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There were plenty of reasons for the Who to remain retired. For one, they'd already said goodbye, during a series of dates specifically dubbed a farewell tour . Pete Townshend had also developed an issue with his hearing. They had barely spoken in the ensuing years. And Keith Moon , of course, remained dead .

But the band's 25th anniversary loomed, as did the 20th anniversary of their seminal rock opera Tommy . So, there they were, playing a warm-up date on June 21, 1989 at the 5,000-seat Glens Falls (N.Y.) Civic Center. The Who then officially kicked off the nine-week, 25-city Kids Are Alright Tour: 1964-1989 reunion on June 23 in Toronto – where they'd staged the last show on that 1982 farewell tour.

Townshend was aware of the pitfalls, even as the Who seemed to be falling into every one of them.

"I'd spent an immense amount of time thinking about the negative aspects: the trouble that I might have with my hearing, the fact that the Who are a spent force creatively and so couldn't ever go into the studio and produce a decent record," he told Rolling Stone in 1989. "And we're too old, and this group kills people, and music does not belong in stadiums."

In fact, questions about their advanced age became a kind of theme. The St. Louis Dispatch , like so many others, pointedly noted that each of the core three was over 40. Townshend was unmoved. "I might feel a bit embarrassed because I'm not as young as I once was," he told the Today show in 1989. "Or I need a little bit more makeup. Or I need to do my hair down a bit more carefully. But who gives a shit?"

More seriously, Townshend was moved to address their decision to come back over and over again, during a series of typically introspective interviews. He said the timing was right.

"We did our farewell tour, and we said goodbye," Townshend said to knowing laughs during a news conference at Radio City Music Hall announcing Kids Are Alright Tour: 1964-1989 . "We haven't been on the road, and we haven't worked together for almost seven years. We're not a group, as such, anymore. We've actually come together especially for a 25th birthday party. That's what this tour represents."

They were inevitably accused of getting back together purely as a money grab. After all, there would be no new album – another reason, at least back then, to stay off the road. Townshend had been keeping his thoughts (and his songs) to himself, while Roger Daltrey got comfortable with a new life away from the Who. He found particular joy in spending time with his children.

"It's wonderful to be with them in these last seven years apart from the Who," Daltrey told Robin Milling in 1989. "Back then, there wasn't that much time to really enjoy them. It was always kind of a barrier. I loved the band but I didn't particularly like the touring because I used to get homesick being on the road. John [Entwistle] was the one who liked touring a lot."

And there may have been a reason for that, beyond the opportunity to lay down thunderous bass licks for the Who. Things had not gone as well for Entwistle, who once said his role in the Who was like "winning the lottery but not cashing in the ticket ." If rumors were to be believed, he had become badly cash strapped after continuing to live a lavish lifestyle despite their long hiatus.

At one point, he auctioned off some 100 of his 266 basses. "Cash flow is always difficult to maintain because whenever I earned any money, I spent it on something I could look at," Entwistle told Rolling Stone in 1989. "So, yeah, I need the money from this tour very much. Everybody needs more money."

The Who had attempted to soldier on without Moon, inserting Faces alum Kenney Jones for two  studio albums, related tours and an appearance at Live Aid in 1985. But Jones wouldn't be a part of these new dates. ("He just lost patience, and is now working somewhere else," Townshend said at the tour's introductory news conference. "We're not unhappy about that.") They were now working with Simon Phillips, who brought his own style to the proceedings.

Meanwhile, the Who dealt with Townshend's auditory issues as best they could.

"The real reason that I haven't performed live, even on my own, for a long time is that I have very severe hearing damage," Townshend admitted at Radio City Music Hall. "It's manifested itself as what they called tinnitus, a ringing in the ears. I'm still very nervous about how it's going to work, and how I can make sure I can perform on the stage without creating further damage to my hearing. I think we'll manage somehow."

He began practicing for these shows in a protective glass booth, then switched to an acoustic guitar for the first sets. By June, Townshend was wearing ear plugs. All of it made syncing up with Daltrey again just that much more difficult.

"The confidence isn't there yet," Daltrey mused during a pre-tour interview with Rolling Stone . "And with Pete by himself, that's making it very difficult. Although he's in the same room, it feels like he's not there. I bet if you took the wall away, the music would improve 100 percent."

