Who’s higher? Who’s finest!
Tune is over? It sounds inconceivable, doesn’t it?
This high-quality journal is out in UK retailers tomorrow. However as this 172-page Definitive Version Final Music Information to The Who reaches the USA, it is going to be doing in order The Who embark on their farewell North American tour, which begins in Florida on August sixteenth, winding up in Las Vegas on September twenty sixth.
“Nicely, all good issues should come to an finish,” Pete Townshend mentioned on the announcement in early Might. “It’s a poignant time. For me, enjoying to American audiences and people in Canada has all the time been unbelievable…”
Nicely would possibly he assume that. By no means thoughts the musical triumphs at generational occasions like Monterey (1967) or Woodstock (1969), or enjoying Tommy dwell for the primary time at classical music venues. The USA was additionally a scene of nice legend-making notoriety. That may imply detonating a piece of a TV studio on the Smothers Brothers present or being banned from the Vacation Inn chain of motels following Keith Moon’s birthday celebration. It was their playground, and – to be momentarily vulgar – additionally a spot the place they made some huge cash.
The Who’s unbelievable story – through in-depth critiques of their beautiful catalogue, to alarming recollections of Keith Moon’s excessive spirits, to not point out insightful interviews with Pete Townshend – are to be discovered on this new journal. Should you ever really feel at sea in all these pages, our eight-page Miscellany timeline will shortly put you again on track.
However what of The Who, 2025? A brand new field set is claimed to be within the works, with UK dates probably to observe – though Roger Daltrey was actually hedging his bets when he confronted questions on such a tour in Might. “Let’s see if we survive this one…” he mentioned.
Within the meantime, benefit from the journal.
