Face Of Cheam

The Who are clearly ‘the best rock band in the world’ and these two nights at the Indigo certainly backed this up. The Indigo is a very good venue when you get there, with fantastic sound and a good view from pretty much wherever. The down side is the travel to get there. On the Monday, trains were packed going there because of Coldplay playing the main o2, and though the travel on the Wednesday to the venue wasn’t so bad, as it ended a little earlier, then the journey home was packed with Mighty Boosh fans all garishly dressed and over madeup. Horrible.
On Monday, the start was prematurely delayed as after the first number, Townshend announced he need to bang out a cold in his left year. After a ten minute delay, they launched again into Can’t Explain. The introduction to Sister Disco was funny. Townshend said it would be a surprise for most people except for the f***wits who have been to their last 67 shows, the bunch of c****. The encore provided ‘Slip Kid’ which had not been played for nearly thirty years and not in Europe before. Such a rarity Daltrey forgot the words and had to ask a member of the audience. After a Tommy medley, the show ended with Tea & Theater.

The Wednesday was a little sedate, except for Daltrey throwing his mug of tea over a heckler, and Townshend introducing Eminence Front, stating he’s a bit bored of it, but as he is in classic car this month, with the car the audience bought him, its appopiate. Slip Kid was dropped in the encore despite an audience request which Townshend replied, after hearing it on Monday do you think we want to play it again, you stupid f***. He then went on to say that Magic Bus was the second most requested Who song behind Boris The Spider, and they then played a couple of bars of Boris with Roger joining in. At the end of the show Townshend bizarrely thanked a lot of the faces he recognised from over the place.
The best rock band in the world ever!

Can't Explain /The Seeker / Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere / Fragments / Who Are You / Behind Blue Eyes / Tattoo / Sister Disco / Baba O'Riley /Eminence Front / 5:15 / Love Reign O'er Me / Won't Get Fooled Again / My Generation / Naked Eye //// Slip Kid (Monday Only) / Magic Bus / Pinball Wizard / Amazing Journey / Sparks / Listening to You / Tea & Theatre