Then there was the crowd of people surrounding them. Phillips wasn't the only new face. In fact, there were a bunch of them. The Who's touring ensemble ballooned to 15 members for the 1989 dates, including John "Rabbit" Bundrick on keyboards, Steve "Boltz" Bolton on guitar, various backup singers, even a five-piece horn section.

"That's really for one purpose only," Townshend said on Good Morning America in 1989. "The more musicians you have, the quieter you can play. It's a bit difficult to make a big sound with an electric guitar unless it's quite loud. I'm paying the price now for playing too much loud guitar."

The marathon three-hour shows opened with a selection of songs from 1969's Tommy , paired with a mixture of hits, deep cuts, unexpected covers (including Creedence Clearwater Revival 's "Born on the Bayou" and Jimi Hendrix 's "Hey Joe") and even solo cuts. The idea was for Kids Are Alright Tour: 1964-1989 to present something of a career overview, while connecting a few inspirational dots. Full-scale presentations of Tommy were also mounted in New York and Los Angeles.

"The reason for the Tommy performances is really because, you look back on the Who's career and you try to find something which sticks in the memory," Townshend said during the news conference. "There's a lot of airplay tracks – 'Won't Get Fooled Again,' 'Baba O'Reilly,' 'Behind Blue Eyes,' stuff that kids have grown up listening to on the radio – but it's Tommy which people really remember the Who for."

As the tour progressed, however, the critics pounced. The Los Angeles Times said they "conjured up visions of a veteran prizefighter who, driven by either ego or money, just can't call it quits." The Daily Record in Morristown, N.J., described the horns as "superfluous" on their best-known early songs, while arguing that Bolton "added little."

The New York Times accused the Kids Are Alright Tour: 1964-1989 lineup of nothing more than "'80s professionalism," adding that the large group was "sometimes unwieldy and over-arranged." Goldmine simply blasted them as "Rock's Recycling Kings."

Then Daltrey had his own health struggles, enduring severe stomach problems through most of the the dates. Eventually, he had to have surgery.

"Physically, I was in bad shape for that tour – very bad shape. I had something wrong with me from birth on the inside that all of a sudden had come to life," Daltrey told Goldmine in 1994. "I'm okay now; I had it all cut out. On that tour, when I started singing and all the blood would go down because you start pumping your diaphragm, the thing would blow up like a balloon. It stopped me eating. I lost so much weight. God, I was ill on that tour."

Any hope that this would coalesce into a coherent tour, much less a full-fledged reunion, seemed to evaporate.

In the end, Townshend basically capitulated, echoing the group's harshest detractors. "The band has done nothing in years. There is no band," he told Rolling Stone . "It's wrong, really, to call it the Who, because it isn't the Who. It's a bunch of session musicians brought together to play Who material. It's kind of authenticated because of our presence, but that's all, really."

At first, he even insisted that there would be no windmilling. But then Townshend did it, anyway – with disastrous results. He was forced to leave the stage in August at the Tacomadome after impaling himself on a whammy bar during "Won't Get Fooled Again." That led to perhaps this tour's most telling moment: Since there were still more than a dozen others on stage, they simply continued the show without Townshend.

The North American reunion tour lasted into September 1989; the Who then traveled to the U.K. that October, but unfortunately Daltrey continued to struggle with his voice . Perhaps unsurprisingly, they returned again to retirement – at least through 1996.

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Most fans of the Who point to the band’s 1989 reunion tour as their absolute low point as a live act. Not only did Pete Townshend play acoustic guitar most of the night to protect his damaged hearing, but the five-man lineup of their 1982 farewell tour suddenly swelled to a whopping fifteen musicians all crammed together onstage. Roger Daltrey was also far from top form since he was experiencing severe stomach problems through most of the tour that eventually required surgery.

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Despite all the problems, bad haircuts and other poor decisions, the Who staged a marathon three-hour show every night that kicked off with a complete performance of Tommy followed by a mixture of hits, deep cuts and, in a move they’ve never done before or since, tracks from their solo careers. They even played unexpected covers like “ Hey Joe ” and “ Born On The Bayou .”

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One of the motivations for the tour was John Entwistle’s desperate financial situation. He often said that being in the Who was like “winning the lottery, but not cashing in the ticket.” His income sank dramatically in the 1980s, even as he continued to live a lavish lifestyle on a castle-like estate.

