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• Love Ain't for Keepin' Play Video
• Pure and Easy ( Pete Townshend  song) Play Video
• My Wife Play Video
• I Can't Explain Play Video
• Substitute Play Video
• Bargain Play Video
• Behind Blue Eyes Play Video
• Won't Get Fooled Again Play Video
• I Don't Even Know Myself Play Video
• Baby Don't You Do It ( Marvin Gaye  cover) Play Video
• Pinball Wizard Play Video
• See Me, Feel Me Play Video
• My Generation Play Video
• Magic Bus Play Video
• Naked Eye Play Video

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• Behind Blue Eyes
• I Don't Even Know Myself
• Love Ain't for Keepin'
• Won't Get Fooled Again
• I Can't Explain
• Pinball Wizard
• See Me, Feel Me
• Baby Don't You Do It by Marvin Gaye
• Pure and Easy by Pete Townshend
• My Generation

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The Who Tour 1971 was a series of performances and tours by The Who in which they performed material from Pete Townshend 's rock opera Lifehouse , much of which would then appear on their 1971 album Who's Next .

• 2 Live Releases
• 3 Band members
• 4.1 Young Vic Shows
• 4.2 Additional UK Dates
• 4.3 First US Leg
• 4.4 Oval Cricket Ground Benefit Concert and Autumn UK Tour
• 4.5 Second US Leg
• 5 Tour dates
• 7 References
• 8 External links

With the band's 1969 and 1970 performances dominated by Tommy , Townshend and the group were ready to infuse their act with new material, with Townshend having written a number of songs around the Lifehouse concept by the end of 1970. The earliest performances of the year took place at London's Young Vic theatre as the band began to perfect the new material and unsuccessfully attempt to bring Townshend's Lifehouse visions to fruition. These were interrupted for recording sessions at New York's Record Plant in March, which yielded material the band ultimately decided not to use (these tracks would eventually appear as bonus material on the reissues of Who's Next ). They resumed performing and recording back in England, eventually completing the material for Who's Next plus a number of other songs (notably the central Lifehouse tracks " Pure and Easy " and "Let's See Action") that would see light in the months and years following the album's release. Both of the group's US tours and their autumn UK tour would support Who's Next , released in August.

Several songs performed for the first time in 1971 would become staples in the band's act, including " Behind Blue Eyes ", " Baba O'Riley ", " Bargain ", and " Won't Get Fooled Again "; " My Wife " would also appear in many subsequent tours as the featured John Entwistle number in the show, right up until his death in 2002 . Other songs introduced this year were " Love Ain't For Keeping ", " Pure and Easy ", " Getting in Tune ", "Too Much of Anything", and "Time Is Passing", the latter an obscure track recorded by the group during the Who's Next sessions and not released until Odds and Sods was reissued in 1998 (a Townshend solo version surfaced on Who Came First in 1972). Additionally, the band would reintroduce " Baby Don't You Do It ", which had appeared in their act from 1964 – 1966 and was among the numbers recorded at the Record Plant, this time punctuated by a heavy Keith Moon drum beat. Meanwhile, the vast majority of Tommy was initially dropped from the act, with only " Pinball Wizard " and " See Me, Feel Me " remaining, although the group would bring back the " Overture ", " Amazing Journey ", and " Sparks " later in the year.

1971 was also the first year the group performed with backing tapes, which allowed them to include the synthesizer tracks from both "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "Baba O'Riley" onstage. Recorded backing tracks would be used more extensively during the Quadrophenia tours in 1973 – 1974 and in later years for songs like " Who Are You ", " You Better You Bet ", and " Eminence Front ".

Live Releases

Live material from 1971 (excluding TV appearances where the band mimed to pre-recorded material) has appeared on a number of different releases:

• " Naked Eye " and " Bony Moronie " from the Thirty Years of Maximum R&B box set
• " Naked Eye " and " Water " from the 1995 reissue of Who's Next
• " Love Ain't For Keeping ", " Pure and Easy ", " Young Man Blues ", "Time Is Passing", " Behind Blue Eyes ", "I Don't Even Know Myself", "Too Much of Anything", " Getting in Tune ", " Bargain ", " Water ", " My Generation ", " Road Runner ", " Naked Eye ", and " Won't Get Fooled Again " from the Deluxe Edition of Who's Next
• " Baby Don't You Do It " as the B-side of the " Join Together " single and from the Rarities Volume II compilation album
• "Bargain" from the Who's Missing compilation album
• " My Wife " and "Goin' Down" from the Two's Missing compilation album
• " I Can't Explain ", " Substitute ", " My Wife ", " Behind Blue Eyes ", " Bargain ", and " Baby Don't You Do It " from the View from a Backstage Pass live compilation album
• " I Can't Explain ", " Substitute ", and " Behind Blue Eyes " from the Greatest Hits Live compilation album

Band members

• Roger Daltrey  - lead vocals, tambourine, harmonica
• Pete Townshend  - lead guitar, tambourine, vocals
• John Entwistle  - bass guitar, vocals
• Keith Moon  - drums

Typical set lists

Young vic shows.

The band played at least six shows at London's Young Vic theatre between 4 January and 26 April while working with Townshend's Lifehouse concept. The following set list is from the only recording that has surfaced to date, from 26 April. All songs written by Pete Townshend unless otherwise specified.

