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23 July 2004
Tokyo 230704Here we are again! Arrived in Tokyo yesterday to a really nice welcome at the airport. The band arived to a lot of fans ready to greet them…a really nice sight. Tokyo is VERY hot at the moment, over 100 degrees and, for many of us, it is our first time here. It's a really nice and cool experience (as well as an expensive one!!!!). The people are ever so friendly…..my neck hurts from bowing….and can't do enough for you and everybody seems so excited to have the band here.
Tonight it was a rehearsal / soundcheck for the first show tomorrow at the Yokohama Stadium. It's an impressive venue that's for sure – a soccer stadium that seats 60,000.
The band play at 5pm tomorrow, on before Areosmith (the curfew id 9.00 pm!) and will play for 90 mins.
Matt
24 July 2004
Yokahama 240704 UPDATEDThe band have just finished a blistering 90 minutes set (in blistering heat too!) at the Yokahama Stadium.
People said that the Japanese crowd may be more reserved than audiences the band were more used to but they went wild. The show ended with Pete destroying his guitar….which I caught on film.
In the meantime here's the set list:
Yokahama Stadium July 24 2004
I Can't Explain
Substitute
Anyway Anyhow Anywhere
Baba O'Riley
Behind Blue Eyes
Real Good Looking Boy
Who Are You
5.15
Love Reign O'er Me
My Generation / Old Red Wine
Won't Get Fooled AgainEncore
Pinball Wizard
Amazing Journey / Sparks
See Me Feel Me
Listening To YouMatt
All media copyright The Who 2004
In der ersten show nach dem grandiosen IOW Konzert entladet sich die
gewitterhafte Energie von Pete in Yokahama Stadion. Schön Pete--
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WerbungZu dem Auftritt gibt es mittlerweile in der Who-Abteilung von Petes Seite einen Video-Stream,aber leider erhalte ich da nur eine Fehlermeldung.
Den Clip hätte ich mir jetzt doch ganz gerne mal angeschaut.
Ein beinah 60jähriger der seine Gitarre zerschmettert.Da sage noch mal einer die Jungs hätten keine Power mehr.Aerosmith tun mir jetzt noch leid das sie nach the Who noch auf die Bühne mussten.Das war bestimmt ein tolles Who-Konzert. B)Letzter Aufruf zur Who Filmnacht in Hamburg, am kommenden Samstag!!!
Ich komme gerade vom ABATON Kino zurück, wo wir DVD und Soundcheck gemacht haben, und ich bin immer noch ganz hin und weg!
Nach Quadrophenia, das im kleinen Kino läuft (was aber immer noch fantastisch ist) werden wir für unsere Lange Filmnacht ins große Kino umziehen – und ich kann Euch sagen:
z. B. die neue The Kids Are Alright DVD auf dieser rieeeeeeeeesen Leinwand zu sehen, und mit diiiiieeeeeesem irren Dolby sound – einfach unglaublich. Es ist als wäre man bei einem live Konzert!
Glücklicherweise ist der Techniker, der uns die Nacht über begleiten wird auch einer, dem es nicht laut genug sein kann – also hat er eben die Anlage aufgedreht, bis zum Anschlag – und wird dies selbstverständlich auch am Samstag tun!
Also: Wer bisher unentschlossen war zu kommen:
Kommt vorbei – Ihr werdet sicher nicht enttäuscht sein, sondern im Gegenteil, sehr bereuen, dieses Erlebnis verpasst zu haben!Wer noch kurzfristig Interesse verspürt dabei zu sein:
Bitte schickt mir ne email:
Unsere Lange Who Nacht werden wir bereits um 20.00 Uhr in der Kneipe DOWN UNDER einläuten, die ganz in der Nähe des ABATON gelegen ist.
Nähere Infos für alle Interessierten per email.
Viele Grüße aus Hamburg
Mike
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3 August 2004
Honolulu 030804After a couple of days of r&r the band returned to the Hawaii stage tonight for the first time since the Herman's Hermits tour….and what a welcome they got! The audience was fantastic tonight and really LOUD. A lovely arena with an old wooden stage that had hosted in the past many of the legends of rock music…including Elvis.
