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Concert of the day
On May 12, 1979 The Who played the Arenes de Frejus in Frejus, France
Be sure to visit our friends at Les Who en France!!!! www.facebook.com/LesWhoenFrance
They have a bunch of photos from this show here: www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1355842631110515&type=3
They also have videos from this show, including a news report. Go to their video page and search for "12 mai 1979"
Video of the day (2 of 2)
On this date in 1967 Coca-Cola London registers receipt of two spots from MRM Productions. They are filmed commercials to be used in promoting a tie-in between Coca-Cola and Biba's Boutique in Piccadilly. The music for both spots is performed by The Who and is not officially released by the band until the mid-1990's.
The BFI website published these ads two years ago - if you are in the U.K. you can watch the originals here: player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-coca-cola-bibas-boutique-1967-online
The "Coca-Cola Kid" also posted them to Youtube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzmH3Pxsm_Q
and here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fElT-YrtWhM
I've taken the liberty of editing out the "extra" (non who) portion, and I've done a bit of color correction.
great commercials from the time. also my favorite Keith Moon drum tone.
These spots have always fascinated me on a level that I can't quite define.... Kind of like the real life incarnation of The Who Sell Out... Lol..
Sounds like part of The Who Sell Out 🎶
Video of the day (1 of 2)
On this date in 1967 Coca-Cola London registers receipt of two spots from MRM Productions. They are filmed commercials to be used in promoting a tie-in between Coca-Cola and Biba's Boutique in Piccadilly. The music for both spots is performed by The Who and is not officially released by the band until the mid-1990's.
The BFI website published these ads two years ago - if you are in the U.K. you can watch the originals here: player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-coca-cola-bibas-boutique-1967-online
The "Coca-Cola Kid" also posted them to Youtube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzmH3Pxsm_Q
and here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fElT-YrtWhM
I've taken the liberty of editing out the "extra" (non who) portion, and I've done a bit of color correction.
Concert of the day
On May 11, 2019 The Who played Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, Virginia
Visit our friends at petetownshend.net for more information about this show here:
petetownshend.net/gigography/the-who-moving-on-tour/the-who-at-bristow-may-11-2019
Visit thewho.com for their "Backstage Blog" here: www.thewho.com/backstage-blog/moving-on-tour-bristow-va-may-11-2019/
Visit our friends at The Who Concert Guide for the setlist and a fan report here:
www.thewholive.net/concert/index.php?id=2343
You can see more photos from the show here: parklifedc.com/2019/05/13/snapshots-the-who-jiffy-lube-live-5-11-19/
Concert of the day
On May 11, 2015 The Who played the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee
Visit our friends at petetownshend.net for more information here:
petetownshend.net/gigography/the-who-hits-50-tour/the-who-at-nashville-tn-bridgestone-arena
Visit The Who's official site for the "Backstage Blog" about this show here: www.thewho.com/backstage-blog/nashville-tn-bridgestone-arena-may-11-2015
You can read a review of the show here:
www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/05/12/play-key-nashville-songs-bridgestone/2716...
The Who at Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena
petetownshend.net
The Who performed in Nashville, TN on May 11, 2015. Check out all the great photos, videos, reviews, setlist and articles for the show!Photos of the day
On May 11, 2007 Roger attended the launching of Scotland's first hospital unit for teenage cancer sufferers in Glasgow.
Read more about it here: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/6645655.stm
Gettyimages.com has photos here:
Gartnavel General Hospital Daltrey - Fotografias e Filmes do Acervo - Getty Images
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Navegue pela coleção premium de fotos de stock autênticas, imagens royalty-free e imagens de alta qualidade de Gartnavel General Hospital Daltrey da Getty Images. As fotos de stock de Gartnavel Gen...As I think Pete said he Should get a Knighthood for this/ And anyways both should have for their contribution to Music cause as we All know that many lesser have?
Tv show of the day
On May 11, 2005 Roger told the press he will play a surgeon's assistant in a Battle of Waterloo drama for Britain's Channel 4. It is released in August as Trafalgar Battle Surgeon.
You can watch the show on YouTube here:
Concert of the day
On May 11, 1997 The Who played the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Visit our friends at The Who Concert Guide for the setlist, a fan report, and some ads for the show! www.thewholive.net/concert/index.php?id=35
Thanks again to Marc Starcke for allowing us to share his collection of photos from this show!