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Entwistle’s songwriting skills were always overshadowed by the simple fact he was in a band with Pete Townshend, but the bassist was a very gifted writer who liked to draft songs about men with vices. “Whiskey Man” is about an alcoholic, “My Wife” is about a dodgy character whose wife (probably with good reason) suspects him of infidelity, and “Trick of the Light” is about a guy who hires a prostitute to gauge whether or not he’s skilled in bed. The man in “Boris The Spider” doesn’t seem to have any real vices, though his fixation on a spider that he eventually crushes is a little disturbing. (It’s no coincidence that Entwistle himself had issues with drugs, angry wives and women of ill-repute. It’s unclear what he thought about spiders.)

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One of the highlights of the Who’s 1989 tour was “Trick of the Light.” (Check out the video above from a show in Tacoma, Washington.) “This is a song about hookers, ladies of the night,” Entwistle told the crowd at the Tacoma Dome. “And the good they do for everyone in the world.” About an hour or so later, Pete Townshend slashed open his hand while windmilling during “ Won’t Get Fooled Again .” He rushed to the hospital for stitches, forcing the band to play the encores without him. Lucky for him, there were fourteen other people on stage more than capable of playing a couple songs without him.

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(L-R) Steve Winwood, Patti LaBelle, Phil Collins, and Billy Idol join The Who for 'Tommy' at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles, California on August 24, 1989. Photo: Ebet Roberts/Redferns

It turned out to be less than halfway through the band’s enduring lifespan to date, but on August 24, 1989, as part of the 25 th anniversary tour by The Who , they played Tommy and much more at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.

The LA gig was a star-studded affair. The Who’s performance of Pete Townshend ’s rock opera featured guest appearances by Elton John (reprising his role in Ken Russell’s Tommy film as the Pinball Wizard), Phil Collins , Billy Idol, Steve Winwood , and Patti LaBelle, who played the Acid Queen. Robert Plant was billed to perform, but he pulled out of the LA show.

Ticket prices started at $75 and went all the way to $1,500, with proceeds going to charities for abused children and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The band were coming towards the end of the massive reunion tour of 1989 by the time they got to California.

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The itinerary began on June 21 in Glen Falls, New York, filling stadiums throughout North America until September 3. In October 1989, the tour finished with four shows in Birmingham, four at Wembley Arena and two closing nights at the Royal Albert Hall.

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After featuring the whole of the  Tommy  opus, the Universal Amphitheater gig followed the pattern of the North American tour with a second set of greatest hits, as well as three Townshend solo numbers, “Face The Face,” “Dig,” and “Rough Boys.” The band encored with two more enduring favourites, “Who Are You” and Eddie Cochran ‘s “Summertime Blues.”

Some songs from the Los Angeles show were included in the Join Together live album that followed the tour in the spring of 1990, which only nudged the bottom of the US chart at No.188 and the UK listings at No.59.

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La pelicula Tommy la vi el dia de su estreno aqui en Madrid y despues otras veintitantas veces. La tengo en VHS Y DVD.

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July 24, 2015 at 9:36 pm

always loved this band since i was 12 years old just a pity the tickets are so expensive i cant afford it but all the best my favourite band of all time

August 24, 2015 at 9:39 pm

I wasn’t allowed to see the Rich Stadium show that tour. And it hurt because I’d just fallen for Roger.

August 25, 2015 at 12:21 pm

This was my first Who show. My sister had a co-worker who got dibs on tickets at the venue, so he scored $150 seats and sold them to us for face value. The venue is small and intimate, only around 5,000 seats. Being toward the end of the tour, the band was well-oiled, though its size and the complexity of the song arrangements meant long free-form jams were impossible. It was essentially Pete’s Deep End band. In 2011, I met Roger in Austin for a Tommy show, and he told me that he “hated the marimba band” they had with them on this tour! That may be a little unkind, for at the time you could look past the big band and enjoy the the big three, who were clearly enjoying themselves as well. This still ranks among the best shows I’ve seen.

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This commemorative double album of The Who’s 1989 U.S. tour started a cycle of band reunions that's continued for decades. The Who had performed a “farewell tour” in 1982, but whatever dramatic ending the band initially sought was eventually rejected in favor of bigger and increasingly lucrative tours. The decision to perform the rock opera Tommy helped get the wheels rolling for the Broadway musical. Career highlights follow on the second set, with the inclusion of “Dig,” “Rough Boys,” “A Little Is Enough," and “Face the Face” all from Townshend’s solo work and fleshed out alongside the Who classics “I Can See for Miles,” “Love Reign O’er Me,” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again” with a number of auxiliary musicians. This practice became commonplace for veteran bands as they performed in arenas and stadiums, where a modest four- or five-piece band couldn't fill the air. As a recording, this brings a distant, echoed sound, with many additional musical parts that never appeared on the original albums.