As you'll see from the photos the promoter had a colourful cake baked to welcome the band back. To support the band tonight there was also a local drumming troupe, which I watched from the side of the stage with Zak.
It was another fine performance and Pete concluded by saying the band would be back!
Tomorrow our little Hawaiian adventure finishes with an open air show in Maui. It's been a lovely experience and for anyone wanting to visit I have just one word (well a couple)……sunscreen and lots of it! lol!
Here's the set list and, just for a change, the video before the photos.
Matt
Honolulu Blasidell Arena August 3 2004
I Can't Explain
Substitute
Anyway Anyhow Anywhere
Baba O'Riley
Behind Blue Eyes
Real Good Looking Boy
Who Are You
Drowned
Punk And The Godfather
Love Reign O'er Me
Eminence Front
You Better You Bet
The Kids Are Alright
My Generation / Old Red Wine
Won't Get Fooled AgainEncore
Pinball Wizard
Amazing Journey / Sparks
See Me Feel Me
Listening To You--
Man braucht nur ein klein bisschen Glück, dann beginnt alles wieder von vorn.
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Man braucht nur ein klein bisschen Glück, dann beginnt alles wieder von vorn.
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Man braucht nur ein klein bisschen Glück, dann beginnt alles wieder von vorn.
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Man braucht nur ein klein bisschen Glück, dann beginnt alles wieder von vorn.
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Man braucht nur ein klein bisschen Glück, dann beginnt alles wieder von vorn.Originally posted by MikeHH@29 Jul 2004, 15:52
Letzter Aufruf zur Who Filmnacht in Hamburg, am kommenden Samstag!!!Ich komme gerade vom ABATON Kino zurück, wo wir DVD und Soundcheck gemacht haben, und ich bin immer noch ganz hin und weg!
Viele Grüße aus Hamburg
Mike
Wie war denn die who Nacht in Hamburg?
Ich war am Samstag auch nicht in Rom bei Simon & Garfunkel sondern hab einem Kollegen beim Rufdienst geholfen.
Ich hoffe es war schön.
Am 3.08. war ich geistig im Honolulu bei the who und gleichzeitig bei Brian Wilson in Bonn. :P
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Man braucht nur ein klein bisschen Glück, dann beginnt alles wieder von vorn.Originally posted by guenterdudda@5 Aug 2004, 19:35
Am 3.08. war ich geistig im Honolulu bei the who und gleichzeitig bei Brian Wilson in Bonn. :PGespaltene Persönlichkeit??!? :o :lol:
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Originally posted by Mongolom@5 Aug 2004, 19:36
Gespaltene Persönlichkeit??!? :o :lol:Zwei Ohren (Rechts Brian) Du weißt ja links Pete :rolleyes:
Und mit den Augen klappt es auch.Nur wem ich meine Nase schenke ???- ich glaube einfach Hawaii riecht besser :rolleyes:
So für einen Tag ist das kein Problem! Man darf nur nicht übertreiben!
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Man braucht nur ein klein bisschen Glück, dann beginnt alles wieder von vorn.Das es mit den Augen klappt, versteh ich ja, aber von links isses in diesem Fall doch einiges lauter, gab das keine Rückkopplungen? :huh:
Whatever, nachdem du schon lecker hawaianische Who-Torte verlinkt hast, hier noch eine Kritik frisch aus der örtlichen Bäckerfachzeitschrift:
The Who stage a no-frills show
By Derek Paiva
Advertiser Entertainment WriterIf one can still rock at age 60, why the heck not rock?
That's the question The Who – or what remains of it in vocalist Roger
Daltrey and guitarist Pete Townshend – begged and answered last night at an
outstanding, if spontaneity-free, two-hour show for a near-sellout Blaisdell
Arena audience.Cynics may argue – and rightfully so – that The Who can't possibly be The
Who anymore without the primal drumming of Keith Moon and towering bass
presence of John Entwistle. But from start to finish, Daltrey, Townshend and
an accomplished crew of side players gave it their best working-class Union
Jack-waving go of it.The Who's stage was a surprisingly no-frills affair, devoid of lasers,
special effects, elaborate lighting rigs or even video effects. The message?
