As the Who gears up for their Quadrophenia & More tour -- which kicks off next week -- Pete Townshend told us that the group's 1973 concept album is still one of his favorite pieces for the Who to perform: "It was fantastic for Roger and I in 1996, '97, to get back together again and do Quadrophenia, really quite easily the way we had hoped to do it back in 1973, but we hadn't had enough time."

 

The 1996-1997 Quadrophenia revival marked the first time Pete Townshend's kid brother, guitarist Simon Townshend, and drummer Zak Starkey performed as part of the Who. Simon Townshend felt that as die-hard Who fans, he and Starkey were able to bring a certain fire back to the band: "Zak and I, when we started working with Roger back in '96, we always wanted to put that energy into it. We were the youngsters coming in bringing that young blood in there and that was our objective. Whether or not I achieved that, I don't know. It's very hard to sort of emulate what the Who were."

 

November 1 - Sunrise, FL - BankAtlantic Center 

November 3 - Orlando, FL - Amway Center 

November 5 - Duluth, GA - The Arena At Gwinnett Center 

November 8 - Greenville, SC - Bi-Lo Center 

November 9 - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum 

November 11 - Pittsburgh, PA - Consol Energy Center 

November 13 - Washington, DC - Verizon Center 

November 14 - Brooklyn, NY - Barclays Center 

November 16 - Boston, MA - TD Garden 

November 20 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre 

November 21 - Ottawa, ON - Scotiabank Place 

November 23 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre 

November 24 - Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena 

November 27 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center 

November 29, 30 - Rosemont, IL - Allstate Arena 

December 2 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena 

December 5 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden Arena 

December 6 - Newark, NJ - Prudential Center 

December 8 - Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center 

December 9 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena 

January 28 - Anaheim, CA - Honda Center 

January 30 - Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center 

February 1 - Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena 

February 2 - Reno, NV - Reno Events Center 

February 5 - San Diego, CA - Valley View Casino Center 

February 6 - Glendale, AZ - Jobing.com Arena 

February 8 - Las Vegas, NV - The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel / Casino 

February 12 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center 

February 14 - Tulsa, OK - BOK Center 

February 16 - Louisville, KY - KFC Yum! Center 

February 17 - Columbus, OH - Schottenstein Center 

February 19 - Hamilton, ON - Copps Coliseum 

February 21 - Uniondale, NY - Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 

February 22 - Atlantic City, NJ - Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall 

February 24 - Manchester, NH - Verizon Wireless Arena 

February 26 - Providence, RI - Dunkin' Donuts Center

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