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Roger Daltrey performs Tommy: The Fraze Pavilion, Kettering, OH, July 2, 2018

(This is my last blog post for this tour: I’m leaving to prepare some lectures inside Abbey Road Studios in August, and someone will be filling in for me onstage while the tour wraps up.) Tonight, a new amphitheater – […]

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Roger Daltrey performs Tommy: CMAC, Canandaigua, NY, June 30, 2018

Back again – Canandaigua is not a major city. It’s up in Northern New York state, not far from Rochester and then Buffalo. Beautiful wooded areas and a large set of lakes called the Finger Lakes, for obvious reasons. We’ve […]

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Roger Daltrey performs Tommy: The Ascend Amphitheater, Nashville, TN, June 27, 2018

Nashville – what happened? Well, to start, this is an unusual setting. A ‘shed’ with a covered stage, but no roof over the seats – we’ve never seen that before. It’s unexpected as you can usually charge more for covered […]

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Roger Daltrey performs Tommy: The Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, IL, June 25, 2018

“…be one of us.” Back in Highland Park for the Ravinia Festival, Show Two. It was a beautiful, exquisite day off in sunny and warm Chicago! Some went golfing, a few to museums, some shopping. Eating and drinking, of course. […]

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Roger Daltrey performs Tommy: The Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, IL, June 23, 2018

The Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, Chicago, IL June 23, 2018 . . . be one of the comfortable people.” What a day for an ‘outdoor’ concert! Chicago is not known for ideal weather, but we’ve really lucked-out today. This is […]

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Roger Daltrey performs Tommy: The Mann Center, Philadelphia, PA, June 19, 2018

The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA With the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia June 19, 2018 New venue to us, this Mann Center. It’s nice – sort of like the wooden style of Tanglewood and Wolf Trap, but […]

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