October 29thIzod CenterEast Rutherford, New Jersey
Few humans are beneath adventurous about the accompaniment of the Who since bassist John Entwistle died than Pete Townshend. "I acclimated to be in a bandage alleged the Who," he afresh wrote on his website. "It does not abide today. We are like a accolade band."
But for two hours in New Jersey, Townshend and Roger Daltrey – with a bandage including bagman Zak Starkey and bassist Pino Palladino – put on a maximum-intensity bang of authentic Who-ness. They dusted off a few rarely played abstract (1978's "Sister Disco," 1971's "Getting in Tune"), in accession to their accepted reside hits ("Baba O'Riley," "Pinball Wizard"). Prior to "Who Are You," Townshend addressed the economy. "Times are hard," he said. "Luckily not for me, but for you guys. We're traveling to brighten up your day."
Daltrey didn't consistently hit the appropriate notes, but he nailed the age-old scream at the end of "Won't Get Fooled Again" with arresting force. After the Tommy medley, Daltrey and Townshend stood abandoned at centermost date for a admirable acoustic yield on "Tea and Theatre," from 2006's Endless Wire. The song, about old accompany adequate a cup of tea, was a agitating admonition that the Who's adventure ability be abutting to the end. Townshend ability not anticipate it's the Who anymore, but it's as abutting as you're traveling to get in 2008.
This adventure is from the November 27th, 2008 affair of Rolling Stone.
From The Archives Affair 1066: November 27, 2008
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