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The Who Hits Back! Tour: Badminton Estate, Sunday 16 July 2023

What a day. We just finished a 16-17 hour day to get through this one. Yeah, it’s always worth it, but certainly something we hope not to repeat anytime soon! We are staying in the town of Bristol, absolutely one […]

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The Who Hits Back! Tour: Derby, 14 July 2023

This is SO different. We came from the hustle and bustle of intense London, a hub of modernism and progress, a modern indoor arena, and dry all day. Not here, in Derby. We’re playing in a cricket ground, probably the […]

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The Who Hits Back! Tour: London, 12 July 2023

The Who Live in London, sounds appropriate! Let’s back up a bit, just two days. Monday we’d come down from Edinburgh: most on planes, some on trains, some in private cars. We have this “travel day” and another off in […]

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The Who Hits Back! Tour: Edinburgh, 9 July 2023

Photo by Dougie Souness And again, we have our second show here today. Not bad – waltz in, no soundcheck, no setup, no rehearsal. Our crew come in many hours early just in case. Better to be safe than sorry. […]

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The Who Hits Back! Tour: Edinburgh, 8 July 2023

Well, here we are back in cloudy Scotland, very appropriate weather for this special situation. The city is quite old, very picturesque and worth a visit. Yes, it’s touristy, but in a good way – lots of whisky shops, kilts […]

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The Who Hits Back! Tour: Hull, 6 July 2023

“We’re on the Highway to Hull . . .” This is a view on the crew’s “day bus” – not the usual kind that we could sleep in, but when we’re only traveling shorter distances (city to city), we take […]

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