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Legendary drummer Simon Phillips recalled his stint serving as the Who 's drummer in 1989 for the band's 25th anniversary tour. Phillips, who made his bones recording and performing with Pete Townshend , Jeff Beck , Jon Anderson , Jack Bruce , Judas Priest and more, before performing with Toto between 1992 and 2013.

Phillips, who remains one of rock's most lauded and technically proficient drummers, admitted he didn't frow up a huge fan of Keith Moon 's: "Once we started learning all the music for the Who tour in 1989, and I really got into listening to everything he played. . . then I thought, 'Wow.' There were certain things that I would do every night that I would just copy a couple of his fills, just as a tip of the hat, respect, just because they tickled me so much. There was on fill in the 'Overture' of Tommy . I’ll never forget it. He just played a shuffle as a fill. Every time I hear that, I’m on the floor laughing. So I used to do that every night."

Phillips is renown for his work on Townshend's solo albums Empty Glass , All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes , and White City (A Novel) — along with performing as part of Townshend's solo band, Deep End . He recalled being asked to join the Who on tour and replace drummer Kenny Jones : "(Pete) came in one day to the room where I was working and said, 'How would you like to play with the Who?' I went, 'What about Kenney?' I thought Kenney was still the drummer, and I like Kenney. He said, 'Don’t worry about that. We’ll sort that out. Roger (Daltrey) and Kenney have had their fill of each other. We’d love you to come play.' I said, 'Wow, I’d love to.' That was nearly two years before. I think it was just a question he wanted to pose to see if it was possible because these tours do take a bit of planning. That was it. Off we went."

Pete Townshend recalled to us the Who's massively successful, but somewhat spiritless, 25th anniversary tour: ["Y'know, the fact was at the time, the Who, as a band as we'd known it in the past had kind of come apart. We were just three floating figures, and we felt that we were coming together under a brand name. And Roger (Daltrey) and I have a sense of this today. But since John (Entwistle)'s departure, we haven't been so acutely uncomfortable about it."] SOUNDCUE (:19 OC: . . . uncomfortable about it)

Roger Daltrey admitted to us that the 1989 outing hardly ranks as one of his favorite Who road treks: [ "It was a very difficult tour. Pete didn't want to play electric guitar, he played most of it acoustic. It was just. . . . We had another lead guitarist. . . (The) chemistry wasn't there for me. I had to work my balls off every night on a three-hour-show, working towards nowhere , y'know? So, I didn't like it at all. That's all."] SOUNDCUE (:15 OC . . . all that's all)

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  • 5 Tour dates
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The group debated on how to celebrate their 25th anniversary (actually the 25th anniversary of their being joined by Keith Moon , as opposed to when the group first formed), eventually deciding on a tour instead of a new studio album. However, there would be widespread changes in the band's live presentation from their previous tours, largely at Pete Townshend 's behest. Citing difficulties with his hearing due to tinnitus , Townshend wanted the band to play at a lesser volume than in previous years and now preferred to play acoustic guitar for much of the act, necessitating a second guitarist to handle much of the lead guitar duties, though Townshend would still play a fair amount of electric guitar and play lead on certain numbers. The original picks to play lead were Joe Walsh and David Gilmour (who was Pete's first choice when he told Bob Coburn on 'Rockline' that he wanted Gilmour for the tour; Gilmour bowed out due to a Pink Floyd tour of Europe in 1989), the group eventually chose Steve "Boltz" Bolton , who had played with Atomic Rooster and Paul Young in years past. The group also decided to part ways with drummer Kenney Jones and recruited Simon Phillips , with whom Townshend had worked on his 1980 solo album Empty Glass , to take his place for the tour. A number of additional personnel were added as well, including a five-piece horn section (playing on roughly half the songs in the set) and backup singers, for a total of 15 band members in all. The large number of performers and the playing styles of Bolton (who relied heavily on the tremolo arm and made occasional use of the wah-wah pedal ) and Phillips made for a very different sound than anything the band had presented in the past, drawing mixed reviews from fans and critics.

