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The Who 2017 Tour: Harveys Casino, Lake Tahoe, NV, August 16, 2017

As I said last time, no two venues are alike on this tour! Today we’re in beautiful (outdoor) Lake Tahoe, a gorgeous moutain lake resort area, straddling the State lines between California (where our last show was) and Nevada (where […]

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The Who 2017 Tour: Outside Lands Festival, San Francisco, CA, August 13, 2017

Talk about a turnaround: This show is exactly the opposite of our recent Las Vegas shows. In Vegas, we all became rather nocturnal, as that town is a nighttime place running well past 2am on most nights, and the days […]

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The Who 2017 Tour: The Colosseum, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV, August 11, 2017

The last show in Vegas!! We made it. Six shows in two weeks – not too hard and nobody went stir-crazy. We’ve had good audiences, which was the main worry. In Vegas, you’d expect a good portion of the crowd […]

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The Who 2017 Tour: The Colosseum, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV, August 9, 2017

I don’t know if I’ve discussed the video screen here (it seems not.) There is a HUGE curved screen around the band. It’s installed here long before we arrived, paid for (we hear) by Celine Dion herself. When it went […]

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The Who 2017 Tour: The Colosseum, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV, August 7, 2017

In case you were wondering, it IS weird being here in Vegas for so long. It’s not bad – or awful – just weird. We have, on occasion, done TWO shows in one place, or even more back in 2004 […]

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The Who 2017 Tour: The Colosseum, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV, August 4, 2017

Rain? Yes. Still hot as blazes but there was strong wind and rain today; monsoon season, they call it. Odd, but it works, bringing a bit of England along for us tonight!   Friday night and it ought to be […]

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