The Who
Fri, 27 June 1980:
Los Angeles, CA, Sports Arena
Setlist
SubstituteI Can't Explain
Baba O'Riley
My Wife
Sister Disco
Behind Blue Eyes
Music Must Change
Drowned
Who Are You
5.15
Pinball Wizard
See Me Feel Me
Long Live Rock
My Generation
I Can See For Miles
Sparks
Won't Get Fooled Again
Encore:
Summertime Blues
The Real Me
Fanreports
Ciaran S. Kelly
My very first concert.
I was 17, and won tix on a radio call in show. KEARTH 101 offered two mezzanine tix to the 26th caller and I was it. I freely admit to not even knowing THE WHO (let he who is without sin cast the first stone!) I had seen the film Kids Are Alright, but I thought, so what? I remember that night being a Thursday and as I got to the concert hall, I was terribly unimpressed. The opening band was Something Special...and believe me they weren't.
Then The Who appeared at 20.45, and when Pete tore into Substitute, I thought whoa!
I remember being blown away by the clarity of the sound system and by the high level of musicanship. I can't remember any clunkers, and I thought Kenny Jones was superb. I don't recall being able to hear the keyboards, but I later read that that was a reoccurance on that tour. Be that as it may, Entwistle was a crack up, looking like bored stock broker in his brown pin striped suit. Townsend and Daltrey put on a stellar performance. I myself came unglued at Pinball Wizard, See Me Feel Me, Sister Disco, Summertime Blues,and by the time they played My Generation and Won't Get Fooled Again, I had been whooly converted.
The very next day I drove to a local music store, after cleaning out my savings account, and I bought, Who Are You, Live at Leeds, Tommy and Whos Next. Since then I have every album legally pressed by them (except John Entwistle's Rock and Roll), 21 bootlegs, a million books, magazine articles, posters, T-Shirts and still to this day, I still play air (Townsend) guitar behind my wife's back.
I can say with full confidence, I have never enjoyed a concert as much. The Kinks came close, so did Peter Gabriel, but no one can match the memories that I have of The Who.
Line Up
- Roger Daltrey : Harmonica, Vocals
- John Entwistle : Vocals, Bass
- Kenney Jones : Drums
- Pete Townshend : Vocals, Guitar
- John Bundrick : Keyboards
- Reg Brooks: Trombone
- Howie Casey: Saxofone
- Dave Caswell: Brass Section
Attendance & Support
Support Act: The Only Ones
Records & DVD
- 1980-06-27 Los Angeles, CA (1:52:07, Torrent)
More Info
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The Who in Los Angeles, CA
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- 12.07.2008: Pauley Pavilion
- 16.07.2008: Orpheum Theater
- 08.11.2008: Nokia Theatre
- 09.11.2008: Nokia Theatre
- 30.01.2013: Staples Center
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