1965 – The Who play the Town Hall in Kidderminster, Worcestershire 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 bassist and drummer from their opening act The Jimmy Brown Sound and are naturally… Read More »Today in Whostory: 5/20/2020
1963 – The Detours play the Carnival ballroom at the Park Hotel in Hanwell 1964 – The Who play the second of two nights at the Florida Rooms in Brighton 1965 – The Who play The Pavilion in Bath, Somerset 1967 – After a week off from gigs following their mini tour of Scandinavia, The… Read More »Today in Whostory: 5/17/2020
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: 5/16/2020
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: 5/13/2020
From http://twitter.com/BrianInAtlanta Arthur Brown on working with Pete Townshend and Kit Lambert https://t.co/MDvoNfz7yX via @YouTube — The Who This Month (@BrianInAtlanta) May 12, 2020
From http://twitter.com/BrianInAtlanta Arthur Brown on working with Pete Townshend and Kit Lambert https://t.co/MDvoNfz7yX via @YouTube — The Who This Month (@BrianInAtlanta) May 12, 2020
From http://twitter.com/BrianInAtlanta Arthur Brown on working with Pete Townshend and Kit Lambert https://t.co/MDvoNfz7yX via @YouTube — The Who This Month (@BrianInAtlanta) May 12, 2020
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: 5/10/2020
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: 5/09/2020
From http://twitter.com/BrianInAtlanta 4 May 1968 Pete Townshend tells Melody Maker he is working on a new opera, "The Amazing Journey", about a deaf, mute, and blind boy who believes himself the ruler of the cosmos. https://t.co/CmMgyGlhgk pic.twitter.com/dboHU6zCHe — The Who This Month (@BrianInAtlanta) May 4, 2020