The Who’re promoting out one final time.
Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend’s legendary Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame group simply introduced their farewell ‘The Song Is Over Tour’ — it’s for actual this time not like their notorious 1982 farewell ‘It’s Laborious Tour’ — that can ship them to ballparks, arenas, theaters, bowls, boardwalk halls and amphitheaters throughout North America from August via September.
That features 4 exhibits in New York and New Jersey.
Up first, the “Magic Bus” group will make a cease at Newark, NJ’s Prudential Middle on Tuesday, Aug. 19.
Quickly after, the guitar-smashing hitmakers hit Atlantic Metropolis’s Boardwalk Corridor on Saturday, Aug. 23, Lengthy Island’s Jones Seashore Theater on Thursday, Aug. 28 and New York Metropolis’s Madison Sq. Backyard on Saturday, Aug. 30.
“It is a poignant time,” Townshend, 79, mentioned. “For me, playing to American audiences and those in Canada has always been incredible. The warmth and engagement of those audiences began back in 1967 with hippies smoking dope, sitting on their blankets and listening deeply and intensely. Music was everywhere. We all felt equal. Today, Roger and I still carry the banner for the late Keith Moon (who died in 1978) and John Entwistle (who died in 2002) and of course, all of our longtime Who fans.”
Previous to this tour, the newest North American Who run was in 2022 on their ‘Who Hits Back! Tour.’ At concert events on that run, the group performed 20ish traditional songs like “Pinball Wizard,” “Who Are You,” “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” “Behind Blue Eyes” and “Baba O’Riley” with and with out an orchestra (in addition to lately fired and re-hired drummer Zak Starkey, who occurs to be Ringo Starr’s son).
Followers Wholigans can buy tickets for all upcoming North American Who exhibits on websites like Vivid Seats; the official on-sale for the farewell The Track Is Over Tour’ is Friday, Could 16.
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The Who tour schedule 2025
A whole calendar together with all North American tour dates, venues and hyperlinks to purchase tickets will be discovered under.
| The Who tour dates |
|---|
| Aug. 16 on the Amerant Financial institution Enviornment in Dawn, FL |
| Aug. 19 on the Prudential Middle in Newark, NJ |
| Aug. 21 on the Wells Fargo Middle in Philadelphia, PA |
| Aug. 23 at Boardwalk Corridor in Atlantic Metropolis, NJ |
| Aug. 26 at Fenway Park in Boston, MA |
| Aug. 28 at Jones Seashore Theater in Wantagh, NY |
| Aug. 30 at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York, NY |
| Sept. 2 on the Budweiser Stage in Toronto, ON, CA |
| Sept. 4 on the Budweiser Stage in Toronto, ON, CA |
| Sept. 7 on the United Middle in Chicago, IL |
| Sept. 17 on the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA |
| Sept. 19 on the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA |
| Sept. 21 on the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA |
| Sept. 23 on the Rogers Enviornment in Vancouver, BC, CA |
| Sept. 25 on the Local weather Pledge Enviornment in Seattle, WA |
| Sept. 28 on the MGM Grand Backyard Enviornment in Las Vegas, NV |
The Who set checklist
As famous above, The Who final carried out within the U.S. three years in the past. In accordance with Set Listing FM, right here’s what they took to the stage at their remaining present in Final Vegas on Nov. 5, 2022:
With Orchestra
01.) “Overture”
02.) “1921”
03.) “Amazing Journey”
04.) “Sparks”
05.) “Pinball Wizard”
06.) “We’re Not Gonna Take It”
07.) “Who Are You”
08.) “Eminence Front”
09.) “Ball and Chain”
Band Solely
10.) “You Better You Bet”
11.) “The Seeker”
12.) “Naked Eye”
13.) “Another Tricky Day”
14.) “Won’t Get Fooled Again”
15.) “Behind Blue Eyes”
With Orchestra
16.) “The Real Me”
17.) “I’m One”
18.) “5:15”
19.) “The Rock”
20.) “Love, Reign O’er Me”
21.) “Baba O’Riley”
The Who farewell press convention
To make the information official, Townshend and Daltrey performed a 35-minute press convention discussing their historical past and the upcoming jaunt. In the event you’d wish to see for your self, yow will discover the surprisingly sprawling chat right here:
The Who present band members
All through their seven-decade historical past, there’s been fairly a little bit of turnover throughout the band aside from Daltrey and Townshend.
To offer you a greater thought of what the group appears like at present, right here is The Who’s present lineup:
Roger Daltrey
lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica, percussion, ukulele
(1964–1983, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1996–current)
Pete Townshend
lead and rhythm guitar, backing and lead vocals, keyboards
(1964–1983, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1996–current)
Billy Nicholls
backing vocals
(1989, 1996–1997, 2019–current)
Zak Starkey
drums, percussion
(1996–current)
Simon Townshend
guitar, backing vocals
(1996–1997, 2002–current)
Loren Gold
keyboards, backing vocals
(2012–current)
Jon Button
bass guitar
(2017–current)
Katie Jacoby
lead violinist
(2019–current)
Keith Levenson
music coordinator, conductor
(2019–current)
Emily Marshall
keyboards, affiliate conductor
(2019–current)
Audrey Q. Snyder
lead cellist
(2019–current)
Traditional rockers on tour in 2025
Though not many teams which were lively for 61 years (!) are nonetheless touring within the 2020s, listed below are 5 of our favourite acts you gained’t need to miss within the subsequent few months.
• Ringo Starr along with his All Starr Band
• Paul Simon
• Stevie Nicks
• Todd Rundgren
• Eric Clapton
Want extra music from means again when in your life? Try our checklist of all the most important traditional rockers on tour in 2025 to search out the present for you.
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