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Concert of the day
On May 13, 2019 The Who played Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York
Visit our friends at petetownshend.net for more information about this show here:https://petetownshend.net/gigography/the-who-moving-on-tour/the-who-at-new-york-may-13-2019
Visit The Who's official site for the "Backstage Blog" on this show (in two parts!) Part 1: www.thewho.com/backstage-blog/moving-on-tour-msg-new-york-ny-may-13-201
Part 2: www.thewho.com/backstage-blog/moving-on-tour-msg-new-york-ny-may-13-2019-part-ii
Read a review of the show here: www.nj.com/entertainment/2019/05/the-whos-titanic-new-concert-tour-with-full-orchestra-in-tow-is-...
That was a great show WF! It was the first time I saw them with the orchestra.
Brian Hull 🇬🇧
Concert of the day
On May 13, 2016 The Who played Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Visit our friends at petetownshend.net for more information about this show here: petetownshend.net/gigography/the-who-hits-50-tour/the-who-at-vancouver-rogers-arena
Visit The Who's official site for the "Backstage Blog" for this show here: www.thewho.com/backstage-blog/may-13-2016-vancouver-rogers-arena
The Who at Vancouver - Rogers Arena
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The Who performed in Vancouver at Rogers Arena on May 13, 2016. Check out the photo gallery, setlist, videos, articles and reviews for the show!Jeff Latta
Concert of the day
On May 13, 2015 The Who played the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois
For more information about this show visit our friends at petetownshend.net here: petetownshend.net/gigography/the-who-hits-50-tour/the-who-at-chicago-il-allstate-arena
Visit The Who's official site for the "backstage blog" on this show here: www.thewho.com/backstage-blog/rosemontchicago-il-allstate-arena-may-13-2015
The Who at Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena
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The Who performed in Chicago, IL on May 13, 2015. Check out our photo gallery, videos, reviews, setlist and articles of the show!Great show.
Photo of the day
On May 13, 2011 Roger gave in impromptu concert aboard the Queen Mary 2 during its passage from England to New York City. From a stool on the stage of the Royal Court Theatre, Roger performed songs by Hank Williams and Johnny Cash while telling the audience of his origins as a musician. The hour-long show was part of a seagoing songwriting seminar led by Chris Difford of Squeeze.
Image courtesy of www.thewhothismonth.com
I saw Roger and his band in San Diego last week and loved it.
Daltrey & Difford sounds like a project waiting to happen...
How cool!!!
Photo of the day
On May 13, 2009 Roger met Prince Charles at a health conference in Central London. Asked what he thinks of the 60-year-old Prince, Daltrey said: "The work Charles is doing is amazing. He's his own man." Roger also said to the Prince: "Don't let the bastards grind you down!"
Who Are You? 😉
Who who who who said the 🦉
I dunno
Lickspittle
Photos of the day
On May 13, 1997 The Who played the Zénith de Paris in Paris, France
Once again, be sure to visit Les Who en France to see their collection of photos from this show!
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TV show of the day
On May 13, 1996 Roger reprised his Hugh Fitzcairn role on Highlander: The Series in an episode called "Till Death"
Concert of the day
On May 13, 1979 The Who played the Arenes de Frejus in Frejus, France
Visit our friends at Les Who en France facebook page for a nice collection of photos from this show!
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Was there too after the Saturday gig🐸😉
😉✌️👍👍👍💖😎
Magazine of the day
On May 13, 1975 John was featured on the cover of Good Times magazine
Movie scene of the day
On May 13, 1974 three more days of "Tommy" filming began, this time with Pete and John backing Eric Clapton for the "Eyesight To The Blind" sequence shot at the Royal Marine Church in Eastney.
You can watch the outcome in a clip from Tommy on Youtube here:
With bonus cameo by Arthur Brown.
Album of the day
On May 13, 1972 Tommy (Part One), a budget re-release of disc one of the Tommy LP, hit store shelves in Britain. Those who heard the original and buy this one find "Eyesight To The Blind" now features an alternate vocal.
I should still pick that up. That's a cool recording.
Bizarre to release side 1 only back in the day.. I often listened to all 4 sides back to back in my youth (great in the dark, your hearing is so focussed)..
I bought an import Tommy Part 1 and 2 and was shattered that there were silent edits stuck in between the tracks. Still cringe at the memory.
I've got two copies of the double album (played the first one to death so treated myself to a new copy) Different versions of Eyesight to the Blind on both Higher vocal on the first one
I bought part 2 as I had damaged my original second lp. The cover was a poster on my wall
Who buys half a rock opera? ⚠️
I have both 1 and 2
I have both part 1 and part 2 on vinyl 👍🏼
MFSL gold disc has the alternate vocal too
I was just scrolling past this group page post, and immediately recognized the wall sconce artwork....
