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The Tommy Tour was a concert tour by the English rock band the Who. It was in support of their fourth album, the rock opera Tommy (1969), and consisted of concerts split between North America and Europe. Following a press reception gig, the tour officially began on 9 May 1969 and ended on 20 December 1970.
Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 is an 85-minute concert film of The Who's performance at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970. While the concert occurred on 30 August 1970 at 2:00 am, a VHS cassette was not released until 1996. A 112-minute compact disc of the full concert was also released in 1996.
Tommy is the fourth studio album by the English rock band the Who, released on 19 May 1969. [2] Written primarily by guitarist Pete Townshend, Tommy is a double album and an early rock opera that tells the story of the fictional Tommy Walker and his path to becoming a spiritual leader and messianic figure.
The Who were one year and three months into their Tommy tour when they played their second engagement at the Isle of Wight Festival.As in 1969, they played most of their famous rock opera Tommy, which by this time was quite familiar to the festival crowd.
2017 Tommy & More was a United Kingdom 7-date concert tour by British band The Who.The first two nights saw the band performing live in its entirety their 1969 studio album Tommy along with a few classics, with the rest of the tour featuring an extended Tommy set as a centerpiece to an otherwise greatest hits show.
The album was reissued on CD in 1995. It included most of the Leeds concert, missing most of the performance of "Tommy" except for one song. [25] A further expanded edition of the album was released in 2001, this time with the complete concert, although not in the original running order. [26]
Stanko died in 2018, and his new album is a previously unreleased recording of a 2004 concert by his quartet. Along with the trumpeter, the show in Munich featured his longest-lasting lineup ...
The Who & Special Guests: Live at the Royal Albert Hall is a concert film of The Who's concert on 27 November 2000 at the Royal Albert Hall in London to benefit the Teenage Cancer Trust. [2] A number of special guests joined the band on stage to perform the band's hits. The concert was also released on CD as Live at the Royal Albert Hall.