The music and musicianship should still be potent enough to send you home
sated, pal.And bless 'em, Daltrey and Townshend delivered what amounted to an
altogether satisfying tour through The Who's monumental catalogue of past
glories – with near-zero filler.Opening, appropriately enough, with their 1964 debut „I Can't Explain,“
Daltrey and Townshend arrived on stage looking as fit, energetic and scrappy
as no senior-aged millionaire rock gods had any right being.
Clad from head-to-toe in black, with worn sneaks and a killer blue-eyed
glare, Townshend, in particular, looked ready to kick the posterior of
anyone bold enough to call him retirement ready.The first of Townshend's signature guitar windmills arrived two minutes into
the song, with Daltrey's first signature microphone swing besting it by
exactly one minute, 58 seconds.Early career Who faves „Substitute“ and „Anyway Anyhow Anywhere“ followed.
By trio's end, all it took was the synth opening of „Baba O'Riley“ to
generate ear-shattering approval from the Boomer-heavy, herbally enhanced
Blaisdell crowd.Daltrey – decked casually in a loose button-down shirt, tight faded jeans
and teal wire-rim shades – possessed a vox still capable of stunning range
and speaker-decimating punch. His best moments in a mid-show run of hits
included „O'Riley,“ „Who Are You“ and „Love Reign O'er Me.“On a sour note, a powerhouse medley of „My Generation“ and the Entwistle
tribute „Old Red Wine“ finally motivated grown adults in the back seats –
who really should've known better – to beat down woefully understaffed floor
security in a mad rush toward the stage. The far younger crowd at 50 Cent
knew how to treat its own better.Townshend's rigorously inventive and polished guitar playing offered moments
of wonderful-to-watch brilliance, comparable – and perhaps better – than
anything out of his ax-smashing youth. He was, at all times, simply amazing.A set-closing „Won't Get Fooled Again“ had Townshend nearly fist-pounding
his ax into woodchips and showing off his closetful of guitar-god poses,
including a couple of well-planned concluding leaps.
Daltrey, for his part, wasn't capable of carrying off the song's required
waking-up-the-dead screams and wisely opted out of trying.Offering fluid backup for the duo throughout were longtime Who keyboardist
John „Rabbit“ Bundrick (solid synths on „O'Riley“ and „Who Are You“),
bassist Pino Palladino (channeling Entwistle's sublime power) and rhythm
guitarist Simon Townshend (Pete's able, if subdued, bro).The most impressive of The Who's substitutes, drummer Zak Starkey matched
and challenged Townshend's potent ax-grinding on his own terms, wisely
avoiding any hint of Moon-lighting.The evening ended with a suite of songs from „Tommy“ that, while sweet,
couldn't help come off a tad lackluster after the raucous warhorses that
preceded it. An amazing rendition of „Amazing Journey/Sparks,“ however, was
a highlight here.A good deal of Daltrey's and Townshend's on-stage bravado after four decades
of playing live together might be – as one armchair critic near me
suggested – Who-by-the-numbers for the duo.But we'd all be fortunate, indeed, if all rock legends carried off the
familiar with as much real good-looking panache as The Who still does.
