"I was listening to "Who Are You" at full volume and bouncing up and down on the bed. After one particularly impressive bound - compete with a Pete Townshend-style windmill arm move and leg kick - I landed back down and cracked a number of slats under the mattress. Instead of informing my dad, I decided the best course was to keep mum on the situation and just sleep on that broken bed until I someday moved out."
"The trek is officially dubbed The Song Is Over: The North American Farewell Tour, which follows its debut final tour in 1982 and, more than three decades later, The Who Hits 50! - described by vocalist Roger Daltrey as the British band's "long goodbye." So, here we are a decade removed from that "long goodbye" and is there any reason to believe Daltrey and guitarist Pete Townshend when they say that they are 100 percent going to stop touring when The Song Is Over concludes?"
At Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, about 10,000 fans attended The Who's North American farewell tour show, reconnecting with the band's catalog. The trek is dubbed The Song Is Over: The North American Farewell Tour, following previous farewell runs including a 1982 final tour and The Who Hits 50!. Roger Daltrey described The Who Hits 50! as the band's 'long goodbye.' Daltrey and Pete Townshend are in their eighties, making the current tour feel possibly final even though full retirement seems unlikely. Many fans hold multigenerational memories tied to The Who's music.
Read at The Mercury News
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