The tour started with an eleven-week stint in the US over the summer, followed by ten dates in the UK in the autumn. These included three charity shows featuring the rock opera Tommy , performed more or less complete for the first time since 1970 and with special guests such as Elton John , Phil Collins , and Billy Idol ; another Tommy performance at New York City's Radio City Music Hall did not feature special guests. Two live radio broadcasts also occurred during the tour, the Radio City Music Hall date in June and the show at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on the last night of the North American tour; an edited broadcast of the charity concert at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles later aired on the Fox Network .

Shows on the tour often ran for three hours or more and the set list varied from one point to another, with group mixing in familiar material with lesser-known songs like John Entwistle 's " Trick of the Light " and a few tracks from Townshend's solo efforts. The band occasionally performed "Dig", one of the two new Who songs included on Townshend's latest album, The Iron Man , as well as acoustic performances of rare numbers such as " Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand " and "Too Much of Anything", neither of which the band had played more than a handful of times in the past. Additionally, they played a number of cover tunes: " I'm a Man " (familiar from the band's debut album, My Generation ) featured electric guitar solos from Townshend, as did " Hey Joe ", played in an homage to Jimi Hendrix ; Creedence Clearwater Revival 's " Born on the Bayou " was also performed sporadically. Meanwhile, the four performances of Tommy were even more complete than when the band played it in 1969 – 1970 and included both " Cousin Kevin " and " Sensation ".

Following the 1989 shows and the band's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in January 1990, The Who would not reunite again until 1996 , the longest period of inactivity in their history.

Live releases

Live material from 1989 has appeared on a number of different releases:

  • The Join Together live album consisted entirely from the North American 1989 tour performances: the live rendition of Tommy was compiled from the shows on 27 June at New York City 's Radio City Music Hall and the show on 24 August at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. Songs from the second part of the album originated from 6 concerts (verified by comparison with audience recordings from the tour): A Little Is Enough and Won't Get Fooled Again come from Pontiac, MI, 25 July; Eminence Front and 5.15 - Raleigh, NC, 27 July; Rough Boys - Tampa, FL, 29 July; Trick of the Light - Vancouver, BC, 19 August; Face the Face , Join Together and You Better You Bet come from the show on 22 August at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego ; Dig , I Can See for Miles , Love Reign O'er Me and Behind Blue Eyes come from the show from 24 August at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.
  • The Tommy and Quadrophenia Live DVD includes the show from 24 August at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles – the Tommy segment appears on Disc 1 and the rest of the show on Disc 3; Disc 3 also includes " The Acid Queen ", " Pinball Wizard ", and "A Little Is Enough" from Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey , where the band played four shows from 29 June through 2 July (exact dates of the performances are not specified).
  • The versions of " I Can See for Miles ", " Join Together ", " Love, Reign O'er Me ", " Baba O'Riley ", and " Who Are You " from the 24 August Los Angeles show appear on the Greatest Hits Live compilation.
  • The version of " I'm a Man " from the Thirty Years of Maximum R&B boxed set comes from the 27 June New York show.
  • The versions of " Boris the Spider ", " I Can See for Miles ", and " See Me, Feel Me " from the Thirty Years of Maximum R&B Live video and DVD come from Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey (exact dates not specified).
  • Roger Daltrey  - lead vocals, tambourine , harmonica, occasional rhythm and acoustic guitar
  • Pete Townshend  - acoustic guitar, lead guitar, vocals
  • John Entwistle  - bass guitar, vocals

Touring Personnel:

  • Simon Phillips  - drums
  • Steve "Boltz" Bolton  - electric guitar
  • John "Rabbit" Bundrick  - piano, keyboards
  • Simon Clarke - brass
  • Simon Gardner - brass
  • Roddy Lorimer  - brass
  • Tim Saunders - brass
  • Neil Sidwell - brass
  • Jamie Daltrey - brass (during some shows in the English leg of the tour)
  • Jody Linscott  - percussion
  • Billy Nicholls  - musical director, backing vocals
  • Chyna - backing vocals
  • Cleveland Watkiss  - backing vocals

Typical set lists

North american leg.

The group's first concert in six and a half years took place at the Glens Falls Civic Center in Glens Falls, New York on 21 June and the tour ran non-stop (save one five-day break) until the final date on 3 September at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas . Earlier shows on the tour featured very experimental set lists that included material from Pete Townshend 's most recent album The Iron Man , as well as songs like John Entwistle 's "Too Late the Hero" and the Boudleaux Bryant standard " Love Hurts ", which the band had covered occasionally from 1965 – 1967 . They also performed " I'm a Boy " for the first time since 1974 during a show at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey . With a few exceptions, the shows opened with selections from the rock opera Tommy .

