The Who Tour 1974
| Tour by The Who | |
.png) |
|
| Associated album | "Quadrophenia" |
|---|---|
| Start date | 8 February 1974 |
| End date | 14 June 1974 |
| Legs | 2 |
| No. of shows | 15 |
| The Who concert chronology | |
The Who Tour 1974 was The Who's second concert tour supporting their latest album, Quadrophenia.
After beginning work in January on the soundtrack for the Tommy film, the band played a mini-tour of France in February, continuing to feature Quadrophenia as the centerpiece of their shows as in 1973. In May, the group took breaks amidst more work on the film to play three shows, including a large outdoor concert at The Valley in Charlton, London, headlining an event that also featured Lou Reed, Humble Pie, Bad Company, Lindisfarne, Maggie Bell and late additions Montrose. The set was altered considerably for these shows, with less Quadrophenia material featured and the return of several older numbers that had fallen out of their act of late. Another break on the film saw the band play four shows in New York City, where the band had not played during their 12-date North American tour in late 1973. These would be their last shows until October 1975, after the recording of The Who by Numbers.
Material from the 18 May Charlton performance was frequently aired on BBC radio broadcasts following the event.
Live material from 1974 that has seen release all comes from the group's performance at The Valley in Charlton, London on 18 May and has appeared on the following:
Audience recordings are available for all gigs bar the shows in Oxford, Toulouse and Poitiers. The quality ranges from average to excellent. Along with the officially released songs above, the majority of the songs from the Charlton show can also be seen on bootleg DVDs.
...
Wikipedia