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The Who by Numbers Tour

December 04, 2023

The Who by Numbers Tour was a concert tour by the English rock band the Who, in support of their seventh album, The Who by Numbers (1975). It began on 3 October 1975, ended on 21 October 1976 and consisted of 79 concerts split between North America and Europe. Despite being named after The Who by Numbers, few songs from the album were actually performed during the tour.

The Who by Numbers Tour
Tour by The Who
Location
  • Europe
  • North America
Associated albumThe Who by Numbers
Start date3 October 1975 (1975-10-03)
End date21 October 1976 (1976-10-21)
Legs8
No. of shows
  • 47 in North America
  • 32 in Europe
  • 79 in total
Attendance945,928
Box office$6.478 million ($33.31 million in 2022 dollars)
The Who concert chronology
  • Quadrophenia Tour
    (1973–74)
  • The Who by Numbers Tour
    (1975–76)
  • The Who Tour 1979
    (1979)

The tour began with a European leg, which introduced the band's first use of a laser lighting display, and was followed by a North American leg that set indoor concert attendance records. The Who returned to America again in 1976 after playing several more shows in Europe, including three back-to-back Christmas shows at the Hammersmith Odeon, London. The opening 1976 US show in Boston came to an end when drummer Keith Moon collapsed on stage after playing only two songs. The following day he seriously injured himself and nearly bled to death. After performing at British football stadiums in May and June of 1976, the Who returned again to North America for the final of leg of concerts. Following their show in Miami, Moon was hospitalised for over a week. His erratic behavior worried the other band members who believed he would not be able to finish the tour. Moon did manage to complete the tour, however, the final shows became his last public concerts before dying of a drug overdose in 1978.

Background edit

The Who by Numbers Tour started with 20 European dates in October and November 1975. The first concert took place at Bingley Hall in Stafford, England on 3 October 1975, the same day The Who by Numbers album was released.[1] Prior to this, the Who had not performed live since playing four shows at Madison Square Garden in New York City the previous June, having spent much of 1974 working on the film adaptation of their rock opera Tommy and its soundtrack. A laser lighting display was introduced at the concerts at Leicester's Granby Halls shortly into the European leg, which would become a fixture of most of the tour's shows.[2]

The tour continued with a North American leg in November and December 1975, starting on 20 November at The Summit in Houston, Texas.[3] In North America, the band broke indoor concert attendance records for their 6 December concert at the Pontiac Metropolitan Stadium in Pontiac, Michigan, which attracted over 75,000 fans.[4] Following the end of the North American leg, the band returned to the UK to play three Christmas concerts at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, due to high ticket demand for the earlier British dates.[2]

Following four European dates in early 1976, the Who began a series of shows in the United States on 9 March at the Boston Garden. The tour had a disastrous start when Moon collapsed on stage just two songs into the Boston concert, causing the show to be postponed until 1 April. The day after the aborted concert, Moon kicked the glass out of a framed painting in his hotel room and seriously injured his heel in the process.[5] He was discovered by manager Bill Curbishley, who took him to a hospital.[6] Doctors told Curbishley that if he had not intervened, Moon would have bled to death.[7] In his book Before I Get Old: The Story of the Who, music critic Dave Marsh suggested that at this point the Who's singer Roger Daltrey and bassist John Entwistle seriously considered firing Moon, but decided that doing so would make his life worse.[8] The rest of the trip went without incident. In recognition of the band's performance at the Dane County Coliseum in Madison, Wisconsin, mayor Paul Soglin proclaimed 13 March 1976 "Who-Mania Day", the day of the concert.[5] The band played the leg's only outdoor show on 21 March 1976 at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California.[9]

 
The Who's concert at The Valley in London was recognised by The Guinness Book of Records as the world's loudest concert.

The band continued The Who by Numbers Tour with "The Who Put the Boot In", a series of concerts in French arenas and British football stadiums, featuring a 60,000 capacity concert at The Valley in London. The show, which took place on 31 May 1976, was recognised by The Guinness Book of Records as the world's loudest concert, with the sound measuring 120 decibels.[10] The band returned to the US in August to play four shows as a part of the "Whirlwind" leg. The leg was marred by a show in Jacksonville, Florida, which was 25,000 tickets short of a sellout.[11] At the end of the "Whirlwind" tour in Miami, Moon was again hospitalised for eight days. Although the group were concerned that he would be unable to complete the last leg of the tour, which consisted of nine dates in the US and Canada throughout October 1976, Moon successfully played the shows, performing for the final time in public at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on 21 October. Moon died less than two years later, on 7 September 1978. Bassist John Entwistle would go on to say that Moon and the Who reached their live performance peak during the tour.[12]