Set lists included the following most nights (all songs written by Pete Townshend unless otherwise specified):

  • " Overture "
  • " It's a Boy "
  • " Amazing Journey "
  • " The Acid Queen "
  • " Pinball Wizard "
  • " Do You Think It's Alright? " (dropped after 16 July; except for 24 August)
  • " Fiddle About " ( John Entwistle ) (dropped after 16 July; except for 24 August)
  • " I'm Free " (dropped after 16 July; except for 24 August)
  • " Tommy's Holiday Camp " ( Keith Moon ) (dropped after 16 July; except for 24 August)
  • " We're Not Gonna Take It "/" See Me, Feel Me "
  • " Eminence Front " (appeared regularly starting 16 July)
  • "Face the Face"
  • " I'm a Man " ( Bo Diddley )
  • " I Can't Explain "
  • " Substitute "
  • " I Can See for Miles "
  • " Trick of the Light " (Entwistle)
  • " Boris the Spider " (Entwistle)
  • " Who Are You " (followed by 15-minute intermission)
  • " Magic Bus "
  • " Baba O'Riley "
  • " My Generation "
  • "A Little Is Enough"
  • " Love Reign O'er Me "
  • " Sister Disco "
  • "Rough Boys"
  • " Join Together "
  • " You Better You Bet "
  • " Behind Blue Eyes "
  • " Won't Get Fooled Again "

In addition to the list above, the set was also supplemented by a few of the following additional songs each night, appearing in various places in the set (all songs written by Pete Townshend unless otherwise specified):

  • Performed on 21 and 23 June.
  • Performed on 21, 23 and 30 June and 10 July.
  • Performed on 21, 23, 24, 27, 29 and 30 June; and 2, 3, 6, 7, 12, 14, 16, 21, 22, 23 and 29 July.
  • Performed on 21, 23, 24, 29 and 30 June; and 2, 3, 6, 9, 10 and 14 July.
  • Performed on 21, 23, 24, 29 and 30 June.
  • Performed on 21, 23, 24, 27 and 29 June; and 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14 and 16 July.
  • Performed on 21 and 23 June; and 25 July.
  • Performed on 21 and 30 June; and 10 and 14 July.
  • Performed on 23 and 29 June.
  • Performed on 24 and 29 June; and 2, 6, 7, 12, 16, 23 and 29 July; and 8 and 9 August and 2 September.
  • Performed on 24, 29 and 30 June; and 2, 7, 9 (as encore), 27 and 30 July; and 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 18, 22, 26, 29 and 30 August.
  • Performed on 3, 6, 9, 10 and 14 July; and 9 and 13 August
  • Performed on 9, 10 and 12 July; and 5 and 7 August.
  • Performed (loosely at the end of "Sister Disco") on 9 July.

The set list from the show on 27 June in New York and the show from 24 August in Los Angeles featured complete versions of Tommy , the latter with special guests (all songs written by Pete Townshend unless otherwise specified):

  • " Eyesight to the Blind " ( Sonny Boy Williamson II ) (featuring Steve Winwood in Los Angeles)
  • " Christmas "
  • " Cousin Kevin " ( John Entwistle ) (featuring Billy Idol in Los Angeles)
  • " The Acid Queen " (featuring Patti LaBelle in Los Angeles)
  • " Pinball Wizard " (featuring Elton John in Los Angeles)
  • " Do You Think It's Alright? "
  • " Fiddle About " (Entwistle) (featuring Phil Collins in Los Angeles)
  • " There's a Doctor "
  • " Go to the Mirror! "
  • "Smash the Mirror"
  • " Tommy, Can You Hear Me? "
  • " I'm Free "
  • " Miracle Cure "
  • " Sally Simpson "
  • " Sensation "
  • " Tommy's Holiday Camp " ( Keith Moon ) (featuring Phil Collins in Los Angeles)
  • "We're Not Gonna Take It"/" See Me, Feel Me "

Encores on this leg (variations of the following list):