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Hab ich grad im Shout-Board entdeckt und möchte es Interessierten nicht vorenthalten, es geht schliesslich um ein ziemlich bekanntes Photo. Das erinnert mich ausserdem daran, dass ich das Poster endlich mal im Flur aufhängen muss. Zeugen Jehovas und Vorwerkvertreter sollen ja wissen wie das aussieht, wenn ich ihnen die Flossen in der Tür verklemm <_< :P [quote][b][b]Story behind the "bloody hand" photo, from Rolling Stone [img]http://i.realone.com/assets/rn/cms/2004/other/pete_townshend_rs_958_170.6478946.jpg Oakland, California, April 1980 Pete Townshend Photographed by Annie Leibovitz I bash away at my guitar as though it were a veal escallop I'm trying to thin down," says Pete Townshend. "I break my nails, I tear flesh from my fingers. I make minor cuts. Then I swing my arm at high speed, and all the blood rushes to the tips of my fingers and pours out profusely under the centrifugal force. My hand always bleeds, even today. But now I have a spray that stops the bleeding and the pain immediately." In the spring of 1980, Annie Leibovitz traveled with the Who for a few days and readied a studio around the corner from one of the shows in Oakland, California. The idea, Townshend remembers, was to have him arrive "drenched in sweat and still shaking from the exertion of the gig." But once Leibovitz noticed his bleeding hand, she became transfixed. "By the time we got to start taking pictures, the blood was badly congealed," says Townshend. "Annie got me to swing my arm afresh to generate more blood. Then she actually found some fake blood and added a little to create the runny effect. But I have to say, my hand was a fucking mess before she started to embellish it." The studio, Townshend says, had been used in the past for porno flicks. "It had a surprisingly nice atmosphere, as though the room had seen many happy times," he recalls. "But then, in my condition, I probably wasn't geared up to divine the true essence of things." The Who were wrapping up their second world tour since drummer Keith Moon had passed away two years prior. They were also coming off one of the most tragic events in the band's history: the deaths of eleven fans at Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum in late 1979. "I was drinking a fair bit at the time," says Townshend. "By 1980, I was also doing a bit of cocaine every now and then. I was often very happy and content on a rock & roll tour. Where my head was at felt like a real rock & roll condition." Leibovitz says that her original idea was to have Townshend do his legendary guitar-smashing routine and some airborne leaps. "The hand was just an afterthought," she says. "It was just to show that he beats himself up when he plays. What's so beautiful about the Townshends and the Dylans is, we rarely got to see who they were. And that made them at some level more interesting." Says Townshend, "I loved how that photo turned out. I look like someone from Fight Club. Annie was already a great artist. I was honored to work with her. It's incredible I'm still here, that Rolling Stone still writes about real music and that Annie is now properly recognized by both cool and art establishments in the States and around the world." (Posted Sep 30, 2004)
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Keine Faxen mehr – Who TV macht ernst!
Hey, ich freu mir grad ein Loch in den Bauch! Drei Kanäle, wechselndes Programm, Liveanbindung ans Studio, und das meiste kostenfrei. So gehört sich das :wub: Aber lest doch selber, was Matt verkündet hat:
Originally posted by petetownshend.com
Who TV17 September 2004
Who TVYou may have noticed over the past couple of weeks a
new button on the home page leading to 'Who TV'.
Although it may sound just a little pretentious we do
now have the technology to provide broadcasting
facilities and programming for what, in essence, is
our very own TV station. In conjunction with Astream,
we've built a system enabling us to provide 24/7
Internet programming using Windows Media Player as the
broadcasting platform.Those of you that notice these things will know that
throughout the year we've been test driving the
system, providing mainly looped content although we
have also thrown in some pre-announced (and at other
times totally spontaneous) gems such as a full Who
rehearsal and a couple of showcases by Rachel Fuller.
As of next week though its use will be more varied.
We've developed three areas to the 'studio' which
allow us to broadcast live performances from inside
and outside the building, an area that lets us prepare
and broadcast pre recorded and / or commercially
available material and a 'Vox Box' where people can
just go and sit in front of a camera and say whatever
they feel, maybe even crack a few jokes!This is a serious venture for us but as you'd expect
we're taking a fairly 'guerrilla' attitude to it. Much
of the live and Vox Box material with be unscheduled
and unscripted – some will be recorded and looped and
others will be real one-off's – shown only the one
time. Some other events will be publicised in advance.
Our credo has always been to provide free exciting and
exclusive content without advertising and pop up's. We
will continue with this philosophy whenever we can.
However, for BIG events, of which a few are planned
over the next year, there may well be a need to charge
– either with a one off payment or by subscription –
to view. At present we only have limited bandwidth,
providing access to a certain number of viewers, and
for big events we would need to increase that to allow
more access. In order to do that and to cover the
extra costs we may need to make these 'pay to view'
events. The feedback we've had about the site is that
the free content we provide is often far superior than
other subscription based sites so if we do charge for
an event you know it will be really special.Even though it's still a new venture we're continuing
to develop the technology and are even thinking about
taking the studio on the road should the band tour
again to bring you live shows from around the world.The station will allow access to Pete Townshend, The
Who, Eel Pie and it's other artists like never before.
It's an exciting time for us and we hope that you
enjoy what we're trying to do as much as we are in
planning it.Matt
Zu finden hier: petetownshend.com
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