Photos by Paul Bergen and Rob Verhors
Ahoy is a great venue for some great Rotterock.❤️ I was there!
I was at the concert was really great.
I was there!
I was there too !
Pete sounds way better playing Gibsons.
I was there! Steven de Cock
Remembrance of the day
On May 11, 1981 Pete and Chris Stamp attended a memorial service for The Who's late manager Kit Lambert at St. Paul's Church in Covent Garden. It would have been his 46th birthday and was almost exactly 20 years after the memorial service was held for his father Constant at the same church. Pete arranged for the London Symphony Orchestra to perform selections from Tommy and Kit's favorite piece, Purcell's "The Gordian Knot Untied." Pete also delivered one of the eulogies. None of the other members of The Who attended
Article of the day
On this date in 1973 the Harrow Observer and Gazette carries an article titled "Keith Moon knows Harrow well".
Transcription (needs improvement):
Keith Moon knows Harrow wel
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As the title song “That’ll Be The Day faded way after the film's Press showing last week, the audience headed towards the bar to discuss this reconstruction of the rock 'n' roll era of the fifties with the people behind it.
In the bar cinema managers and Pressmen jostled for drinks and introductions. David Essex, the star, was the center of attention and David Puttnam, the film's producer, was lost in the mob.
But there, as the end of the bar, looking rather lost was the denim clad figure of Ray Connolly, Evening Standard
journalist and writer of the film.
-The idea came when I went to see David Puttnam and e talked about a film" he said hesitantly, "I wrote and wrote it about six times and we changed it as we went “Filming took three months, and from the original ?? to the time the film went into the cinema had been just over a year, he said.
One of the film's successes is the acting of Ringo Start. Originally, said Ray Connolly, he had been cast as the ock i roll singer at the holiday camp (the role now inen a great lift by Billy Fury) but then he was asked 10 le the acting role of Mike, the fairground worker who pends his holidays as a waiter in the camp. Everyone was impressed with his acting that the role was extended
"That poolroom scene" said Ray Connolly, “was written one evening and filmed the next day” The punchline in the scene is one of the best in the film. "In fact" said its author, "the whole scene was written after ne'd got the punchline."
There seemed to be no sign in the bar of Keith Moon, drummer with The Who and the man who supervised the films music. "I'm told you'll know him from his clothes" cinema manager told me. Whatever he was expecting, it probably wasn't the young man in the brown three-piece suit who flashed his gap-toothed smile as he arrived.
Keith Moon remembers Harrow and Wembley well - he sent to Harrow Art School (when it was in Station Road. "I was there for about a year, until I decided I prefened music. I lived in Wembley you know." The Who first discovered" playing at the Railway Hotel, meldstone, "and we used to play Kodak Hall too". At that time they were under a different name ((*We were called a lot of names").
"The Who wasn't working at the time so they asked me o look after the music for the film. We got together people like Ron Wood, Nillson, Jack Bruce, Stevie Winwood, Eric Clapton, and a couple of boys from Badfinger and went into a studio. We even had Marc Bolan and Alice Cooper - but you won't hear them on the soundtrack," said Keith Moon.
He even got a cameo role written into the film for him
- as a drummer backing Billy Fury. He gets to say two lines and works up a quick frenzy on the skins
Song of the day
On May 11, 1971 The Who completed recording "Song Is Over" at Olympic Studios in London.
You can listen to the song on youtube here:
Nicky Hopkins?
Great Song/lyrics/ Townshend,Daltrey vocals/ Guitar's Bass and Lead and towards the finalle you'd swear Moon had two Sets of Arms and Leg's?!!
Always loved this track... I felt like it was obscured because it was on an album with an embarrassment of riches ( Certainly in the conversation of greatest album of all time) But I love everything about this song, right down to the the final thirty seconds where you can clearly hear the opening of Pure and Easy... Great track!
Flawless album
I just bought a new cd of Who's Next and, every time I get into the car, I crank that sucker. I was at The Music Hall in Boston in July of '71 and witnessed, according to Pete, the first successful performance of Won't Get Fooled Again...AMAZING! When the synthesizer tape kicked in, nobody knew quite what it was we were listening to, except for the group playing live over it. All I can think of right now is.....YEEEAAAHHHH!!!
I wish I'd heard them play the song live. That's one Who's Next song they skipped over in concert. It wasn't until Quadrophenia that they included so much additional instrumentation, and Nickey Hopkins was everybody's go-to piano player.
