Rock Icons THE WHO Played Final Show Of Their Final Tour – The Band Retire After 61 Years

6 October 2025

THE WHO played the final show of their American
tour and their career, last Wednesday, October 1.

The iconic band who lost original drummer Keith Moon in 1978
and bass player John Entwistle in 2002 played their last concert
in the Acrisure Arena in Thousand Palms, California.

Pete Towshend: “I suppose, you know, it’s goodbye. That’s what it is.
To what we know as The Who, it’s goodbye. What Roger and I will get up
to next, who knows? If we last any longer, I’m sure we’ll get up to all kinds
of mischief.

“We’ll do stuff together, I’m sharing some stuff, all kinds of bits and
pieces. But for this kind of thing, it’s goodbye. And you were last!”

Roger Daltrey said: “Thank you so much for your support, over all the years.
It means so much to us. It was every band’s dream in the ’60s to make it in America.
And thanks to you guys, you made it happen for us. Thank you so much!”

The Who still can’t explain it after 61 years.

SETLIST

I Can’t Explain
Substitute
Who Are You
The Seeker
I Can See for Miles
Long Live Rock
Pinball Wizard
See Me, Feel Me
Another Tricky Day
Behind Blue Eyes
Eminence Front
My Generation
Cry If You Want
You Better You Bet
Going Mobile
(Simon Townshend
on lead vocals)
The Real Me
I’m One
5:15
Love, Reign O’er Me
Won’t Get Fooled Again
Baba O’Riley
(with Katie Jacoby)
The Song Is Over
Tea & Theatre

My fav THE WHO track.

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THE WHO Released Debut Single ‘I CAN’T EXPLAIN’ Today 60 Years Ago

Top singles from the past

15 January 2025

Legendary proto-punks THE WHO released their debut single I CAN’T EXPLAIN
(more than 32 million streams on Spotify) 60 years ago today, on 15 January 1965.
Actually, it was their first single as The Who after they dropped their first band name
The Detours.

Pete Townshend wrote it when he was 18. Jimmy Page played rhythm guitar
as a session musician but his contribution didn’t make the final version. The
Ivy League
did the backing vocals. It reached #8 in the UK and flopped in
the States at #93.

Got a feeling inside (can’t explain)
It’s a certain kind (can’t explain)
I feel hot and cold (can’t explain)
Yeah, down in my soul, yeah (can’t explain)

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