The Who Tour 2000
Tour by The Who | |
Location |
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Start date | 6 June 2000 |
End date | 27 November 2000 |
Legs | 4 |
No. of shows | 38 |
The Who concert chronology |
The Who Tour 2000 was partially in support of
History
The group's successful series of shows in late
The group began by playing a charity show at the
Although original bassist
The shows in general were greeted with accolades from both fans and press. Entwistle sang very little vocals compared to before, and apart from lead on My Wife, only sang backing vocals on I Can't Explain and Substitute. Bargain was played in the lower key of A Major rather than the original key of Bb, to suit Daltrey's vocals. Starkey's drumming was now perfectly suited to the band, allowing more loose jamming during songs for the first time since the late 1970s, and Townshend smashed his guitar at the end of the Jones Beach show on July 9, the only occasion this happened on the whole tour.
Live releases
Live material from 2000 has appeared on the following releases:
- The show of 27 November was released on CD as Live at the Royal Albert Hall. The set also includes bonus material from John Entwistle's last show with the band on 8 February 2002, also at the Royal Albert Hall.
- The 27 November show was also released on DVD as Getting In Tune" and "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand".
Tour band
- Roger Daltrey – lead vocals, harmonica, occasional acoustic guitar
- Pete Townshend – lead guitar, vocals
- John Entwistle – bass guitar, vocals
Additional Members
- Zak Starkey – drums (except on 6 June)
- John Bundrick – piano, keyboards, backing vocals
- Simon Phillips – drums (6 June only)
Set list
Set lists were similar to what the group played in
Below is a typical set list for the tour (all songs written by Pete Townshend unless otherwise specified):
- "I Can't Explain"
- "Substitute"
- "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" (Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend)
- "I Don't Even Know Myself" (Not played on 14, 27, and 29 August, 24 September, and 3, 5, and 30 October)
- "My Wife" (John Entwistle)
- "Baba O'Riley"
- "The Seeker" (Dropped after 1 July)
- "Drowned" (Added on 9 July)
- "Bargain"
- "Getting In Tune" (Dropped from 1 July to 22 August)
- "The Relay" (Sometimes appeared as the fourth song in the set)
- "Pinball Wizard"
- "The Real Me"
- "Who Are You"
- "Magic Bus"
- "Behind Blue Eyes"
- "You Better You Bet"
- "5.15"
- "Won't Get Fooled Again"
Encores:
- "The Kids Are Alright" (occasionally played in the middle of the set)
- "Let's See Action"
- "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand" (UK leg only)
- "My Generation"
There were some set list substitutions, variations, and order switches during the tour. Some other songs were played which are not in the above lists:
- "I'm One" (performed either with the whole band or as a Townshend solo acoustic performance)
- Performed on 29 June; 1, 3, 5 and 7 July; 19, 22 and 24 August; 6 October and 8 November.
- "Naked Eye" (occasionally played as an encore)
- Performed on 3 July; 21, 22, 24, 25 and 27 August; 24 September and 4 October.
- "See Me, Feel Me"
- Performed on 3 July.
- Medley: "June Carter, Merle Kilgore)
- Performed on 24 August.
- "Sheraton Gibson"
- Performed on 30 September.
- "Dance It Away"
- Performed (loosely) on 1 July and 30 September.
- "Old Red Wine" (ending riff only)
- Performed at the end of "My Generation" during the UK tour.
- "A Quick One, While He's Away"
- Performed (only the "You Are Forgiven" section) on 16 November.
In light of the special guests, the set list at 27 November charity show at the Royal Albert Hall differed somewhat from the rest of the tour. Townshend chose to play a solo acoustic version of "Heart to Hang Onto" (from his 1977 album with Ronnie Lane, Rough Mix) and followed with the first performance of "So Sad About Us" since 1967, playing with guest Paul Weller. Set list:[3]
- "I Can't Explain"
- "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere"
- "Pinball Wizard"
- "The Relay"
- "My Wife" (John Entwistle)
- "The Kids Are Alright"
- "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand"
- "Bargain"
- "Magic Bus"
- "Who Are You"
- "Baba O'Riley" (featuring violinist Nigel Kennedy in place of Roger Daltrey's usual harmonica solo)
- "Drowned" (Townshend solo acoustic)
- "Heart to Hang Onto" (Townshend solo acoustic)
- "So Sad About Us" (featuring only Townshend and Paul Weller on both acoustic guitars and vocals)
- "I'm One" (featuring Eddie Vedder on vocals)
- "Getting In Tune" (featuring Eddie Vedderon vocals)
- "Behind Blue Eyes" (featuring Bryan Adams on vocals)
- "You Better You Bet"
- "The Real Me"
- "5.15"
- "Won't Get Fooled Again" (featuring Noel Gallagher on lead guitar)
Encores:
- "Substitute" (featuring Kelly Jones on electric guitar and vocals)
- "Let's See Action" (featuring Eddie Vedder on vocals)
- "My Generation"
- "See Me, Feel Me"
Tour dates
Date | City | Country | Venue | Tickets sold / available | Revenue |
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New York City Charity Performance | |||||
6 June 2000 | New York City | United States | Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
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North America First Leg | |||||
25 June 2000 | Tinley Park | United States | New World Music Theatre
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27 June 2000 | Auburn Hills | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 13,799 / 15,040 | $1,047,520 | |
29 June 2000 | Burgettstown | Star Lake Amphitheater
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1 July 2000 | Holmdel Township | PNC Bank Arts Center | |||
3 July 2000 | Mansfield | Tweeter Center
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5 July 2000 | Bristow | Nissan Pavilion
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7 July 2000 | Camden | E-Centre
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9 July 2000 | Wantagh | Jones Beach Theater | 14,199 / 14,499 | $1,194,860 | |
North America Second Leg | |||||
14 August 2000 | Los Angeles | United States | Hollywood Bowl | ||
16 August 2000 | Irvine | Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
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17 August 2000 | San Diego | San Diego Sports Arena
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19 August 2000 | George | The Gorge Amphitheatre | |||
21 August 2000 | Mountain View | Shoreline Amphitheatre | |||
22 August 2000 | Marysville | Sacramento Valley Amphitheater
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24 August 2000 | Denver | Pepsi Center |
10,451 / 11,153 | $766,179 | |
25 August 2000 | Albuquerque | Mesa del Sol Amphitheater
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27 August 2000 | Dallas | Reunion Arena | |||
29 August 2000 | The Woodlands | Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion | |||
North America Third Leg | |||||
24 September 2000 | West Palm Beach | United States | Mars Music Amphitheater
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26 September 2000 | Tampa | Ice Palace |
11,038 / 13,674 | $602,867 | |
28 September 2000 | Atlanta | Philips Arena
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30 September 2000 | Cleveland | Gund Arena
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3 October 2000 | New York City | Madison Square Garden | |||
4 October 2000 | |||||
6 October 2000 | |||||
7 October 2000 | |||||
Europe | |||||
30 October 2000 | Birmingham | England | National Exhibition Centre | ||
2 November 2000 | Manchester | Manchester Arena
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3 November 2000 | Glasgow | Scotland | Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
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5 November 2000 | |||||
6 November 2000 | Newcastle | England | Newcastle Arena | ||
8 November 2000 | Birmingham | National Exhibition Centre | |||
10 November 2000 | Sheffield | Sheffield Arena | |||
13 November 2000 | London | London Arena | |||
15 November 2000 | Wembley Arena | ||||
16 November 2000 | |||||
27 November 2000 | Royal Albert Hall |
See also
- The Who tours and performances