The Who Hits 50!

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For the album of the same name, see The Who Hits 50! (album).
The Who Hits 50!
Tour by The Who
File:Who Hits 50 Tour.jpg
Associated album The Who Hits 50!
Start date 23 November 2014
End date 18 June 2016
Legs 8
Number of shows 1 in the Middle East
22 in Europe
49 in North America
72 in Total
The Who concert chronology
The Who live at Manchester Arena in 2014

The Who's 2014–16 tour is an ongoing tour, billed as The Who Hits 50!, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the band. Roger Daltrey has referred to this tour as the band's "long goodbye" hinting that it will the final tour for The Who.[1] The tour will consist of 70 dates with the band performing in Asia, Europe and North America.

In September 2015 the band announced that fall 2015 North American leg was being postponed due to Daltrey contracting viral Meningitis and told by doctors to rest. The tour resumed in February 2016 and ends on 18 June 2016.[2]

History

An announcement about the tour came through the band's website and social media networks on 30 June 2014.[3][4] Pete Townshend described the show as "Hits, Picks, Mixes and Misses", for the band would play all their classic anthems as well as tackling deeper cuts from their catalog;[5][6]

In addition to longtime veterans Zak Starkey, Pino Palladino, and Simon Townshend, the same backing musicians from the group's previous tour were retained, minus the horn section.

Tour band

Original members

Backing musicians

  • Zak Starkey – drums, percussion
  • Pino Palladino – bass guitar
  • Simon Townshend – rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Loren Gold – keyboards, backing vocals, percussion, jaw harp
  • Frank Simes - keyboards, backing vocals, percussion, banjo, mandolin
  • John Corey - keyboards, backing vocals, percussion, bass harmonica

The Show

The tour kicked off with the group's first ever show in the United Arab Emirates, followed by a UK leg. The band included several numbers not included in any recent tours, including the first full performance of "A Quick One (While He's Away)" since 1970 and the first full band appearances of "So Sad About Us" (Townshend and special guest Paul Weller performed it acoustically at the Royal Albert Hall in 2000) since 1967; "Pictures of Lily" and "Join Together" had not been played since 1989. The North American leg, with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts featured as the opening act, kicked off in April 2015. Eddie Vedder joined the band for a performance of "The Real Me" in Chicago. Daltrey suffered a throat infection in September 2015 forcing the band to postpone the 2015 fall North American dates until February 2016. Tal Wilkenfeld was featured as the opening act when the North American tour resumed on 27 February 2016. Pete Townshend was suffering from his own ailments when the band hit Washington DC on 24 March 2015. Townshend was suffering from a cold and losing his voice so his brother Simon Townshend took over most of his backing vocals (and with help from the audience) however Pete was able to make it through "I'm One" despite his rough sounding voice. "Eminence Front", which had been featured in all of the shows, was dropped in favored of the unrehearsed and rarely played "Slip Kid"

Set list

This set list is representative of the performance on 26 May 2016 in Brooklyn, New York. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

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  1. "I Can't Explain"
  2. "The Seeker"
  3. "Who Are You"
  4. "The Kids Are Alright"
  5. "I Can See For Miles"
  6. "My Generation"
  7. "Behind Blue Eyes"
  8. "Slip Kid"
  9. "Bargain"
  10. "Join Together"
  11. "You Better You Bet"
  12. "I'm One"
  13. "Love, Reign O'er Me"
  14. "Eminence Front"
  15. "A Quick One (While He's Away)"
  16. "Amazing Journey"
  17. "Sparks"
  18. "Pinball Wizard"
  19. "See Me, Feel Me"
  20. "Baba O'Riley"
  21. "Won't Get Fooled Again"