Reception edit

The tour was well received by critics. Billboard's Gerry Wood gave the band's 20 November 1975 show a very positive review, writing that "they were tight from the start and gave an energetic performance of their new songs and an amazingly fresh treatment to their older material."[13] Jim Melanson, also from Billboard, lauded their concert on 11 March 1976 calling it "superb."[14] Jim Healey of The Des Moines Register praised the band's performance on 2 December 1975, describing it as a show with class.[15] Writing for The Plain Dealer, Jane Scott said in her write-up of the show on 9 December 1975 was "the most exhilarating and dramatic concert seen in this area."[16] Derek Jewell was less favorable in his review for The Sunday Times, noting the lack of new songs the band performed and writing that "the Who are trapped playing ageing music for the ageing young."[3]

Set list edit

The Who's lineup during this tour consisted of Roger Daltrey (lead vocals, harmonica, tambourine), Pete Townshend (guitar, vocals), John Entwistle (bass guitar, vocals), and Keith Moon (drums, percussion, vocals). Biographers Andrew Neill and Matt Kent wrote in their book Anyway Anyhow Anywhere: The Complete Chronicle of The Who 1958–1978 that the tour had become a "greatest hits" celebration of the band's decade-long career by 1976.[5] Despite ostensibly being a tour supporting the release of The Who by Numbers, few songs from the new album were performed live. Instead, the band opted to perform a mini-set of Tommy material in the middle of the set, thanks to the success of the film generating more interest in the rock opera. Meanwhile, less and less Quadrophenia material was performed compared to the Who's previous tour, with only "Drowned" occasionally finding its way into the set during early dates, before eventually being dropped.[1]

Authors Joe McMichael and "Irish" Jack Lyons considers the following songs representative of the tour's set list.[1] All songs written by Pete Townshend unless otherwise specified.

  1. "I Can't Explain"
  2. "Substitute"
  3. "My Wife" (John Entwistle)
  4. "Baba O'Riley"
  5. "Squeeze Box"
  6. "Behind Blue Eyes"
  7. "Dreaming from the Waist"
  8. "Boris the Spider" (Entwistle)
  9. "Magic Bus"
  10. "Amazing Journey"
  11. "Sparks"
  12. "The Acid Queen"
  13. "Fiddle About" (Entwistle)
  14. "Pinball Wizard"
  15. "I'm Free"
  16. "Tommy's Holiday Camp"
  17. "We're Not Gonna Take It"
  18. "See Me, Feel Me"
  19. "Summertime Blues" (Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart)
  20. "My Generation"
  21. "Join Together"
  22. "My Generation Blues"
  23. "Road Runner" (Ellas McDaniel)
  24. "Won't Get Fooled Again"

Films and albums edit

Over the years, one film has been released of the band's concert performances during The Who by Numbers Tour.

  • The Who: Live in Texas '75 (Houston, 20 November 1975, released 2012)[17]

Additionally, songs recorded during the tour have been released along with other live and/or studio material:

