1964 – The Who play the Glenlyn Ballroom in Forest Hill 1965 – The Who play The Marquee Club in London 1967 – The Who return to London 1969 – The Who appear on “This is…Tom Jones” in the U.K. 1973 – Roger Daltrey releases his first solo album, Daltrey, in the U.K. Chris Charlesworth… Read More »Today in Whostory: 4/20/2026
1965 – The Who play the Botwell House in Hayes, Middlesex 1966 – The Who play the Town Hall in Walsall 1967 – The Who play Stadthalle in Bremen 1967 – The Who record their appearance on Beat Club lip-syncing to “Pictures Of Lily.” The show would be broadcast on May 1. A clip of… Read More »Today in Whostory: 4/19/2026
1963 – The Detours play the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford 1964 – The Who play the Florida Rooms in Brighton 1965 – The Who play Civic Hall in Crawley, Sussex 1969 – The Who appear on “This is Tom Jones” in the U.S. 1970 – The Who perform at University of Leicester with supporting act… Read More »Today in Whostory: 4/18/2026
1964 – The Who play the Goldhawk Social Club in Shepherd’s Bush 1965 – The Who play the “Big Easter Rave” at The Florida Rooms in Brighton. Roy Hatley recalls, “On their Easter Saturday 1965 appearance a frightening 1700 plus crowd was packed in like sardines to watch them, with another 500 sitting on the… Read More »Today in Whostory: 4/17/2026
1964 – The Who play the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford with drummer Dave Gold from Marshall’s Music Shop. 1965 – The Who play the Goldhawk Social Club in Shepherd’s Bush 1966 – The Who play the Odeon Cinema in Watford 1966 – The Who appear on the cover of Record Mirror. The only mention inside… Read More »Today in Whostory: 4/16/2026
1964 – The Who play the White Hart Hotel in Acton. 1967 – The Who play Friedrich-Ebert-Halle in Ludwigshafen. Violence erupts but not during the Who’s set. This time it’s during John’s Children’s performance as they provoke a riot and almost close the entire show down. John’s Children’s equipment is confiscated by German authorities and… Read More »Today in Whostory: 4/12/2026
1963 – The Detours play in Bayswater at Douglas House 1965 – The Who play the Dacorum College of Further Education in Hemel, Hempstead, Hertfordshire. Haven’t located any other information about this show. If anyone was there, or lives near and could search local library, would be greatly appreciated! 1966 – The Who tele-record… Read More »Today in Whostory: 4/07/2026
1963 – The Detours play the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford. 1964 – The Detours open for the Tony Meehan Combo at the California Ballroom in Dunstable 1965 – The Who play The Plaza Ballroom in Newbury, Berkshire 1966 – A judge grants another interim injunction brought by The Who’s former producer Shel Talmy preventing The… Read More »Today in Whostory: 4/04/2026
1964 – The Who play the Glenlyn Ballroom in Forest Hill 1965 – “I Can’t Explain” reaches its top position in the Billboard charts at #93. 1965 – The Who are featured in an article in Record Mirror: “The group that slaughters their amplifiers…” Transcription: The group that slaughters their amplifiers… by RICHARD… Read More »Today in Whostory: 4/03/2026
1963 – The Detours play Oldfield Hotel in Greenford 1964 – Two days of skirmishes break out between Mods and Rockers at Clacton. The British tabloid press leaps on it, describing it as an invasion and begins to write articles trying to understand what these Mods and their enemies the Rockers are all about. With… Read More »Today in Whostory: 3/28/2026