Can the alternate vocals be found on cd? never heard them
Concert of the day
On May 13, 1971 The Who play the Kinetic Circus at the Mayfair Suite in Birmingham
In the book "Never a Dull Moment: 1971 The Year That Rock Exploded" David Hepworth discusses Mick Jagger's wedding to Bianca which took place on May 12....addressing the following day he writes "Bianca claims that later that night the bedroom of the happy couple was invaded by Keith Moon. He was actually on his way to play with the Who at the Kinetic Circus in Birmingham"
Photos of the day
On May 13, 1969 The Who played the first of three nights at the Boston Tea Party in Boston, Massachusetts
Thanks to Marc Starcke for allowing us to share his collection of photos from these 3 nights
Photos by Steven C. Borack & James Hutchinson
Headstock and 3 inches of neck grafted on, body glued back together. She’s alive and well
First time Pete in his boiler suit?
Article of the day
On May 13, 1967 Melody Maker reports on The Who's upcoming American tour
Flyer of the day
On May 13, 1967 The Who were scheduled to play the Shoreline Club in Bognor Regis, Sussex, but they did not appear due to the small size of the stage
Single of the day
On May 13, 1967 "Pictures of Lily" enters Sweden's Tio i Topp charts where it will peak at #3
Underrated song (IMO).
One of my very favorite tunes of theirs, and of course the inspiration for the greatest drum set I ever saw !
Doctor! Doctor! Is brilliant but who told Entwistle to sing so high- with even higher harmonies? That one is one of the Who tunes that makes me think of the Monkees. Mickey Dolenz woulda done a great job singing that. I wonder if it was one of the tunes that woulda been used in that rejected BBC program.
I have this one still. One of my favorites 🎶🎶
The first song about masturbation?
A song about gasp ! Masturbation
Photos of the day
On May 13, 1966 The Who played the Wimbledon Palais in Wimbledon
Thanks to Marc Starcke for allowing us to share his collection of photos from this date!
Photos by Chris Morphet
Ad of the day
On May 13, 1965 The Who play the Public Hall in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire.
The Who played the first set to a half-empty hall, and during the second set had coins thrown at them from the patrons of the now closed pubs nearby.
Post of the day
On May 12, 2001 Pete puts up mp3’s of “Ascendance (rough mix 2)” and “I’ve Had Enough (orchestral overdub)” on his website
"The weather here in London has suddenly become hot. I am in my studio finalizing the last few pieces of music for Scoop 3 and every hour I have to go out to stand in the garden and be amazed by the fact that summer has finally come to this recently bludgeoned island.
There seem to be two young, pretty topless women in my swimming pool. Am I really a rock star or what?
While scrabbling through various old tapes, (which are old enough to need baking in a slow oven before they can even be listened to), I have come across two tracks I thought you might like to hear.
The first is a dry studio mix of a track I did for a 1983 WOMAD album (Peter Gabriel's World Music foundation). This has me on Hurdy-Gurdy, as well as doing hundreds of tribal drum and vocal overdubs. The interesting thing about the sound is that we left the stereo mikes set up in a single position and moved the drums and vocalists (me) to a new position for each take. So you really get the feeling of a room full of drummers. The words of the 'song' are jibberish, made up of a weird concoction of latin, Spanish and Italian. The punchline is 'Pacifico Musica!'.I think that means 'peaceful music'?
The second is a recording from the studio floor of the rather out-of-tune orchestra overdubbing some invigorating stuff for the Quadrophenia film soundtrack. These strings were not used in the movie. Recently there has been talk of a release of the movie on DVD with a new 5.1 surround sound mix. I started to look for additional stuff and found this wonderful piece of writing by Raphael Rudd.
Enjoy. Ride in your car with the sound full up, listen to the hillbilly strings and drive your car - to the car-wash.
Webcam photo caption: "Hello. I'm in my study. It is Saturday evening on the 12th May 2001. 0655 UK time. The sun is still hot. I am about to walk my dogs"
I vaguely remember this. Very cool! I would sure like more info on the orchestral overdubs on the Quad soundtrack. Does this suggest Raphael Rudd did the arrangements on the strings that did get used?
Yes, you are a rockstar. No what
A Reflective Looking Pete
Peter aún hace webcam?
Image of the day
On May 12, 1996 Roger played a "hideous assassin" on the third season finale of ABC-TV's Superman series Lois & Clark
Whoa! Roger does love to play weird, ugly characters. Must be trying to stretch his acting chops by playing against type.
wow had no idea!