The Who returned to the stage for the primary time in greater than two years this previous weekend at a live performance for the Teenage Most cancers Belief, which happened at London’s Royal Albert Corridor.
The band was backed by guitarist Simon Townshend, percussionist Jody Linscott, bassist Phil Spalding and backing vocalist Billy Nicholls. The set checklist included numerous Who favorites, as effectively some current songs, together with the reside debut of “Beads on One String” from their most up-to-date album, 2019’s Who. “We’ve solely had two hours rehearsal,” guitarist Pete Townshend admitted to the viewers early within the present. “So it’s going to be shit.” At a number of factors in the course of the efficiency, the band needed to cease and restart songs.
A number of surprising moments transpired all through the night, together with Roger Daltrey taking on lead vocals on “Eminence Entrance,” a tune normally sung by Townshend. The band additionally dusted off the Townshend solo reduce “Let My Love Open the Door,” which they hadn’t performed since their 1989 reunion tour.
“This subsequent tune is certainly not a Who hit, it is a Pete hit,” Townshend mentioned from the stage earlier than launching into his 1980 hit single. You’ll be able to watch a video of that efficiency under. A set checklist from the present may also be seen under.
Townshend defined that “Let My Love Open the Door” was just lately utilized in the Netflix movie The Adam Project, and had subsequently reached the No. 3 spot on song-identification app Shazam. “On Shazam, I feel it had 600,000 Shazams of individuals going, ‘Hey, man, what’s that tune? I’ll Shazam it,'” Townshend mentioned.
The Who are scheduled to kick off their The Who Hits Again! tour on April 22. It wraps up on Nov. 5.
The Who, Royal Albert Corridor, London, March 25, 2022
1. “Substitute”
2. “Squeeze Field”
3. “The Children Are Alright”
4. “Tattoo”
5. “Behind Blue Eyes”
6. “Actual Good Trying Boy”
7. “Break the Information”
8. “She Rocked My World”
9. “Beads on One String”
10. “Eminence Entrance”
11. “Pinball Wizard”
12. “Who Are You”
13. “Let My Love Open the Door” (Pete Townshend tune)
14. “Baba O’Riley”
15. “Will not Get Fooled Once more”
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