  • Performed on 21, 24 and 30 June; and 9 and 22 August.
  • Performed on 21 and 24 June; and 2, 10, 12, 16, 23 and 29 July; and 5, 7, 11, 13, 19, 22, 26, 29 and 30 August.
  • Performed on 21 (not as encore), 23 and 30 June; and 3, 6, 9, 14, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 27 and 30 July; and 8, 9, 18, 19 and 24 August.
  • Performed on 21 (not as encore) and 30 June; and 3, 6, 16 and 23 July; and 13 and 29 August.
  • Performed on 21 (not as encore), 24 and 29 June; and 3, 7, 9, 10, 14, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 27, 29 and 30 July; and 5, 7, 8, 11, 16, 18, 26 and 30 August; and 2 and 3 September.
  • Performed on 29 June.
  • Performed on 30 June.
  • Performed on 2 July.
  • Performed on 3 and 9 (not as encore) July.
  • Performed on 14, 16, 18, 21 (not as encore), 22, 23, 25, 27 and 30 July; and 8, 9 (not as encore), 11 (not as encore), 11 (not as encore), 18, 24 (not as encore), 26 and 30 August.
  • Performed on 23 July; and 16 and 30 August; and 2 and 3 September.
  • Performed on 11 August.
  • Performed on 11 and 30 August; and 2 and 3 September.

Three shows on the tour featured slightly shorter set lists: the show on 27 June at Radio City Music Hall in New York was shortened due to the live radio broadcast, while the last two shows of the tour in Houston and Dallas on 2 and 3 September featured Stevie Ray Vaughan and The Fabulous Thunderbirds as the opening acts (the Dallas show was also broadcast live). Townshend was forced to miss the encore during the show on 16 August at the Tacoma Dome when he impaled his right hand on the tremolo arm of his guitar while doing one of his trademark "windmills" during "Won't Get Fooled Again", barely escaping serious injury.

English leg

The band played a small series of shows in England following a one-month break, starting on 6 October with the first of four shows at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham and concluding with two concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Much like the show on 24 August in Los Angeles, the last two dates were charity performances featuring complete versions of Tommy , and with the same special guests (see above).

Except for the first show in Birmingham and the first charity show at the Royal Albert Hall, the Tommy segment did not open the show as in North America. Below is a typical set list for most of the English dates (all songs written by Pete Townshend unless otherwise specified):

  • " Eminence Front "
  • " Pictures of Lily "
  • " Trick of the Light " ( John Entwistle )
  • "We're Not Gonna Take It"/" See Me, Feel Me " (followed by a 15-minute intermission)
  • " Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand "

Three concerts opened with the Tommy set. The first Birmingham show on 6 October opened with the short set, while the final two shows at the Royal Albert Hall in London opened with nearly full performances of the album (although the second one had three songs before the Tommy set). "Secondhand Love" was also performed during the early part of the set on 7 October.

Encores (variations of the following list):

  • Performed on 6 (not as encore) and 26 October.
  • Performed on 6 and 23 October.
  • Performed on 6, 9, 10, 24 and 27 October.
  • Performed on 6 and 26 October.
  • Performed on 6 (not as encore), 7, 9, 10, 23, 24, 27 October and 2 November.
  • Performed on 7 and 23 October.
  • Performed on 7 October.
  • Performed on 9, 10, 24 and 27 October.
  • Performed (loosely at the conclusions of either "Who Are You" or "Won't Get Fooled Again") on 24, 26 and 31 October.

Roger Daltrey left the stage in the middle of " Behind Blue Eyes " during the show at Wembley Arena on 26 October, having struggled with the flu throughout the night; Townshend handled lead vocals for the rest of the song, plus "Won't Get Fooled Again", and the band played the encore without Daltrey.

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Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry remain tied for lead in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans

Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, acknowledges the crowd as he walks onto the ninth green with teammate Shane Lowry, of Ireland, during the second round of the PGA Zurich Classic golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Friday, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, acknowledges the crowd as he walks onto the ninth green with teammate Shane Lowry, of Ireland, during the second round of the PGA Zurich Classic golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Friday, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, hits off the 18th tee during the second round of the PGA Zurich Classic golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Friday, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, facing, congratulates teammate Shane Lowry, of Ireland, after finishing the day on the ninth green during the second round of the PGA Zurich Classic golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Friday, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, reacts to his chip onto the ninth green during the second round of the PGA Zurich Classic golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Friday, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, waits his turn on the 18th green with his teammate Shane Lowry, of Ireland, right, during the second round of the PGA Zurich Classic golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Friday, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, waits his torun on the 18th green with his teammate Shane Lowry, of Ireland, right, during the second round of the PGA Zurich Classic golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Friday, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Collin Morikawa congratulates teammate Kurt Kitayama, right, after they finished the day on the ninth green during the second round of the PGA Zurich Classic golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Friday, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Collin Morikawa chips onto the 18th green during the second round of the PGA Zurich Classic golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Friday, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

David Skinns, of England, discusses his shot with his caddie on the 18th fairway during the second round of the PGA Zurich Classic golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Friday, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

David Lipsky putts on the 17th green during the second round of the PGA Zurich Classic golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Friday, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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AVONDALE, La. (AP) — Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry held onto a share of the lead Friday in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, with the Irish duo shooting a 2-under 70 in alternate play in the PGA Tour’s only team event.

