| Tour by The Who | |
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| Location |
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|---|---|
| Associated album | The Who Hits 50! |
| Start date | 23 November 2014 |
| End date | 29 May 2016 |
| Legs | 5 |
| No. of shows |
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| The Who concert chronology | |
Billed as The Who Hits 50!, The Who's 2014–16 tour was a tour celebrating the 50th anniversary of the band. Roger Daltrey has referred to this tour as the band's "long goodbye" hinting that it will be the final tour for The Who.[1] The tour consisted of 70 dates with the band performing in Asia, Europe and North America.
An announcement about the tour came through the band's website and social media networks on 30 June 2014.[2][3] 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;[4][5]
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.
In September 2015 the band announced that the 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 ended on 29 May 2016.[6]
- ^ Masters, Tim (30 June 2014). "The Who announce 'long goodbye'". Bbc.com. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ thewho.com / Blog / Story / The Who 50th anniversary British and Irish tour this autumn (first access date = 1 July 2014).
- ^ "F1: Pharrell Williams, The Who in Abu Dhabi". Gulfnews.com. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "The Who Hits 50!". Thegarden.com. 2014. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ "The Who, Glasgow SECC, review: 'too polite' (by Matthew Magee)". Telegraph.co.uk. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ Reed, Ryan (18 September 2015). "The Who Postpone Entire 'Who Hits 50' Tour". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 7 March 2019.