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Today in Whostory: 11/13/2025

    1965 – Record Mirror carries two ads for My Generation

    1965 – The Who play the La Locomotive Club in Paris

    1966 – The Who fly to Switzerland to play in the snow, spending four days in Neuschnee, Grindelwald having publicity photos snapped.

    1969 – Pete appears on WEDO AM’s Personal Close-Up radio show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    1969 – The Who play the State University of New York’s (SUNY) Elting Gymnasium in New Paltz, New York

    1970 – Thunderclap Newman’s “Wild Country” backed with “Hollywood Dream” is released in the U.K. Pete produces the single and plays bass on it with the addition of pedal steel on the b-side. It fails to chart.

    1971 – Richie Havens’ LP The Great Blind Degree hits the U.S. charts. It features a cover of “See Me Feel Me”

    1973 – The Who play the third of three nights at the Lyceum Theatre in London

    1975 – The film Lisztomania staring Roger Daltrey has its London premiere

    1976 – Record Mirror features a “vintage color poster” of The WHo

    1979 – Roger and John Entwistle discuss current and upcoming Who film projects in The New York Times. John and especially Roger both state that they were dissatisfied with Jeff Stein’s work on The Kids Are Alright.

    1985 – Pete attends an exclusive party at New York’s Whitney Museum thrown by Bob Dylan to celebrate the release of his boxset Biograph.

    1987 – John and his band ‚”Rat Race Choir‚” play Bessie’s Boat House in Norfolk, Virginia

    1996 – Pete and Roger attend the Silver Clef Dinner and Auction in New York City honoring Bill Curbishley. The Silver Clef Dinner raises funds for Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy, a program that helps autistic and handicapped children.

    1998 – The John Entwistle Band continue their U.S. tour appearing at Cafe Milano in Nashville, Tennessee

    1999 – The Who play The House of Blues in Chicago, Illinois with Eddie Vedder’s “C-Average” opening.

    2000 – The Who play the London Arena in London

    2006 – The Who play the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah

    2007 – The Bridge Collection, Vol 3 is released on iTunes featuring 1998 acoustic performances by Pete of “Drowned” and “Let My Love Open the Door” and The Who in 1999 playing equally acoustic versions of “Boris The Spider” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again”

    2008 – The Who play the Osaka Castle Hall in Osaka, Japan

    2009 – Roger plays at The Borgata in Atlantic City, New Jersey

    2012 – The Who play the Verizon Center in Washington, DC

    You can view some photos on flicker here

    You can read a review at the Washington Post here (paywall)

    View the soundcheck on youtube here

    2017 – Roger attends the Adoration Trilogy Event at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The event raises funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust.

    2018 – Roger is interviewed at the bigissue.com website. You can read it here