The teams of Davis Thompson-Andrew Novak, Ryan Brehm-Mark Hubbard and Aaron Rai-David Lipsky matched McIlroy and Lowry at 13-under 131 at TPC Louisiana. They will play best ball Saturday and close with alternate shot Sunday.

Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele, the 2022 winners, were a stroke back with Callum Tarren-David Skinns, Nick Taylor-Adam Hadwin, Zach Johnson-Ryan Palmer, Luke List-Henrik Norlander and Corey Connors-Taylor Pendrith.

McIlroy and Lowry, who opened Thursday with a best-ball 61, overcame Lowry’s mid-round putting woes to close with consecutive birdies. Lowry missed two short birdie putts and a makeable par putt.

“I was just trying to keep him as positive as possible and remind him that I’m here and I’m here to back him up in any way that I can,” McIlroy said.

Lowry rebounded with a long par-saving putt on No. 4 and blasted out of a greenside bunker to inches on the No. 8 after a mammoth drive by McIlroy.

Individual Champion Brendan Steele of HyFlyers GC poses with the trophy after the final round of LIV Golf Adelaide at the Grange Golf Club on Sunday, April 28, 2024, in Adelaide, Australia. (Chris Trotman/LIV Golf via AP)

“I missed a pretty short one on 18 and then another one on the second,” Lowry said. “I started to get a little bit into myself, but to roll that one in (on the fourth hole) was nice, and to play the last few holes the way we did was really nice too.”

Rai and Lipsky held a one-shot lead heading into the 18th hole when Lipsky hit a wild hook that landed out of play. Lipsky was able to make a bogey putt that helped the team retain a share of the lead.

“It was nice for me to make that putt after I double-crossed that drive off the tee,” Lipsky said, “That was wasn’t fun, I’ll be honest.”

Cantlay and Schauffele had the best round of the day with a 67. They were tied for the lead heading into 18th but Cantlay’s tee shot found the water, leading to a bogey.

Record crowds turned out for the first two days, which tournament officials attributed to the presence of McIlroy, the world’s No. 2 ranked player who has been enjoying the city’s cuisine. Earlier in the week, he admitted he was planning a quick visit to Bourbon Street in the city’s iconic French Quarter, but as of Friday that had not occurred.

“Maybe this afternoon could be the time,” he joked after his morning round.

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Diljit Dosanjh is all set for Dil-luminati tour Live concert in Vancouver, ticket sold from $482.79 to as high as $713.89

Popular Punjabi pop star Diljit Dosanjh is currently in Vancouver, Canada, where he has started his Dil-luminati tour. This tour marks a significant achievement as he is the first Punjabi music star to perform at BC Place Stadium . The concert is the first stop on his 2024 tour schedule. Before this, Diljit had already sold out concerts at two other big venues in Canada: Rogers Arena in Vancouver and Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.

The concert at BC Place was a big event, attracting a large crowd. Two hours before the show started, hundreds of people were already lining up outside the stadium, despite the rainy weather. These fans included families of different generations, all excited to see Diljit perform live. This concert is notable not only for its size but also because it's rare for a Punjabi music concert to be this large outside of India.

Tickets for this concert were in high demand. On the afternoon of the concert, tickets were being resold for high prices. The cost for front-row seats ranged from $482.79 to as high as $713.89. Other seats in the stadium were being sold for even more, showing just how popular this event was.

On his Instagram, Diljit shared pictures of his preparations for the tour. One photo shows him in a black hoodie with white patterns, sitting and writing intensely. It seems he was working on lyrics for his performance, showing his dedication to giving his fans a great show.

This tour is a big deal for Diljit and his fans. It highlights his success and popularity, especially following his role in the musical biopic "Amar Singh Chamkila," directed by Imtiaz Ali. His performance at BC Place is a historic moment for Punjabi music, showing its growing influence and reach around the world.

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