1964 – The Who play the Glenlyn Ballroom in Forest Hill
1965 – The Who play The Marquee Club in London
1966 – The Who play the Tower Ballroom in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
1967 – The Who attend the dress rehearsal for the Murray the K shows. The stage hands think something has gone horribly wrong at the end of The Who’s set, then applaud after they realize The Who’s equipment-destroying is part of their act.
1968 – A Pete-penned travel piece, “Who Pete Townshend writes from Hollywood,” appears in New Musical Express.
1968 – The Who play Code 1 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Supporting them is the group Bridge.
1970 – Keith pleads guilty but with extenuating circumstances to the charges of driving with excess alcohol, without insurance and without a driving license on the night of his chauffeur Neil Boland’s death two months before. The magistrates dismiss all the charges.
1974 – Billboard magazine carries a full page ad for The Who’s King Biscuit Flower Hour broadcast on March 31st
1975 – John and his band The Ox play in St. Louis, Missouri opening for Joe Walsh
1996 – The John Entwistle Band play at Lulu’s in Kitchener, Canada with Edgar Winter
1999 – The CD Punk Or What by Bernie Tormé is released. It features a previously unreleased cover of “Anyway Anyhow Anywhere” from 1977. You can listen to it on youtube here
2000 – Pete Townshend records an episode of VH1 Storytellers in London before an intimate audience of 215. He concentrates almost entirely on songs from Lifehouse.
2004 – Compendia Records releases a truncated CD of Pete Townshend Live: A Benefit for Maryville Academy as Magic Bus: Live From Chicago
2007 – The dramatic movie Reign Over Me, starring Adam Sandler and featuring a cover of “Love, Reign O’er Me” by Eddie Vedder as its title song, premieres. Listen to it on youtube here
2007 – The Who play the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2009 – Pete and Roger hold a press conference at the Crown Towers Hotel in Melbourne, Australia. When asked about The Who’s disastrous first tour in 1968, Pete recalls: “I had a ball on the trip in ’67 [sic; ’68]…I met a girl I nearly married – I had a lovely time, and adds, “Yes – I deeply, deeply regret not coming back sooner.
2009 – The Who: Maximum R & B Live video is re-released in the U.K. as a 2-DVD set. Video from the 1970 Tanglewood show is dropped in place of the 1981 Essen concert
2010 – The Who Greatest Hits Live, previously released on iTunes in January, is released on CD in the U.S., Germany and Australia
2012 – Roger plays at Auditorium della Conciliazione in Rome
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2015 – The Who play the O2 Arena in London
2016 – Roger attends ‘Conversation on Child Cures’ at Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC