1963 – The Detours play the White Hart Hotel in Acton
1965 – The Who play the Victoria Ballroom in Chesterfield, Derbyshire
1966 – The Who play the Fairfield Hall in Croydon, Surrey
1967 – The Who play Siegerlandhalle in Siegen.
I found the image for the ticket here. It’s interesting because the date on the ticket is listed as April 4, but The Who begin their German tour until the 8th.
If anyone has any memorabilia or photos from this show, please share!!
1967 – The Who play Rhein-Main Halle in Wiesbaden
Read more about this show (and a few others on the German 67 tour) here (in German)
1967 – New Musical Express carries an article titled “Who`s smashing New York trip” by Keith Altham.
You can read it here
1967 – Billboard reports “Happy Jack” has hit its peak in New Zealand at #7
1968 – The Who play The Marquee Club in London. They replaced Jethro Tull on the bill
1972 – New Musical Express prints part three of a long interview with Pete conducted by Chris Van Ness in Denver the previous December.
If anyone has this issue of NME, please share!!
1974 – Seven days of overdubbing and sound mixing for the Tommy soundtrack at Ramport and CTS begins. The Elton John Band’s recording of “Pinball Wizard” is completed
1979 – Roger and Kenney are interviewed on the BBC children’s programme Swap Shop
1980 – The Who play the first of two nights at the Center Coliseum in Seattle, Washington You can listen to it on Youtube here
1997 – Advance copies of Flipp’s new CD Flipp are released containing the cover of “My Generation” that got the band its record deal. They are pulled and another song is substituted after Pete denies permissionListen to it on YouTube here
2004 – The Who make #29 on Rolling Stone’s list of “The Immortals”, a list compiled by rockers including Pete. The Beatles head up the list. Eddie Vedder writes the tribute for The Who. He closes with “Presumptuously I speak for all Who fans when I say being a fan of the Who has incalculably enriched my life.”
2010 – Roger helps launch a job centre for people with learning disabilities in Stanmore, Middlesex. Also attending are publisher Richard Desmond, the Duchess of York, and Elizabeth Hurley. Read more about it here, or here, or here
2015 – The Who play the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida