Quotes: "I don't do encores. That's a load of bullshit, encores."
"If we'd only send roadies to Afghanistan, it'd have been over in a month. That's what we should do."
"Of course, there's no one else in the world I'd like to be on stage with more than Pete."
He got the crowd laughing when he told them the precancerous growth that was removed from his throat in 2010 has robbed him of the ability to inhale marijuana smoke, and said he's switched to brownies.
Overheard: "I was standing there thinking, 'Why are you still singing to us?!' Wow."
"My name's Tommy. I was named after the album. I saw The Who four years ago." --Seventeen-year-old kid in the pit.
"I am blown away by this. No smoking outside? On the balcony? I am floored, I am blown away."
"I was there, on 3 December 1979 in Cincinnati, when those thirteen people were killed. Remember, they were trampled to death?" --Russ, who is "closing in" on 350 or 375 Who shows. "But that's including them solo, Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, and The Who."
Personal Bias: A) Universe willing, I have a handful of decades left in which to see concerts, and I am perfectly okay with this being the best concert I will ever see. B) I was a chorus girl in my hometown production of The Who's Tommy, by Townshend and Des McAnuff in 2004. It ruled. C) Thanks to a megafan with an extra ticket to the pit, I got to watch the whole thing from the second row. D) I cried like an idiot. E) My father told me after the show that apart from being born, getting him tickets to this show was the best thing my brother and I have ever done for him.
Setlist Overture It's A Boy 1921 Amazing Journey 1921 Sparks Eyesight to the Blind Christmas Cousin Kevin The Acid Queen Underture Do You Think It's Alright? Fiddle About Pinball Wizard There's a Doctor Go to the Mirror Tommy Can You Hear Me Smash The Mirror Sensation Miracle Cure Sally Simpson I'm Free Welcome Tommy's Holiday Camp We're Not Gonna Take It
I Can See For Miles The Kids Are Alright Behind Blue Eyes Pictures of Lily Days of Light Gimme a Stone Going Mobile Johnny Cash Medley Who Are You My Generation Young Man Blues Water Baba O'Riley Without Your Love Red Blue and Grey