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Tickets Sold/Available Box Office
Middle East
23 November 2014 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates duArena — —
Europe
30 November 2014 Glasgow Scotland The SSE Hydro 11,356 / 11,356 $1,214,320
2 December 2014 Leeds England First Direct Arena — —
5 December 2014 Nottingham Capital FM Arena — —
7 December 2014 Birmingham Barclaycard Arena — —
9 December 2014 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena — —
11 December 2014 Liverpool Echo Arena Liverpool — —
13 December 2014 Manchester Phones 4u Arena 10,961 / 12,389 $1,185,690
15 December 2014 Cardiff Wales Motorpoint Arena Cardiff — —
22 March 2015 London England The O2 29,416 / 32,631 $3,160,040
23 March 2015
26 March 2015 Royal Albert Hall — —
North America
15 April 2015 Tampa United States Amalie Arena 9,389 / 11,489 $905,569
17 April 2015 Miami American Airlines Arena — —
19 April 2015 Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena — —
21 April 2015 Raleigh PNC Arena — —
23 April 2015 Duluth Arena at Gwinnett Center 8,609 / 9,605 $823,017
25 April 2015 New Orleans Fair Grounds Race Course —[lower-alpha 1]
27 April 2015 Austin Frank Erwin Center — —
29 April 2015 Houston Toyota Center 7,671 / 9,343 $860,080
2 May 2015 Dallas American Airlines Center — —
5 May 2015 Kansas City Sprint Center — —
7 May 2015 St. Louis Scottrade Center — —
9 May 2015 Louisville KFC Yum! Center — —
11 May 2015 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 8,914 / 8,914 $626,547
13 May 2015 Rosemont Allstate Arena — —
15 May 2015 Columbus Nationwide Arena — —
17 May 2015 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 12,383 / 12,383 $1,192,337
20 May 2015 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum — —
22 May 2015 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall — —
24 May 2015 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena 7,327 / 7,359 $1,023,826
26 May 2015 Brooklyn Barclays Center 11,800 / 13,536 $1,131,705
30 May 2015 Forest Hills Forest Hills Tennis Stadium — —
Europe
21 June 2015 Belfast Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena — —
23 June 2015 Dublin Ireland 3Arena — —
26 June 2015 London England Hyde Park —[lower-alpha 2]
28 June 2015 Pilton Worthy Farm —[lower-alpha 3]
30 June 2015 Paris France Zénith de Paris — —
2 July 2015 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome — —
13 February 2016 London England The SSE Arena, Wembley — —
North America
27 February 2016 Detroit United States Joe Louis Arena 13,468 / 13,468 $1,170,833
1 March 2016 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre 9,514 / 10,636 $675,954
3 March 2016 New York City United States Madison Square Garden 14,863 / 14,863 $1,597,504
7 March 2016 Boston TD Garden 13,054 / 13,054 $1,289,318
10 March 2016 Chicago United Center 12,104 / 12,104 $1,254,813
12 March 2016 Louisville KFC Yum! Center 9,326 / 10,002 $747,946
14 March 2016 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 10,375 / 11,220 $969,884
16 March 2016 Pittsburgh Consol Energy Center 10,272 / 11,216 $829,134
19 March 2016 Newark Prudential Center 12,648 / 12,648 $1,282,646
21 March 2016 Milwaukee BMO Harris Bradley Center 10,212 / 10,689 $820,162
24 March 2016 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center 11,119 / 12,277 $1,143,938
26 March 2016 St. Louis Scottrade Center 9,515 / 10,316 $800,976
29 March 2016 Denver Pepsi Center 9,508 / 10,562 $732,862
27 April 2016 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre — —
29 April 2016 Kansas City United States Sprint Center — —
1 May 2016 Minneapolis Target Center — —
4 May 2016 Winnipeg Canada MTS Centre — —
6 May 2016 Saskatoon SaskTel Centre — —
8 May 2016 Edmonton Rexall Place — —
10 May 2016 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome — —
13 May 2016 Vancouver Rogers Arena — —
15 May 2016 Seattle United States KeyArena — —
17 May 2016 Portland Moda Center — —
19 May 2016 Oakland Oracle Arena — —
22 May 2016 Anaheim Honda Center — —
25 May 2016 Los Angeles Staples Center — —
27 May 2016 San Diego Valley View Casino Center — —
29 May 2016 Las Vegas The Colosseum at Caesars Palace — —
Europe
11 June 2016 Newport England Seaclose Park —[lower-alpha 4]
14 June 2016 Toulouse France Zénith de Toulouse — —
16 June 2016 Madrid Spain Caja Mágica —[lower-alpha 5]
18 June 2016 Vitoria-Gasteiz Azkena Rock Festival Grounds —[lower-alpha 6]
TOTAL 263,804 / 282,060 (94%) $25,439,101

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

17 & 18 December 2014 London, England The O2 Postponed to 22 & 23 March 2015 due to Daltrey's illness[8]
28 & 29 June 2015 Paris, France Le Zenith Cancelled in order for the band to appear at Glastonbury Festival.

Notes

  1. ↑ The 25 April 2015 concert in New Orleans is a part of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
  2. ↑ The 26 June 2015 concert in London is a part of British Summer Time.
  3. ↑ The 28 June 2015 concert in Pilton is a part of the Glastonbury Festival.
  4. ↑ The 11 June 2016 concert in Newport is part of the Isle of Wight Festival.[7]
  5. ↑ The 16 June 2016 concert in Madrid is part of the Mad Cool Festival.
  6. ↑ The 18 June 2016 concert in Vitoria-Gasteiz is part of the Azkena Rock Festival.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-28087350
  2. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-who-postpone-who-hits-50-tour-due-to-roger-daltrey-virus-20150918
  3. ↑ thewho.com / Blog / Story / The Who 50th anniversary british and irish tour this autumn (first access date = 1 July 2014).
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