1964 – The Who play the Goldhawk Social Club 1965 – The Who play the Rhodes Centre in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire with opening act The Cops N Robbers 1966 – The Who play Marine Ballroom on the Central Pier in Morecambe 1967 – The Who play the RKO Radio Theater, New York, New York 1968… Read More »Today in Whostory: 3/27/2026
1963 – The Detours play the Grand Ballroom in Broadstairs 1965 – Manager Kit Lambert receives a letter stating that their April 15, 1965 gig at the Locarno Ballroom, Swindon has been canceled because the Promoter has had a lot of trouble lately and he feels that THE WHO are not the type of Group… Read More »Today in Whostory: 3/22/2026
1964 – The Who play the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford 1965 – The Who are scheduled to return to IBC Studios for another bit of recording but there is no record of any tracks recorded at this time. 1965 – “I Can’t Explain” reappears on the New Musical Express charts at #23. 1965 – The… Read More »Today in Whostory: 3/19/2026
1963 – The Detours play the White Hart Hotel in Acton 1965 – Excerpts from six numbers performed by The Who at The Marquee Club on February 16 appear on a French Television programme called Seize Millions de Jeunes on ORTF TV 2. It is part of documentary about Mods shot by two French acquaintances… Read More »Today in Whostory: 3/18/2026
1964 – The Who play the White Hart Hotel in Acton 1965 – The Who appear live on Gadzooks! It’s All Happening! on BBC2 playing “Shout and Shimmy” and “I Can’t Explain”. 1965 – A promo film assembled by Who managers and budding filmmakers Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp appears on the TV programme That’s For… Read More »Today in Whostory: 3/15/2026
1963 – The Detours play Oldfield Hotel in Greenford 1964 – Melody Maker carries an ad for Marshall Amps citing The Who as clients. 1965 – The Who play Starlite Ballroom in Greenford 1969 – The Who play the Corn Exchange in Cambridge 1969 – The Who pre-tape an appearance on BBC 1’s How Late… Read More »Today in Whostory: 3/14/2026
1963 – The Detours play the Mazenod Church Hall in Kilburn. I suspect this show refers to the “Sacred Hearts Church” located on Mazenod Rd. 1965 – Billboard magazine includes I Can’t Explain in it’s “Breakout Singles” list 1965 – The Who play Club Noreik in Tottenham 1966 – The Who play The Starlite Ballroom… Read More »Today in Whostory: 3/13/2026
1965 – The Who play The Goldhawk Social Club in Shepherd’s Bush 1965 – “I Can’t Explain” dropped completely out of the NME chart after having reached #26 the previous week. 1966 – The Who play The Birdcage in Portsmouth 1966 – Pete and the battle of the Who singles is the cover story in… Read More »Today in Whostory: 3/12/2026
1963 – The Detours play Douglas House in Bayswater 1966 – Talmy brings his call for an injunction against further sales of “Instant Party” by the Reaction label to the High Court. Talmy’s QC tells Mr. Justice Cross, “The group of young men who made the record is The Who.” “The what?” replies the judge.… Read More »Today in Whostory: 3/10/2026
1963 – The Detours play the White Hart Hotel in Acton 1964 – Pete fills in another form requesting an audition for the BBC Light Programme this time under the name “The Who”. 1965 – The Who play The Ealing Club in Ealing 1966 – New Musical Express carries a full page ad for The… Read More »Today in Whostory: 3/04/2026