Tour dates edit

European leg (3 October – 7 November 1975)
Date
(1975) 		City Country Venue Attendance Gross Support act(s) Ref(s)
3 October Stafford England Bingley Hall N/A N/A Steve Gibbons Band [21]
4 October [21]
6 October Manchester Kings Hall [21]
7 October [21]
15 October Glasgow Scotland The Apollo 6,600 / 6,600 [22]
16 October [22]
18 October Leicester England Granby Halls N/A [3]
19 October [3]
21 October London Empire Pool 21,000 / 21,000 [22]
23 October [22]
24 October [22]
27 October Rotterdam Netherlands Sportpaleis N/A [3]
28 October Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle [3]
29 October Bremen West Germany Stadthalle Bremen 6,000 [4]
30 October Düsseldorf Philips Halle N/A [3]
31 October [3]
2 November Sindelfingen Messehalle [3]
3 November [3]
6 November Ludwigshafen Friedrich-Ebert-Halle [3]
7 November [3]
North America leg (20 November – 15 December 1975)
Date
(1975) 		City Country Venue Attendance Gross Support act(s) Ref(s)
20 November Houston United States The Summit 18,000 $134,676 Toots and the Maytals [4]
21 November Baton Rouge LSU Assembly Center N/A $112,630 [4]
23 November Memphis Mid-South Coliseum 10,882 $90,355 [4]
24 November Atlanta Omni Coliseum 18,376 $129,297 [4]
25 November Murfreesboro Monte Hale Arena 11,000 $92,000 [4]
27 November Hampton Hampton Roads Coliseum 11,906 $106,855 [4]
28 November Greensboro Greensboro Memorial Coliseum 17,437 $127,241 [4]
30 November Bloomington Assembly Hall 14,841 $108,357 [4]
1 December Kansas City Kemper Arena 13,414 $96,284 [4]
2 December Des Moines Veterans Memorial Auditorium 13,534 $97,747 [4]
4 December Chicago Chicago Stadium 37,479 / 37,479 $330,739 [4]
5 December [4]
6 December Pontiac Pontiac Metropolitan Stadium 75,000 / 75,000 $614,992 [4]
8 December Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum 18,000 $138,500 [4]
9 December Cleveland Richfield Coliseum 19,000 / 19,000 $138,500 [4]
10 December Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 11,700 $140,000 [4]
11 December Toronto Canada Maple Leaf Gardens 17,600 $157,879 [4]
13 December Providence United States Providence Civic Center 14,000 $112,324 [4]
14 December Springfield Springfield Civic Center 10,000 $84,000 [4]
15 December Philadelphia Spectrum 19,000 / 19,000 $146,000 [4]
UK leg (21–23 December 1975)
Date
(1975) 		City Country Venue Attendance Gross Support act(s) Ref(s)
21 December London England Hammersmith Odeon N/A N/A Charlie [23]
22 December [23]
23 December [23]
European leg (27 February – 2 March 1976)
Date
(1976) 		City Country Venue Attendance Gross Support act(s) Ref(s)
27 February Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion N/A N/A Steve Gibbons Band [5]
28 February Munich West Germany Olympiahalle [5]
1 March Paris France Pavillon de Paris [5]
2 March [5]
US leg (9 March – 1 April 1976)
Date
(1976) 		City Country Venue Attendance Gross Support act(s) Ref(s)
9 March[a] Boston United States Boston Garden N/A N/A Steve Gibbons Band [5]
11 March New York City Madison Square Garden 19,500 $162,000 [24]
13 March Madison Dane County Coliseum 10,100 $75,495 [25]
14 March Saint Paul St. Paul Civic Center 17,600 $142,000 [25]
15 March Oklahoma City Myriad Convention Center 14,801 / 14,801 $101,028 [24][26]
16 March Fort Worth Tarrant County Convention Center 13,500 $100,583 [26]
18 March Salt Lake City Salt Palace N/A $87,127 [24]
21 March Anaheim Anaheim Stadium 55,000 $500,000 Rufus
Little Feat
Steve Gibbons Band 		[27]
24 March Portland Memorial Coliseum 11,000 / 11,000 $93,000 Steve Gibbons Band [28]
25 March Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum 15,000 / 15,000 $119,760 [28]
27 March San Francisco Winterland Ballroom 10,800 / 10,800 $91,800 [28]
28 March [28]
30 March Denver McNichols Sports Arena 19,000 N/A [24]
1 April Boston Boston Garden N/A [9]
"The Who Put the Boot In" European leg (22 May – 12 June 1976)
Date
(1976) 		City Country Venue Attendance Gross Support act(s) Ref(s)
22 May Colmar France Parc des Expositions N/A N/A N/A [10]
25 May Lyon Palais des Sports de Gerland [24]
31 May London England The Valley 60,000 Widowmaker
Outlaws
Streetwalkers
Little Feat
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band 		[9][24]
5 June Glasgow Scotland Celtic Park 35,000 £140,000 [9][11]
12 June Swansea Wales Vetch Field 25,000 £100,000 [9][11]
"Whirlwind" US leg (3 August – 9 August 1976)
Date
(1976) 		City Country Venue Attendance Gross Support act(s) Ref(s)
3 August Landover United States Capital Centre 30,201 / 37,574 $259,655 Law [11][29]
4 August [11][29]
7 August Jacksonville Gator Bowl Stadium 35,000 / 60,000 N/A Law
Black Oak Arkansas
Labelle 		[11][29]
9 August Miami Miami Stadium 17,000 / 17,200 $174,426 Law
Montrose
Outlaws 		[30][31][32]
North American leg (6–21 October 1976)
Date
(1976) 		City Country Venue Attendance Gross Support act(s) Ref(s)
6 October Phoenix United States Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 11,983 $94,719 Mother's Finest [33]
7 October San Diego San Diego Sports Arena 13,842 $108,041 [33]
9 October[b] Oakland Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 94,732 / 110,000 $1,042,520 Grateful Dead [31][33]
10 October[b] [31][33]
13 October Portland Memorial Coliseum 11,000 / 11,000 $93,160 Mother's Finest [34]
14 October Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum 15,000 / 15,000 $119,808 [34]
16 October Edmonton Canada Northlands Coliseum 16,000 N/A [31]
18 October Winnipeg Winnipeg Arena N/A [35]
21 October Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens 20,000 [31]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ After playing two songs, Moon collapsed on stage and the show ended.[5]
  2. ^ a b The concerts on 9–10 October 1976 were a part of Day on the Green.[31]

