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There were some set list substitutions, variations, and order switches during the tour. Some other songs were played which are not in the above lists: |
There were some set list substitutions, variations, and order switches during the tour. Some other songs were played which are not in the above lists: |
Revision as of 10:33, 3 February 2011
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (January 2011) |
Tour by The Who | |
Start date | January 16, 1970 |
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End date | December 20, 1970 |
Legs | 5 |
No. of shows | 71 (approximately) |
The Who concert chronology |
The Who Tour 1970 was a series of performances and tours by The Who in support of both their Tommy and Live at Leeds albums.
History
As in most of 1969, the band's stage act was dominated by the stage performance of the rock opera Tommy, which had been the centerpiece of their show since the previous spring. The year began with the group bringing Tommy to various European opera houses, a trend they had begun in December 1969 when they performed at the London Coliseum. Included were stops at the Champs-Elysees Theatre in Paris, the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, and three opera houses in Germany, all in January. The band then focused again on recording a live album, having abandoned the idea of wading through the hours of tape they had from recording shows during their North American tour the previous autumn. While the February 14th Leeds University and February 15th Hull City Hall performances were both recorded, only the Leeds recording was deemed suitable for release, as the bass track was inadvertently not captured during the first few songs at the Hull show. The result was the legendary Live at Leeds, which became a hallmark live rock album and has been released three more times since its initial May 1970 debut (the 2010 "Super Deluxe" edition would include both the Leeds and Hull performances for the first time).
After beginning recording sessions for a planned new album, the group returned to the United States for a 30-day tour in June to support Live at Leeds. In the year since the release of Tommy, the group had become rock superstars and now commanded considerably larger venues than on previous stints in the country, when they played mostly in theaters and colleges. The tour began with the band's final opera house date, as they performed two shows at New York's Metropolitan Opera House in what was erroneously billed as their final performance of Tommy (which in reality was kept in their act for the rest of 1970). While the rock opera remained the focal point of the set, the band also featured their latest single, "The Seeker" on this tour, although it was dropped after only two weeks and would not be performed again until 2000. They also added some material from their in-progress album (which would eventually be abandoned in favor of Townshend's Lifehouse project), performing "Water" and "I Don't Even Know Myself" regularly; "Naked Eye", although unfinished in the studio, was performed in various arrangements on the tour as well, generally during the long show-ending jams catalyzed by "My Generation". The group's stage show on this tour would basically remain for the rest of the year.
Following the American tour, the band was one of the headlining acts at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 and embarked on a short European tour shortly afterward. A number of shows in the United Kingdom followed, the last being a Christmas benefit concert at The Roundhouse in London, where they included what was intended to be the last performance of Tommy (although it would be played again a few times in 1989). Townshend would lead the group into his Lifehouse vision when they began performing in 1971.
Live Releases
Live material from 1970 has appeared on a number of different releases:
- The February 14th show at Leeds University has been released four separate times as Live at Leeds; the Deluxe and Super Deluxe editions include edited versions of the complete show, although out of sequence.
- "Substitute", "See Me, Feel Me", "Young Man Blues", "Summertime Blues", "Shakin' All Over", and some of Townshend’s dialogue from Leeds appear on the Thirty Years of Maximum R&B box set.
- "Magic Bus" from Leeds appears on the Greatest Hits Live compilation album.
- "Happy Jack" from Leeds appears on the The Kids Are Alright soundtrack.
- "Summertime Blues" from Leeds appears on the Hooligans compilation album.
- The February 15th show at Hull City Hall was included as part of the Live at Leeds Super Deluxe Edition; since the bass track was inadvertently not recorded during the first few songs, the bass track from the previous day's Leeds performance of these same songs was used.
- "Happy Jack" and "I'm a Boy" from Hull appear on the Greatest Hits Live compilation album.
- "Happy Jack", "I'm a Boy", and "A Quick One, While He's Away" from Hull appear on the View from a Backstage Pass live compilation album.
- "Heaven and Hell", "I Can't Explain", and "Water" on the Thirty Years of Maximum R&B Live video and DVD come from the July 7th show at Tanglewood Music Shed in Lenox, Massachusetts, although these were not included on the 2009 re-release.
- The live album Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 contains the group's entire performance at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970, recorded on August 29th.
- The Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 video and DVD contains much of the group's performance, though out of sequence.
- The film Message to Love, a documentary of the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival, includes "Young Man Blues" and "Naked Eye".
- "Young Man Blues" and "I Don't Even Know Myself" on the Thirty Years of Maximum R&B Live video and DVD also come from the Isle of Wight Festival.
