Set list
- I Am The Sea
- The Real Me
- Quadrophenia
- Cut My Hair
- The Punk And The Godfather
- I'm One
- The Dirty Jobs
- Helpless Dancer
- Is It In My Head
- I've Had Enough
- 5.15
- Sea And Sand
- Drowned
- Bell Boy
- Doctor Jimmy
- The Rock
- Love Reign O'er Me
- I'm The Face - Quadrophenia Finale
Encore
Line Up
Roger Daltrey: Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
John Entwistle: Backing Vocal, Bass
Pete Townshend: Acoustic Guitar, Guitar, Vocals
John Bundrick: Piano, Keyboards
Jon Carin: Keyboards
Dennis Farias: Brass Section
Simon Gardner: Brass Section
Nick Lane: Brass Section
Jody Linscott: Percussion
Billy Nicholls: Backing Vocal
PJ Proby: Vocals
Neil Sidwell: Brass Section
Zak Starkey: Drums
Simon Townshend: Guitar, Vocals
Roy Wiegand: Brass Section
Newspapers
The Who's "Quadrophenia" a glorious production
The Hartford Courant-Connecticut News, 04.08.1997
While rock operas today seem like a quaint fad of the past, overblown and generally embarrassing, the current tour by The Who is doing quite a lot to shake that notion.
"Quadroph...
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Fanreports
Jon Brodkin
I was at the Hartford show and I assure that Roger was having absolutely no problems with his voice; the entire thing was obviously a joke by Pete and Roger.
Robert D Farrish
The circumstances of the show were unusual though for the Who's first Connecticut performance since 1979. During "Dr. Jimmy" Roger was starting to look quite upset. At one point he neglected to sing one of the refrains during the "Is it me?" portion and then yelled something over to Pete. This was the seventh time that I've seen them do QUADROPHENIA in the last year and it was the first time that I ever saw Roger come out of character during the set. I could not figure out what he was upset about. When it was time for the encore, Pete came out alone and apologized to the audience that Roger had lost his voice and that Roger had felt that he had given a poor performance and was quite upset about it. Pete said that he disagreed with Roger and felt that Roger had done an "amazing" job and I have to agree with Pete. Other than one short moment where I heard Roger's voice crack, I could hear no indication that Roger was not singing as strong as he had been anywhere else on the tour. Mick Jagger doesn't sound this good on his best nights. Pete then said that he still wanted to do some more tunes as the encore was his favorite part of the show because otherwise he would be getting "bored with all this theatre." Now that was a shock. Anyway, John joined him on stage and they started "Won't Get Fooled Again" together with Pete singing. Roger, dedicated as ever though, could not stay off stage for long and came on as Pete finished singing the second verse. They finished singing the song together then Roger sang the rest of the encore as usual. Here though, his vocal problems were starting to show. He was having a very hard time with "Substitute" and was noticeably upset. After they finished "Who Are You" they all ran off stage immediately without the usual curtain calls and waves and bows to the crowd. I've always admired Roger as the one in the band who seemed to have the most commitment to his audience. He has always had a real working class ethic about him - long before anyone had ever heard of Bruce Springsteen. There comes a point though, when you have to put yourself first. The audience was clearly touched and moved that he that he came back out to finish out the encore, but is it worth doing further damage to the vocal chords? Roger had just given an amazing (as always) performance of this exception piece. I would not have held it against him if he had stayed backstage and let Pete carry the vocal responsibilities for the encore. Certainly he would be missed, but there is a larger picture here. Having said all that, my best wishes go out to Roger for a quick recovery. Unless the Who add another leg to the tour, this show (my seventh on this tour) was my last. This "Rock Theatre" presentation as Pete called it, was the perfect format for QUADROPHENIA to be presented in. After listening to the album for twenty years now, I now feel that for the first time I have a full understanding of what the album is about. The film version did not do the story justice. It placed too much emphasis on the setting and not enough on the feelings of the character. Jimmy's experiences are quite universal and extend far beyond Brighton. Thank you Pete, John and Roger, for bringing this to us. I and everyone I know who saw it were moved quite deeply by it.