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ a b c McMichael & Lyons 1997, pp. 166–167
  2. ^ a b Neill & Kent 2002, p. 257
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Neill & Kent 2002, p. 265
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y McMichael & Lyons 1997, pp. 170–172
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Neill & Kent 2002, pp. 270–271
  6. ^ Marsh 1983, p. 475
  7. ^ Fletcher 1998, p. 457
  8. ^ Marsh 1983, p. 476
  9. ^ a b c d e Neill & Kent 2002, pp. 272
  10. ^ a b Neill & Kent 2002, pp. 273
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h McMichael & Lyons 1997, pp. 176
  12. ^ Fletcher 1998, pp. 464–466
  13. ^ Wood 1975
  14. ^ Melanson 1976
  15. ^ Healey 1975
  16. ^ Scott 1975
  17. ^ The Who 2012
  18. ^ View from a Backstage Pass (liner notes)
  19. ^ Marshall, Townshend & Daltrey 2015, p. 315
  20. ^ Tommy (liner notes)
  21. ^ a b c d Neill & Kent 2002, p. 264
  22. ^ a b c d e McMichael & Lyons 1997, p. 169
  23. ^ a b c Neill & Kent 2002, p. 267
  24. ^ a b c d e f McMichael & Lyons 1997, pp. 174–175
  25. ^ a b North American Box Office Data (1976a).
  26. ^ a b North American Box Office Data (1976b).
  27. ^ Who Draws 55,000 to Anaheim Stadium
  28. ^ a b c d North American Box Office Data (1976c).
  29. ^ a b c Neill & Kent 2002, p. 274
  30. ^ North American Box Office Data (1976d).
  31. ^ a b c d e f McMichael & Lyons 1997, p. 177
  32. ^ Neill & Kent 2002, p. 275
  33. ^ a b c d North American Box Office Data (1976e).
  34. ^ a b North American Box Office Data (1976f).
  35. ^ Neill & Kent 2002, p. 277

References edit

  • McMichael, Joe; Lyons, "Irish" Jack (1997). The Who Concert File. Omnibus. ISBN 0-7119-6316-9.
  • Neill, Andy; Kent, Matt (2002). Anyway Anyhow Anywhere: The Complete Chronicle of The Who 1958–1978. Barnes & Noble. ISBN 978-1-40276-691-6.
  • Marsh, Dave (1983). Before I Get Old: The Story of The Who. Plexus. ISBN 978-0-8596-5083-0.
  • Fletcher, Tony (1998). Dear Boy: The Life of Keith Moon. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1-84449-807-9.
  • Wood, Gerry (6 December 1975). "Talent in Action" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 87, no. 44. pp. 30–31. ISSN 0006-2510.
  • Melanson, Jim (27 March 1976). "Talent in Action" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 13. p. 42. ISSN 0006-2510.
  • Healey, Jim (3 December 1975). "The Who – They Wow 13,500". The Des Moines Register. p. 10. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  • Scott, Jane (9 December 1975). "Jane Scott's 1975 Review of the Who Concert at Richfield Coliseum". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  • The Who (9 October 2012). "Live in Texas 75 - The Who". thewho.com (official website). Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  • View from a Backstage Pass (liner notes). The Who. 2007.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  • Marshall, Ben; Townshend, Pete; Daltrey, Roger (2015). The Who: 50 Years: The Official History. Harper Design. ISBN 978-0-06-239636-5.
  • Tommy (liner notes). The Who. Decca. 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  • "Top Box Office" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 13. 27 March 1976a. p. 46. ISSN 0006-2510.
  • "Top Box Office" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 14. 3 April 1976b. p. 41. ISSN 0006-2510.
  • "Top Box Office" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 15. 10 April 1976c. p. 28. ISSN 0006-2510.
  • "Top Box Office" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 34. 21 August 1976d. p. 27. ISSN 0006-2510.
  • "Top Box Office". Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 43. 23 October 1976e. p. 55. ISSN 0006-2510.
  • "Top Box Office". Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 44. 30 October 1976f. p. 50. ISSN 0006-2510.
  • "Who Draws 55,000 to Anaheim Stadium" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 14. 3 April 1976. p. 37. ISSN 0006-2510.