Band members
- Roger Daltrey - lead vocals, harmonica
- Pete Townshend - lead guitar, vocals
- John Entwistle - bass guitar, vocals
- Keith Moon - drums
Typical set lists
European Opera House and Live Recording Dates
The band played several shows in various opera houses in Europe starting on January 16th at the Champs-Elysees Theatre in Paris, as well as two shows in February that were recorded for the purposes of a live album. The set for these shows was the same as in late 1969, with shows again ending with long versions of "My Generation" that included themes from Tommy and other instrumental passages. The group also played a short series of university shows in England in April and May, but no set list information for these dates has surfaced.
All songs written by Pete Townshend unless otherwise specified.
- "Heaven and Hell" (John Entwistle)
- "I Can't Explain"
- "Fortune Teller" (Naomi Neville)
- "Tattoo"
- "Young Man Blues" (Mose Allison)
- "Substitute"
- "Happy Jack"
- "I'm a Boy"
- "A Quick One, While He's Away"
- "Overture"
- "It's a Boy"
- "1921"
- "Amazing Journey"
- "Sparks"
- "Eyesight to the Blind" (Sonny Boy Williamson II)
- "Christmas"
- "The Acid Queen"
- "Pinball Wizard"
- "Do You Think It's Alright?"
- "Fiddle About"
- "Tommy, Can You Hear Me?"
- "There's a Doctor"
- "Go to the Mirror!"
- "Smash the Mirror"
- "Miracle Cure"
- "Sally Simpson"
- "I'm Free"
- "Tommy's Holiday Camp" (Keith Moon)
- "We're Not Gonna Take It"/"See Me, Feel Me"
- "Summertime Blues" (Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart)
- "Shakin' All Over" (Johnny Kidd)
- "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) (not played every night)
- "My Generation"
- including among others, "See Me, Feel Me", "Naked Eye (instrumental)", "Coming Out To Get You" and "Sparks".
- "Magic Bus" (performed at least once, at Leeds University on February 14th)
"Fortune Teller", "Tattoo", "Happy Jack", "I'm a Boy", and "A Quick One, While He's Away" were all dropped after these dates.
U.S. Tour
A 30-day tour of the United States began with two shows at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York on June 7th, concluding with a show at Tanglewood Music Shed in Lenox, Massachusetts on July 7th that was filmed for an aborted TV special. The set for the tour was altered somewhat to allow for four new songs, "The Seeker" (dropped after two weeks), "Water", "I Don't Even Know Myself", and occasional performances of "Naked Eye".
All songs written by Pete Townshend unless otherwise specified.
- "Heaven and Hell" (John Entwistle)
- "I Can't Explain"
- "Young Man Blues" (Mose Allison)
- "The Seeker" (dropped after June 19th)
- "Water"
- "I Don't Even Know Myself" (not played every night)
- "Overture"
- "It's a Boy"
- "1921"
- "Amazing Journey"
- "Sparks"
- "Eyesight to the Blind" (Sonny Boy Williamson II)
- "Christmas"
- "The Acid Queen"
- "Pinball Wizard"
- "Do You Think It's Alright?"
- "Fiddle About"
- "Tommy, Can You Hear Me?"
- "There's a Doctor"
- "Go to the Mirror!"
- "Smash the Mirror"
- "Miracle Cure"
- "Sally Simpson" (dropped after June 9th)
- "I'm Free"
- "Tommy's Holiday Camp" (Keith Moon)
- "We're Not Gonna Take It"/"See Me, Feel Me"
- "Summertime Blues" (Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart)
- "Shakin' All Over" (Johnny Kidd)
- "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) (not played every night)
- "My Generation"
- including among others, "I Don't Even Know Myself", "See Me, Feel Me", "Naked Eye (instrumental)" and "Sparks".
- "Naked Eye" (not played every night)
There were some set list substitutions, variations, and order switches during the tour. Some other songs were played which are not in the above lists:
- "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)
- Performed on June 7th (early show).
- "Magic Bus"
- Performed on June 14th.
- "Substitute"
- Performed on June 15th & 19th.
- "Cinnamon Girl"
- Performed during "My Generation" on July 7th.
August-September Dates
Following the U.S. tour, the group played several dates in England, then the Isle of Wight Festival; a short European tour from September 12-21 followed. The set was the same as on the previous tour, with the exception of "Shakin' All Over" now segueing into the rock standard "Twist and Shout"; the band also stopped including Tommy themes in their long versions of "My Generation" and usually moved it into "Naked Eye" and "Magic Bus".
U.K. Tour
The band finished the year with sporadic dates in the United Kingdom starting on October 6th in Cardiff, Wales. These were the last dates in which they showcased Tommy, which would not be performed in complete form again until 1989. They continued to play the same basic set as in August and September, occasionally adding loose versions of Free's "All Right Now" towards the end of the show. Their last performance of the year was at a charity benefit at The Roundhouse in London on December 20th, which also featured Elton John. Of note is that this tour is the last in the group's history in which no live recordings have surfaced.
