List of The Who tours and performances

The Who in 1975

The Who are an English rock band, whose most commercially successful line-up was Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle and Keith Moon. Originally known as the Detours, the group performed with varying personnel in and around the London area until 1964, when Moon joined.[1] They continued to perform exclusively in Europe until their first American tour in 1967.[2]

The group's fourth album, the rock opera Tommy (1969) was a critical and commercial success.[3] The Who played the rock opera live from 1969 to 1970, which elevated the band's critical standing.[4] Their fifth album, Who's Next followed a series of free concerts at the Young Vic, London.[5] They continued to tour to large audiences before taking a hiatus from live performances at the end of 1976.

In 1978, Moon died of a drug overdose,[6] and the band, backed with drummer Kenney Jones and keyboardist John "Rabbit" Bundrick, toured 1979 and 1980 supporting their album Who Are You.[7] After a successful tour in 1982, the band broke up.[8] Following two reunion gigs in 1985 (for Live Aid) and 1988, the band toured in 1989 with an expanded line-up.[9] The band officially reunited in 1996, starting with a two-year retrospective tour of Quadrophenia.[10] After the death of Entwistle in 2002,[11] Townshend and Daltrey continued as the Who, releasing two new albums in 2006 and 2019 respectively and continued touring.

  1. ^ McMichael & Lyons 1997, p. 14.
  2. ^ McMichael & Lyons 1997, p. 53.
  3. ^ McMichael & Lyons 1997, p. 83.
  4. ^ Atkins 2000, p. 137.
  5. ^ Snow 2015, p. 111.
  6. ^ Neill & Kent 2002, p. 292.
  7. ^ McMichael & Lyons 1997, pp. 179–180.
  8. ^ Whitaker 2015.
  9. ^ McMichael & Lyons 1997, p. 197.
  10. ^ McMichael & Lyons 1997, p. 201.
  11. ^ Snow 2015, p. 205.