External links edit

  • The Who Past Shows 1975 at the Who's official website
  • The Who Past Shows 1976 at the Who's official website

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The Who by Numbers Tour was a concert tour by the English rock band the Who in support of their seventh album The Who by Numbers 1975 It began on 3 October 1975 ended on 21 October 1976 and consisted of 79 concerts split between North America and Europe Despite being named after The Who by Numbers few songs from the album were actually performed during the tour The Who by Numbers TourTour by The WhoLocationEuropeNorth AmericaAssociated albumThe Who by NumbersStart date3 October 1975 1975 10 03 End date21 October 1976 1976 10 21 Legs8No of shows47 in North America32 in Europe79 in totalAttendance945 928Box office 6 478 million 33 31 million in 2022 dollars The Who concert chronologyQuadrophenia Tour 1973 74 The Who by Numbers Tour 1975 76 The Who Tour 1979 1979 The tour began with a European leg which introduced the band s first use of a laser lighting display and was followed by a North American leg that set indoor concert attendance records The Who returned to America again in 1976 after playing several more shows in Europe including three back to back Christmas shows at the Hammersmith Odeon London The opening 1976 US show in Boston came to an end when drummer Keith Moon collapsed on stage after playing only two songs The following day he seriously injured himself and nearly bled to death After performing at British football stadiums in May and June of 1976 the Who returned again to North America for the final of leg of concerts Following their show in Miami Moon was hospitalised for over a week His erratic behavior worried the other band members who believed he would not be able to finish the tour Moon did manage to complete the tour however the final shows became his last public concerts before dying of a drug overdose in 1978 Contents 1 Background 2 Reception 3 Set list 4 Films and albums 5 Tour dates 6 See also 7 Notes 8 Footnotes 9 References 10 External linksBackground editThe Who by Numbers Tour started with 20 European dates in October and November 1975 The first concert took place at Bingley Hall in Stafford England on 3 October 1975 the same day The Who by Numbers album was released 1 Prior to this the Who had not performed live since playing four shows at Madison Square Garden in New York City the previous June having spent much of 1974 working on the film adaptation of their rock opera Tommy and its soundtrack A laser lighting display was introduced at the concerts at Leicester s Granby Halls shortly into the European leg which would become a fixture of most of the tour s shows 2 The tour continued with a North American leg in November and December 1975 starting on 20 November at The Summit in Houston Texas 3 In North America the band broke indoor concert attendance records for their 6 December concert at the Pontiac Metropolitan Stadium in Pontiac Michigan which attracted over 75 000 fans 4 Following the end of the North American leg the band returned to the UK to play three Christmas concerts at the Hammersmith Odeon London due to high ticket demand for the earlier British dates 2 Following four European dates in early 1976 the Who began a series of shows in the United States on 9 March at the Boston Garden The tour had a disastrous start when Moon collapsed on stage just two songs into the Boston concert causing the show to be postponed until 1 April The day after the aborted concert Moon kicked the glass out of a framed painting in his hotel room and seriously injured his heel in the process 5 He was discovered by manager Bill Curbishley who took him to a hospital 6 Doctors told Curbishley that if he had not intervened Moon would have bled to death 7 In his book Before I Get Old The Story of the Who music critic Dave Marsh suggested that at this point the Who s singer Roger Daltrey and bassist John Entwistle seriously considered firing Moon but decided that doing so would make his life worse 8 The rest of the trip went without incident In recognition of the band s performance at the Dane County Coliseum in Madison Wisconsin mayor Paul Soglin proclaimed 13 March 1976 Who Mania Day the day of the concert 5 The band played the leg s only outdoor show on 21 March 1976 at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim California 9 nbsp The Who s concert at The Valley in London was recognised by