The Who Tour 2008–2009
| Tour by The Who | |
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Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, 26 October 2008
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| Start date | 13 April 2008 |
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| End date | 21 May 2009 |
| Legs | 5 |
| No. of shows | 30 |
| The Who concert chronology | |
The Who Tour 2008–2009 was The Who's first "greatest hits" concert tour since their successful world tour for their Endless Wire album.
Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend began performing again on 13 April 2008 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, closing the week of Teenage Cancer Trust benefit concerts with a six-song acoustic set in a rare Who performance that did not include a full band. On 27 June, The Who took part in a concert at Hyde Park to honour former South African President Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday. On 12 July, The Who were honoured by the VH1 Rock Honors, where they played a brief set after tribute performances by several bands, namely the Foo Fighters, Incubus, the Flaming Lips, Tenacious D and Pearl Jam; four days later the group played a private show at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles for a party celebrating the launch of the music video game Rock Band 2. The group took part in a concert to celebrate London's Olympics handover at The Mall outside Buckingham Palace in London on 24 August. The group returned to North America in October for another short tour, also playing a private event for a 50th birthday and a benefit gig for the Michael J. Fox Foundation For Parkinson's Research; five more shows in Japan immediately followed. They closed the year with three Christmas concerts at the indigO2 in London in December.
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