The Who @ Royal Albert Hall 2025-03-27 (soundcheck + tour blog link)




Zakk livestreamed the soundcheck. They did The Song Is Over and Love Ain't For Keeping. Now Roger is here and this sounds like Naked Eye but could just be noodling. Gonna keep an eye on it in case he streams the show too.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DHtXzw4s0iQ/

OK he didn't do the show but they did do The Song Is Over again with Roger (And probably Pete tho the phone was pointed away the whole time from that area)

and

One of the better tour blogs I have read it a while. Really goes into detail on putting a big show together, many of the nuances with the instruments and sound us non-techies may not be aware of and the stuff fans like us like to see such as how the setlist is put together. They came up with a show with that's 3 1/2 hours long and sounds like the hard part is trimming it down. They are admitting, as we have seen with Metallica, Aerosmith, Rolling Stones and the like that if they go on tour, the shows aren't going to be quite as long as they used to be. And Pete remembers Desert Trip as the last great Who show which is very validating. By then to me they had long moved out of the top tier into the mid level throng of classic rock acts in the sheds and fairs every summer but they sure seized the day delivering the best set of the weekend by far.

And I would really love to see that list of what they rehearsed.

https://www.thewho.com/backstage-blog/teenage-cancer-trust-shows-rehearsals-26-march-2025

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  1. AnonymousMarch 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM

    Any chance you would post your 11-17-22 Elton John? It is on DIME but with no seeders currently. I know you are not taking requests but if you don't ask the answer is definitely no. Thanks. Or maybe I can ask again closer to 11/17 for an anniversary post. Thanks for posting everything you do, I have grabbed quite a bit since you went daily.

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    1. ijwthstdMarch 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM

      Here ya go, just don't tell anyone. Getting ready to just turn off comments anyway (now have 302 unapproved comments for reposts - no way that's gonna happen without an office and a salary) but I was just thinking of Elton when I saw this post since he has a show coming up soon. Gonna mirror it over on ShareMania anyway https://pixeldrain.com/u/r8P4kibB

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    2. AnonymousMarch 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM

      WOW!! Thank you so much!! I know you are covered up but thought I would throw a Hail Mary out there. Thanks very much! The recording sounds great as expected. I need to search for where that Elton show is. I saw him like 6-7 times on the Farewell Tour and would love to see him again.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM

    Petco Park, San Diego - May 9. Cancer charity benefit.

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