The Who will hit the road for their first North American concert tour in four years, playing the entire rock opera “Quadrophenia” alongside other memorable hits, the band said on Wednesday.
The road trip starts in Florida on November 1, and features founding members Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend, alongside Zak Starkey, Pino Palladino, Simon Townshend, Chris Stainton, Loren Gold and Frank Simes.
The 36-date tour features a first leg that runs six weeks and ends in Connecticut on December 9. The band will take a holiday break and resume a second leg on January 28 in California, concluding at the end of February in Rhode Island.
In advance of the tour, a one-night-only, in-theater screening of documentary The Who: Quadrophenia – Can You See the Real Me?, the story of making the album, will screen at movie theaters around the United States on July 24. In Canada, the film will screen in theaters on August 1
The Who to Honor Tickets for Canceled 1979 Concert
Time has reported fans still holding tickets for a canceled 1979 show in Rhode Island by British rock band The Who can finally use them.
The Who’s 1979 concert in Providence was canceled by then-Mayor Buddy Cianci, who cited safety concerns after a stampede before a show in Cincinnati, Ohio, killed 11 people. The band hasn’t been to Providence the 33 years since.
The highest price ticket at the 1979 show was $14, Lepore said. Tickets for February’s show range from $57.50 to $127.50.
Who General Manager Lawrence Lepore said 1979 ticketholders can call his office to make the exchange. Any 1979 tickets redeemed will be donated to help raise money for the Special Olympics of Rhode Island.
