “Gratis Amatis” that Pete put together with his friend Ray Tolliday and which he jokingly refers to as an opera. It… Read More »Today in Whostory: 5/10/2026
1963 – The Detours play White Hart Hotel in Acton 1965 – The Who played De Montfort Hall in Leicester supporting Tom Jones and Marianne Faithfull. Appearing before The Who are The Naturals, The Squires, The Hustlers, Jon Mark and Al Paige. 1969 – The Who present Tommy to America for the first time at… Read More »Today in Whostory: 5/09/2026
1964 – The Who play the Goldhawk Social Club in Shepherd’s Bush 1965 – The Who play The New Palladium in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The opening acts are Studio Six and the Jaygars, the latter featuring twelve-year old guitarist and later member of Thunderclap Newman and Wings, Jimmy McCulloch. 1965 – Pop Weekly’s “Top Thirty”… Read More »Today in Whostory: 5/08/2026