• " Love Ain't For Keeping "
• " Pure and Easy "
• " Young Man Blues " ( Mose Allison )
• "Time Is Passing"
• " Behind Blue Eyes "
• "I Don't Even Know Myself"
• "Too Much of Anything"
• " Getting in Tune "
• " Bargain "
• " Pinball Wizard "
• " See Me, Feel Me "
• " Baby Don't You Do It " ( Holland-Dozier-Holland )
• " My Generation "
• " Road Runner " ( Ellas McDaniel )
• " Naked Eye "
• " Bony Moronie " ( Larry Williams )
• " Won't Get Fooled Again "

Additional UK Dates

The group played a number of sporadic shows around the UK while recording Who's Next . The earliest documented date was 7 May at the City of Sunderland and the latest on 15 July at the Town Hall in Watford . The following set list is from the show at Sheffield City Hall on 3 July. All songs written by Pete Townshend unless otherwise specified.

• " Magic Bus "

First US Leg

The group returned to America for the first time since the previous July to support the Who's Next album. The tour began on 29 July 1971 at the Forest Hills tennis stadium in New York City and concluded with the third of three shows at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago on 19 August 1971. The tour also included a four-night stand at the Music Hall in Boston . Changes were made to the set prior to the tour, as "Time Is Passing", " Getting in Tune ", and "Too Much of Anything" were dropped in favour of " My Wife " and old favourites " I Can't Explain " and " Substitute ". Here is a fairly typical set list (all songs written by Pete Townshend unless otherwise specified):

• " Love Ain't For Keeping " (moved to the third song in the show by 17 August, with " Summertime Blues " ( Eddie Cochran , Jerry Capehart ) becoming the opening number)
• " Pure and Easy " (dropped by 17 August)
• " My Wife " ( John Entwistle )
• " I Can't Explain "
• " Substitute "
• " Water " (dropped by 5 August)
• " Naked Eye " (not played at every show; sometimes played before "Magic Bus")

There were some set list substitutions, variations, and order switches during the tour. Some other songs were played which are not in the above lists:

• Performed on 31 July 5 and 7 August.
• Performed on 5 and 7 August.

"Water" would never appear again after this tour, while "I Don't Even Know Myself" would not be played again until 2000 .

Oval Cricket Ground Benefit Concert and Autumn UK Tour

After the group headlined a benefit show along with The Faces , Atomic Rooster , and numerous other acts at the Oval Cricket Ground in London for the people of Bangladesh on 18 September, they began a UK tour at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester on 28 September, concluding on 9 November at Greens Playhouse in Glasgow, Scotland. The tour also had the band playing three nights in the Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park , North London , the first events taking place at the theatre under that name. While their set at the Oval was virtually the same as what they played at the end of their previous US stint, the UK tour featured the first performances of " Baba O'Riley " (with the group playing to a synthesizer backing tape as in " Won't Get Fooled Again ") and the return of " Overture ", " Amazing Journey ", and " Sparks ", to the delight of audiences wanting to hear more Tommy material. " I Can't Explain " also began regularly serving as the opener, where it has remained for many tours since. John Sebastian of The Lovin' Spoonful joined the band onstage about halfway through the show of 9 October at the University of Surrey in Guilford , Surrey.

Set list for the Oval Cricket Ground benefit concert (all songs written by Pete Townshend unless otherwise specified):

• " Summertime Blues " ( Eddie Cochran , Jerry Capehart ) (preceded by a short instrumental jam)

Here is a fairly typical set list for the UK tour (all songs written by Pete Townshend unless otherwise specified):

• " Summertime Blues " ( Eddie Cochran , Jerry Capehart )
• " Baba O'Riley "
• " Overture "
• " Amazing Journey "

Second US Leg

This leg began on 20 November at the Charlotte Coliseum and ended on 15 December at the Seattle Center Coliseum , with the set list the same as on the previous UK tour. This stint included two shows at the Civic Center in San Francisco, the second of which was recorded for a potential live album that was ultimately not released, although several tracks have turned up on various live albums and compilations through the years (see "Live Releases" above). One of the group's equipment trucks crashed on the way to the tour's last show in Seattle, resulting in their having to borrow the support act's equipment – this also prevented them from playing " Baba O'Riley " and " Won't Get Fooled Again " on that date, as the synthesizer backing tapes were unavailable.

Here is a fairly typical set list (all songs written by Pete Townshend unless otherwise specified):

• " Substitute " (not played on 20 November)
• " Baba O'Riley " (not played on 15 December)
• " Bargain " (switched with "Behind Blue Eyes" for the last two dates of the tour)
• " Won't Get Fooled Again " (not played on 15 December)
• " Naked Eye " (not played on 29 November or 1 December)

There were some set list substitutions, variations, and order switches during the tour. Another song was played which is not in the above lists:

• Performed on 7, 9 and 13 December.
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External links

• The Who Online Concert Guide
• The Who Tour 1972
• Classic Albums: The Who – Who's Next
• My Generation
• A Quick One
• The Who Sell Out
• Quadrophenia
• The Who by Numbers
• Who Are You
• Face Dances
• Endless Wire
• The Boy Who Heard Music
• The Who's Tommy
• Who's for Tennis?
• Rock Is Dead—Long Live Rock!
• The Roots of Tommy
• The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard
• Who Covers Who?
• " A Tale of Two Springfields "
• Awards and nominations
• Musical equipment
• Track Records
• Ramport Studios
• The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
• Kim McLagan
• Chapel House, Twickenham
• Ashdown House, Oxfordshire
• Tara, Chertsey
• Holmshurst Manor
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