Tour dates
European Opera House and Live Recording Dates
- 16/01/1970: Champs-Elysees Theatre - Paris
- 17/01/1970: Champs-Elysees Theatre - Paris
- 24/01/1970: Royal Theatre - Copenhagen
- 26/01/1970: Opernhaus - Cologne
- 27/01/1970: Opernhaus - Hamburg
- 28/01/1970: Theatre Des Westens - Berlin
- 30/01/1970: Concertgebouw - Amsterdam
- 14/02/1970: Leeds University
- 15/02/1970: Hull City Hall - Hull
U.K. University Dates
- 18/04/1970: Leicester University
- 25/04/1970: Nottingham University
- 27/04/1970: Civic Hall - Dunstable
- 01/05/1970: Great Hall - University of Exeter
- 02/05/1970: Sheffield University
- 08/05/1970: Eliot College, University of Kent at Canterbury - Kent
- 09/05/1970: Manchester University
- 15/05/1970: University of Lancaster - Bailrigg, Lancashire
- 16/05/1970: Derwent College, University of York - York
U.S. Tour
- 07/06/1970: Metropolitan Opera House - New York (2 shows)
- 09/06/1970: Mammoth Gardens - Denver
- 10/06/1970: Mammoth Gardens - Denver
- 13/06/1970: Convention Hall - San Diego
- 14/06/1970: Anaheim Stadium
- 15/06/1970: Berkeley Community Theater - Berkeley, CA
- 16/06/1970: Berkeley Community Theater - Berkeley, CA
- 19/06/1970: Dallas Memorial Auditorium - Dallas, TX
- 20/06/1970: Hofheinz Pavilion, University of Houston - Houston, TX
- 21/06/1970: Ellis Auditorium - Memphis
- 22/06/1970: Municipal Auditorium - Atlanta, GA
- 24/06/1970: The Spectrum - Philadelphia, PA
- 25/06/1970: Cincinnati Music Hall
- 26/06/1970: Cincinnati Music Hall
- 27/06/1970: Music Hall - Cleveland
- 29/06/1970: Merriweather Post Pavilion - Columbia, MD
- 01/07/1970: Auditorium Theatre - Chicago
- 02/07/1970: Freedom Palace - Kansas City, MO
- 03/07/1970: Minneapolis Auditorium
- 04/07/1970: Auditorium Theatre - Chicago
- 05/07/1970: Cobo Hall - Detroit, MI
- 07/07/1970: Tanglewood Music Shed - Lenox, MA
U.K. Dates and Isle of Wight Festival
- 25/07/1970: Civic Hall - Dunstable
- 08/08/1970: The Belfry - Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham
- 24/08/1970: Wolverhampton Civic Hall - Wolverhampton
- 29/08/1970: Isle of Wight Festival 1970 - Isle of Wight
European Tour
- 12/09/1970: Halle Münsterland - Münster, Germany
- 13/09/1970: Stadthalle Offenbach - Offenbach am Main, Germany
- 16/09/1970: De Doelen - Rotterdam
- 17/09/1970: Concertgebouw - Amsterdam
- 20/09/1970: Falkoner Centret Teatret - Copenhagen
- 21/09/1970: Vejlby Risskov Hallen - Aarhus, Denmark
Late 1970 U.K. Dates
- 06/10/1970: Sophia Gardens - Cardiff, Wales
- 07/10/1970: Free Trade Hall - Manchester
- 08/10/1970: Orchid Ballroom - Purley, London Borough of Croydon
- 10/10/1970: Old Refectory, Sussex University - Brighton
- 11/10/1970: Odeon Cinema - Birmingham
- 13/10/1970: Locarno Ballroom - Leeds
- 18/10/1970: Lewisham Odeon - South London
- 22/10/1970: ABC Cinema - Stockton-on-Tees
- 23/10/1970: Green's Playhouse - Glasgow
- 24/10/1970: Sheffield University
- 25/10/1970: Liverpool Empire Theatre - Liverpool
- 26/10/1970: Trentham Gardens - Stoke-on-Trent
- 29/10/1970: Hammersmith Palais - London
- 05/11/1970: Kinetic Circus - Birmingham
- 21/11/1970: Leeds University
- 28/11/1970: Lanchester Polytechnic - Coventry
- 05/12/1970: Lads’ Club - Norwich
- 15/12/1970: Mayfair Ballroom - Newcastle upon Tyne
- 16/12/1970: Futurist Theatre - Scarborough
- 20/12/1970: The Roundhouse - Chalk Farm, North London
References
- Neill, Andy (2002). Anyway Anyhow Anywhere: The Complete Chronicles of The Who 1958-1978. Barnes and Noble. ISBN 1-58663-133-0.
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