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Today in Whostory: 4/27/2026

    1963 – The Detours play the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford

    1964 – The Who play the 100 Club in London opening for the Mike Cotton Sound

    1965 – The Who play the Marquee Club in London ending a 16 week residency.

    1967 – The Who appear on Top of the Pops miming to “Pictures of Lily”

    1969 – The Who play the Kinema Ballroom in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland.

    Opening were The Shadettes who would later be known as Nazareth

    1970 – The Who play the Civic Hall in Dunstable with Writing On The Wall opening

    1974 – Pete reviews over a dozen current singles in New Musical Express including a new single from The Beach Boys, which he calls “mediocre.”  If anyone has a copy of this issue, I’d love to obtain a readable copy of the article!

    1974 – Filming of the “Fiddle About” sequence begins
    You can watch the end result on youtube here

    1982 – Roger appears on the BBC talking about his fitness regiment

    1998 – Roger and his wife Heather attend the world premier of the movie Sliding Doors at the Leicester Square Cinema in London.

    2004 – Geffen releases Tommy: Deluxe Edition on DVD-A in the U.S

    2009 – The Pinball Wizards release their CD My Generation (The Ultimate Who Tribute) featuring 10 Who covers. You can listen to it on YouTube here

    2010 – The website Wolfgang’s Vault releases the audio from The Who’s 1970 Tanglewood concert in an online streaming format

    2012 – Roger and his solo band play Kenmin Hall in Kanagawa, Japan

    2015 – The Who play the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas

    2016 – The Who play the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    2018 – Roger performs at the We Are Family Foundation Celebration Gala at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City

    2022 – The Who play Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida