TD Garden @
- Boston @
, MA @
- Fri, Nov 16, 2012 @
Favorite moment: Toss up between the tribute to their former members, or the collection of hits they performed at the end. @
Setlist: I Am The Sea, The Real Me, Quadrophenia, Cut My Hair, The Punk and the Godfather, I'm One, Dirty Jobs, Helpless Dancer, Is It In My Head?, I've Had Enough, 5:15, Sea and Sand, Drowned, Bell Boy, Doctor Jimmy, The Rock, Love Reign O'er Me, Who Are You, Behind Blue Eyes, Pinball Wizard, Baba O'Riley, Won't Get Fooled Again, Tea and Theater @
Opening act(s): Vintage Trouble @
The Who came to Boston to perform their 1973 rock opera Quadrophenia, which tells the story of a Mod named Jimmy living in England in the mid 1960s. The band of course is only with two of their original members, lead singer Roger Daltrey, and lead guitarist and primary song writer Pete Townshend. Filling the shoes of diseased bassist and drummer John Entwistle and Keith Moon were Pino Palladino on bass, and Zak Starkey (the son of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr) on drums. Those two have been touring with the band for the past few years, and they both did a good job filling the big shoes they had to fill. Pete's younger brother Simon Townshend was also there as a second guitarist and had lead vocals on the song Dirty Jobs. Despite being in their late 60s, Townshend and Daltrey still had all their old moves on stage, Pete did a few windmills on the guitar, and Roger did his signature microphone twirl at times, he also sported his classic look of wearing an unbuttoned shirt and appeared to be in good shape. Taking advantage of modern technology, they band was able to use video screens to add to their performance and represent John Entwistle by playing a video of one of his bass solos on the song 5:15. They did the same for Keith Moon by playing a video of him singing the song Bell Boy from one of their concerts back in the 70's. It was a nice way to pay tribute to their former members. Once the band concluded Quadrophenia with a powerful rendition of Love Reign O'er Me, Townshend took on the roll of leader and introduced the lesser known members of the band as well as the supporting members. He then said it was time for some "classic symphony music" as the band broke out into a bunch of their hits which included, Baba O'Riley, Behind Blue Eyes, Who Are You, Pinball Wizard, and Won't Get Fooled Again. After that everyone left the stage except for Pete and Roger, who after a bit of banter played the song Tea and Theater from their recent album from 2006 Endless Wire. After that, the two original members of The Who left the stage and the show was over. Overall, the concert was great and it was really cool to see the greatest band in the world. While Townshend and Daltrey may be in their late 60's they can still rock just as well as they did 40 years ago.
TD Garden @
- Boston @
, MA @
- Fri, Nov 16, 2012 @
Favorite moment: Toss up between the tribute to their former members, or the collection of hits they performed at the end. @
Setlist: I Am The Sea, The Real Me, Quadrophenia, Cut My Hair, The Punk and the Godfather, I'm One, Dirty Jobs, Helpless Dancer, Is It In My Head?, I've Had Enough, 5:15, Sea and Sand, Drowned, Bell Boy, Doctor Jimmy, The Rock, Love Reign O'er Me, Who Are You, Behind Blue Eyes, Pinball Wizard, Baba O'Riley, Won't Get Fooled Again, Tea and Theater @
Opening act(s): Vintage Trouble @
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