The Guinness Book of Records as the world s loudest concert The band continued The Who by Numbers Tour with The Who Put the Boot In a series of concerts in French arenas and British football stadiums featuring a 60 000 capacity concert at The Valley in London The show which took place on 31 May 1976 was recognised by The Guinness Book of Records as the world s loudest concert with the sound measuring 120 decibels 10 The band returned to the US in August to play four shows as a part of the Whirlwind leg The leg was marred by a show in Jacksonville Florida which was 25 000 tickets short of a sellout 11 At the end of the Whirlwind tour in Miami Moon was again hospitalised for eight days Although the group were concerned that he would be unable to complete the last leg of the tour which consisted of nine dates in the US and Canada throughout October 1976 Moon successfully played the shows performing for the final time in public at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on 21 October Moon died less than two years later on 7 September 1978 Bassist John Entwistle would go on to say that Moon and the Who reached their live performance peak during the tour 12 Reception editThe tour was well received by critics Billboard s Gerry Wood gave the band s 20 November 1975 show a very positive review writing that they were tight from the start and gave an energetic performance of their new songs and an amazingly fresh treatment to their older material 13 Jim Melanson also from Billboard lauded their concert on 11 March 1976 calling it superb 14 Jim Healey of The Des Moines Register praised the band s performance on 2 December 1975 describing it as a show with class 15 Writing for The Plain Dealer Jane Scott said in her write up of the show on 9 December 1975 was the most exhilarating and dramatic concert seen in this area 16 Derek Jewell was less favorable in his review for The Sunday Times noting the lack of new songs the band performed and writing that the Who are trapped playing ageing music for the ageing young 3 Set list editThe Who s lineup during this tour consisted of Roger Daltrey lead vocals harmonica tambourine Pete Townshend guitar vocals John Entwistle bass guitar vocals and Keith Moon drums percussion vocals Biographers Andrew Neill and Matt Kent wrote in their book Anyway Anyhow Anywhere The Complete Chronicle of The Who 1958 1978 that the tour had become a greatest hits celebration of the band s decade long career by 1976 5 Despite ostensibly being a tour supporting the release of The Who by Numbers few songs from the new album were performed live Instead the band opted to perform a mini set of Tommy material in the middle of the set thanks to the success of the film generating more interest in the rock opera Meanwhile less and less Quadrophenia material was performed compared to the Who s previous tour with only Drowned occasionally finding its way into the set during early dates before eventually being dropped 1 Authors Joe McMichael and Irish Jack Lyons considers the following songs representative of the tour s set list 1 All songs written by Pete Townshend unless otherwise specified I Can t Explain Substitute My Wife John Entwistle Baba O Riley Squeeze Box Behind Blue Eyes Dreaming from the Waist Boris the Spider Entwistle Magic Bus Amazing Journey Sparks The Acid Queen Fiddle About Entwistle Pinball Wizard I m Free Tommy s Holiday Camp We re Not Gonna Take It See Me Feel Me Summertime Blues Eddie Cochran Jerry Capehart My Generation Join Together My Generation Blues Road Runner Ellas McDaniel Won t Get Fooled Again Films and albums editOver the years one film has been released of the band s concert performances during The Who by Numbers Tour The Who Live in Texas 75 Houston 20 November 1975 released 2012 17 Additionally songs recorded during the tour have been released along with other live and or studio material The Kids Are Alright soundtrack 1979 Join Together Road Runner My Generation Blues Pontiac 6 December 1975 4 The Kids Are Alright film 1979 Join Together Road Runner My Generation Blues Pontiac 6 December 1975 4 Thirty Years of Maximum R amp B 1994 Dreaming from the Waist My Wife Swansea 12 June 1976 11 Thirty Years of Maximum R amp B Live 1994 Dreaming from the Waist Richfield 9 December 1975 4 The Who by Numbers reissue 1996 Squeeze Box Behind Blue Eyes Dreaming from the Waist Swansea 12 June 1976 11 View from a Backstage Pass 2007 Squeeze Box Dreaming from the Waist Fiddle About