The outro is beautiful, Townshend’s wistful verses yielding to Daltrey’s reprise of “Pure and Easy” segueing into Moon’s beautiful drumming is magnificent and was intended to be the final song of “Lighthouse”.
The non vocal version on the Who's Next boxset is astounding!
Great song and an excellent album. Love this.
Great song
My favorite Who song and favorite song.
The Who's greatest composition... masterpiece
Probably the greatest song they ever made.
I sing my heart out to the infinite sea
Fantastic album who’s Next
Excellent song ❤️🔥
Great song.
Loren Gold just posted Roger at 80 singing getting in tune. Still incredible
One of the best albums. of all time..
Daltrey was on Bill Mahr’s show recently talking about the album cover
Die Platte war klasse
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Photos of the day
On May 11, 1969 The Who played the third of three nights at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit, Michigan
Thanks to Marc Starcke for allowing me to share his collection of photos from this show!
Photos by Don Gutz
Mention of the day
On May 11, 1968 The Who played the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland
Article of the day
On May 11, 1968 Record Mirror carried an article titled "America: They Just Don't Know Who We Are"
But They Soon Would!!
Fabuloso, único,,manolo who
Photos of the day
On May 11, 1966 The Who play the Corn Exchange in Bristol
Thanks to Marc Starcke for allowing us to share his collection of photos from this show!
Photographer Rob Cousins
Anyone else curious about the band “Support Group”? 😉
Single of the day
On May 11, 1966 "Substitute" entered the Swedish Kvällstoppen sales chart, peaking at #16
Concert of the day
On May 10, 2016 The Who played the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Thanks to Marc Starcke for letting us share his collection of photos from this show!
Visit our friends at petetownshend.net for more information about this show here:
petetownshend.net/gigography/the-who-hits-50-tour/the-who-at-calgary-scotiabank-saddledome
Visit thewho.com for the "backstage blog" about this show here:
www.thewho.com/backstage-blog/may-10-2016-calgary-scotiabank-saddledome/
Book of the day
On May 10, 2012 Chris Welch's book Treasures of The Who is published in the U.K
That was the one that had all of the poster repros, right? I think i had this book in my hands when i was in London.
Good book!
Think another Chris (Charlesworth)..did a book I had going up to just the beginning of,,82?
This one's a lot of fun.
Um exemplo de uma super banda, com quatro músicos, excepcionais,,,manolo who
posters and inserts drive.google.com/file/d/1Ex2Ps75nL7n4-f9o8h55NWCxCGOvRHVW/view
Image of the day
On May 10, 2006 Roger joined Lulu and Robert Plant performing with the band RD Crusaders headed by Daily Express owner Richard Desmond at London's Old Billingsgate Fish Market.
Roger performed "My Generation" and "Shout".
Kevin Spacey and Mohamed Al Fayed are in the audience. £1.9 million is raised for The Evelina Children's Hospital Appeal.
Photo of the RD Crusaders by Tim Clarke
I recognize Greg Lake (RIP) and Simon Townshend.
I think that was the day that Roger had a special pic taken for a book - with a load of fish! But that might have been another day... It was a book for charity though.
I see Zoot and Gary Brooker
Is that Simon in the hat?
New cast of Porridge?
Wow, Lulu is totally unrecognizable! 🫣
Kevin Spacey?! How unfortunate
Book of the day
On this date in 2004 The Who Concert File is re-published in an updated (and tinier) edition in the U.K
If you don't own this book, go get it....NOW!! This is the book that got me started thinking about the day to day activities of The Who. When it first came out I used to flip thru this book every day to find out what shows were played "on this date". This is one of the "must have" books for any fan of The Who!
The concert bible
It has sat out, next to my desk, since its release.
“Tinier” - smaller formal or reduced content? Or both? Anyway, an essential book.
Invaluable reference. My go-to for our show
love this book. as mentioned, this is as an absolutely essential part of any fan library.
Of the dozens of Who books I’ve read this was probably the most enjoyable.
One of the best Who books around ....
Got this and signed by Irish Jack 😉
This book is awesome!
Bought it a few years ago, full of interesting stuff
I have the original version of this…a veritable Who bible!
I even bought the Kindle edition.
I have this one!
Have two😊👍
Got it...
Dit mooie boek heb ik ook!
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