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Apr 23, 2013

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Apr 09, 2013

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The Who Tour Dates

City	Venue	Date		Tickets
Dublin	The O2 - Dublin	Sat	Jun 08 / 13	Find Tickets
Belfast	Odyssey Arena	Mon	Jun 10 / 13	Find Tickets
Glasgow	SECC	Wed	Jun 12 / 13	Find Tickets
London	O2 Arena - London	Sat	Jun 15 / 13	Find Tickets
London	O2 Arena - London	Sun	Jun 16 / 13	Find Tickets
Sheffield	Motorpoint Arena	Tue	Jun 18 / 13	Find Tickets
Newcastle Upon Tyne	Metro Radio Arena	Thu	Jun 20 / 13	Find Tickets
Manchester	Manchester Arena	Sun	Jun 23 / 13	Find Tickets
Cardiff	Motorpoint Arena Cardiff	Tue	Jun 25 / 13	Find Tickets
Birmingham	LG Arena	Fri	Jun 28 / 13	Find Tickets
Liverpool	Liverpool Echo Arena	Sun	Jun 30 / 13	Find Tickets
Paris	Palais Omnisports	Wed	Jul 03 / 13	Find Tickets
Amsterdam	Ziggo Dome	Fri	Jul 05 / 13	Find Tickets
London	Wembley Arena	Mon	Jul 08 / 13	Find Tickets

The Who Biography

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The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey (lead vocals, guitar, harmonica), Pete Townshend (guitar, vocals, keyboards) and John Entwistle (bass, brass, vocals), and joined shortly after by Keith Moon (drums, vocals). They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction. The Who have sold about 100 million records, and have charted 27 top forty singles in the United Kingdom and United States, as well as 17 top ten albums, with 18 Gold, 12 Platinum and 5 Multi-Platinum album awards in the United States alone. The Who rose to fame in the UK with a series of top ten hit singles, boosted in part by pirate radio stations such as Radio Caroline, beginning in January 1965 with "I Can't Explain". The albums ''My Generation'' (1965), ''A Quick One'' (1966) and ''The Who Sell Out'' (1967) followed, with the first two reaching the UK top five. They first hit the US Top 40 in 1967 with "Happy Jack" and hit the top ten later that year with "I Can See for Miles". Their fame grew with memorable performances at the Monterey Pop, Woodstock the display describes them as "Prime contenders, in the minds of many, for the title of World's Greatest Rock Band." ''TIME'' magazine wrote in 1979 that "No other group has ever pushed rock so far, or asked so much from it." ''Rolling Stone'' magazine wrote: "Along with The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, The Who complete the holy trinity of British rock." They received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Phonographic Industry in 1988 and from the Grammy Foundation in 2001, for creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording. In 2008 surviving members Townshend and Daltrey were honoured at the 31st Annual Kennedy Center Honors. That same year VH1 Rock Honors paid tribute to The Who where Jack Black of Tenacious D called them "the greatest band of all time."

Wikipedia This entry is from Wikipedia, the user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. If you find the biography content factually incorrect, defamatory or highly offensive you can edit this article at Wikipedia.