Pinball Wizard I m Free Tommy s Holiday Camp We re Not Gonna Take It See Me Feel Me Swansea 12 June 1976 18 Greatest Hits Live 2010 Pinball Wizard I m Free Squeeze Box Swansea 12 June 1976 19 Tommy reissue 2013 I m Free Tommy s Holiday Camp We re Not Gonna Take It See Me Feel Me Swansea 12 June 1976 20 Tour dates editEuropean leg 3 October 7 November 1975 Date 1975 City Country Venue Attendance Gross Support act s Ref s 3 October Stafford England Bingley Hall N A N A Steve Gibbons Band 21 4 October 21 6 October Manchester Kings Hall 21 7 October 21 15 October Glasgow Scotland The Apollo 6 600 6 600 22 16 October 22 18 October Leicester England Granby Halls N A 3 19 October 3 21 October London Empire Pool 21 000 21 000 22 23 October 22 24 October 22 27 October Rotterdam Netherlands Sportpaleis N A 3 28 October Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle 3 29 October Bremen West Germany Stadthalle Bremen 6 000 4 30 October Dusseldorf Philips Halle N A 3 31 October 3 2 November Sindelfingen Messehalle 3 3 November 3 6 November Ludwigshafen Friedrich Ebert Halle 3 7 November 3 North America leg 20 November 15 December 1975 Date 1975 City Country Venue Attendance Gross Support act s Ref s 20 November Houston United States The Summit 18 000 134 676 Toots and the Maytals 4 21 November Baton Rouge LSU Assembly Center N A 112 630 4 23 November Memphis Mid South Coliseum 10 882 90 355 4 24 November Atlanta Omni Coliseum 18 376 129 297 4 25 November Murfreesboro Monte Hale Arena 11 000 92 000 4 27 November Hampton Hampton Roads Coliseum 11 906 106 855 4 28 November Greensboro Greensboro Memorial Coliseum 17 437 127 241 4 30 November Bloomington Assembly Hall 14 841 108 357 4 1 December Kansas City Kemper Arena 13 414 96 284 4 2 December Des Moines Veterans Memorial Auditorium 13 534 97 747 4 4 December Chicago Chicago Stadium 37 479 37 479 330 739 4 5 December 4 6 December Pontiac Pontiac Metropolitan Stadium 75 000 75 000 614 992 4 8 December Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum 18 000 138 500 4 9 December Cleveland Richfield Coliseum 19 000 19 000 138 500 4 10 December Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 11 700 140 000 4 11 December Toronto Canada Maple Leaf Gardens 17 600 157 879 4 13 December Providence United States Providence Civic Center 14 000 112 324 4 14 December Springfield Springfield Civic Center 10 000 84 000 4 15 December Philadelphia Spectrum 19 000 19 000 146 000 4 UK leg 21 23 December 1975 Date 1975 City Country Venue Attendance Gross Support act s Ref s 21 December London England Hammersmith Odeon N A N A Charlie 23 22 December 23 23 December 23 European leg 27 February 2 March 1976 Date 1976 City Country Venue Attendance Gross Support act s Ref s 27 February Zurich Switzerland Hallenstadion N A N A Steve Gibbons Band 5 28 February Munich West Germany Olympiahalle 5 1 March Paris France Pavillon de Paris 5 2 March 5 US leg 9 March 1 April 1976 Date 1976 City Country Venue Attendance Gross Support act s Ref s 9 March a Boston United States Boston Garden N A N A Steve Gibbons Band 5 11 March New York City Madison Square Garden 19 500 162 000 24 13 March Madison Dane County Coliseum 10 100 75 495 25 14 March Saint Paul St Paul Civic Center 17 600 142 000 25 15 March Oklahoma City Myriad Convention Center 14 801 14 801 101 028 24 26 16 March Fort Worth Tarrant County Convention Center 13 500 100 583 26 18 March Salt Lake City Salt Palace N A 87 127 24 21 March Anaheim Anaheim Stadium 55 000 500 000 RufusLittle FeatSteve Gibbons Band 27 24 March Portland Memorial Coliseum 11 000 11 000 93 000 Steve Gibbons Band 28 25 March Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum 15 000 15 000 119 760 28 27 March San Francisco Winterland Ballroom 10 800 10 800 91 800 28 28 March 28 30 March Denver McNichols Sports Arena 19 000 N A 24 1 April Boston Boston Garden N A 9 The Who Put the Boot In European leg 22 May 12 June 1976 Date 1976 City Country Venue Attendance Gross Support act s Ref s 22 May Colmar France Parc des Expositions N A N A N A 10 25 May Lyon Palais des Sports de Gerland 24 31 May London England The Valley 60 000 WidowmakerOutlawsStreetwalkersLittle FeatThe Sensational Alex Harvey Band 9 24 5 June Glasgow Scotland Celtic Park 35 000 140 000 9 11 12 June Swansea Wales Vetch Field 25 000 100 000 9 11 Whirlwind US leg 3 August 9 August 1976 Date 1976 City Country Venue Attendance Gross Support act s Ref s 3 August Landover United States Capital Centre 30 201 37 574 259 655 Law 11 29 4 August 11 29 7 August Jacksonville Gator Bowl Stadium 35 000 60 000 N A LawBlack Oak ArkansasLabelle 11 29 9 August Miami Miami Stadium 17 000 17 200 174 426 LawMontroseOutlaws 30 31 32 North American leg 6 21 October 1976 Date 1976 City Country Venue Attendance Gross Support act s Ref s 6 October Phoenix United States Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 11 983 94 719 Mother s Finest 33 7 October San Diego San Diego Sports Arena 13 842 108 041 33 9 October b Oakland Oakland Alameda County Coliseum 94 732 110 000 1 042 520 Grateful Dead 31 33 10 October b 31 33 13 October Portland Memorial Coliseum 11 000 11 000 93 160 Mother s Finest 34 14 October Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum 15 000 15 000 119 808 34 16 October Edmonton Canada Northlands Coliseum 16 000 N A 31 18 October Winnipeg Winnipeg Arena N A 35 21 October Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens 20 000 31 See also editList of The Who tours and performancesNotes edit After playing two songs Moon collapsed on stage and the show ended 5 a b The concerts on 9 10 October 1976 were a part of Day on the Green 31 Footnotes edit a b c McMichael amp Lyons 1997 pp 166 167 a b Neill amp Kent 2002 p 257 a b c d e f g h i j k l Neill amp Kent 2002 p 265 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y McMichael amp Lyons 1997 pp 170 172 a b c d e f g h i Neill amp Kent 2002 pp 270 271 Marsh 1983 p 475 Fletcher 1998 p 457 Marsh 1983 p 476 a b c d e Neill amp Kent 2002 pp 272 a b Neill amp Kent 2002 pp 273 a b c d e f g h McMichael amp Lyons 1997 pp 176 Fletcher 1998 pp 464 466 Wood 1975 Melanson 1976 Healey 1975 Scott 1975 The Who 2012 View from a Backstage Pass liner notes Marshall Townshend amp Daltrey 2015 p 315 Tommy liner notes a b c d Neill amp Kent 2002 p 264 a b c d e McMichael amp Lyons 1997 p 169 a b c Neill amp Kent 2002 p 267 a b c d e f McMichael amp Lyons 1997 pp 174 175 a b North American Box Office Data 1976a a b North American Box Office Data 1976b Who Draws 55 000 to Anaheim Stadium a b c d North American Box Office Data 1976c a b c Neill amp Kent 2002 p 274 North American Box Office Data 1976d a b c d e f McMichael amp Lyons 1997 p 177 Neill amp Kent 2002 p 275 a b c d North American Box Office Data 1976e a b North American Box Office Data 1976f Neill amp Kent 2002 p 277References editMcMichael Joe Lyons Irish Jack 1997 The Who Concert File Omnibus ISBN 0 7119 6316 9 Neill Andy Kent Matt 2002 Anyway Anyhow Anywhere The Complete Chronicle of The Who 1958 1978 Barnes amp Noble ISBN 978 1 40276 691 6 Marsh Dave 1983 Before I Get Old The Story of The Who Plexus ISBN 978 0 8596 5083 0 Fletcher Tony 1998 Dear Boy The Life of Keith Moon Omnibus Press ISBN 978 1 84449 807 9 Wood Gerry 6 December 1975 Talent in Action PDF Billboard Vol 87 no 44 pp 30 31 ISSN 0006 2510 Melanson Jim 27 March 1976 Talent in Action PDF Billboard Vol 88 no 13 p 42 ISSN 0006 2510 Healey Jim 3 December 1975 The Who They Wow 13 500 The Des Moines Register p 10 Retrieved 13 June 2020 Scott Jane 9 December 1975 Jane Scott s 1975 Review of the Who Concert at Richfield Coliseum The Plain Dealer Retrieved 13 June 2020 The Who 9 October 2012 Live in Texas 75 The Who thewho com official website Retrieved 4 June 2020 View from a Backstage Pass liner notes The Who 2007 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Marshall Ben Townshend Pete Daltrey Roger 2015 The Who 50 Years The Official History Harper Design ISBN 978 0 06 239636 5 Tommy liner notes The Who Decca 2013 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Top Box Office PDF Billboard Vol 88 no 13 27 March 1976a p 46 ISSN 0006 2510 Top Box Office PDF Billboard Vol 88 no 14 3 April 1976b p 41 ISSN 0006 2510 Top Box Office PDF Billboard Vol 88 no 15 10 April 1976c p 28 ISSN 0006 2510 Top Box Office PDF Billboard Vol 88 no 34 21 August 1976d p 27 ISSN 0006 2510 Top Box Office Billboard Vol 88 no 43 23 October 1976e p 55 ISSN 0006 2510 Top Box Office Billboard Vol 88 no 44 30 October 1976f p 50 ISSN 0006 2510 Who Draws 55 000 to Anaheim Stadium PDF Billboard Vol 88 no 14 3 April 1976 p 37 ISSN 0006 2510 External links editThe Who Past Shows 1975 at the Who s official website The Who Past Shows 1976 at the Who s official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Who by Numbers Tour amp oldid 1166441628, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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