ON SALE RESCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY JULY 5TH @ 10AM

Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey of The WHO have today confirmed that their US tour is to go ahead despite the death of fellow band member, bassist John Entwistle. The Las Vegas show on 6/28 and the Irvine CA. 6/29 show will be re-scheduled for later in the tour. Details will follow shortly.

Both Daltrey and Townshend view the tour as a "tribute to John Entwistle", and to the loss of an irreplaceable friend. The Entwistle family is in full support of the decision to continue and feel this is what John would have wanted. His son Christopher said today " He lived for music and will always live within The WHO's music. This is what he would have wished and our love goes out to the remaining band members and the entourage that makes up THE WHO family."

Bill Curbishley
WHO Manager

Reserved Seats, $85.00, $60.00 and a limited number of gold circle seats, GO ON SALE FRIDAY JULY 5TH AT 10:00 AM at the CSU ticket office, all Ticketmaster locations Everything I wrote last night about the Who not being the Who without Keith Moon: double it now without Entwistle. As I said before, the drums and bass were often the lead instruments of the band. The band will now be as big a joke as the "Allman Brothers Band."

I had hoped otherwise, but I guess greed really is the motivating factor here. At least have the courtesy to call the configuration the "Townshend-Daltrey Band," a la Page and Plant. Now I'm really sad. Are we going to see Jagger and Richards as "The Rolling Stones" after Charlie and Ronnie (barely a real Stone even now) leave or die? Perhaps Paul and Ringo should tour as "The Beatles." Why not?

As was correctly affirmed earlier by Glenn regarding Creedence, in a great group - even a group dominated by one member like Creedence - the sum is greater than the parts: that is EXACTLY THE DEFINITION of a great group.

Sometimes - basically by chance - a collection of individuals band together and something clicks: they create a unit that is indivisible. It isn't 1+1+1+1=4; it's 1+1+1+1=5. And that extra number is the magic that goes away when a member is subtracted. It was bad enough trying to make 1+1+1=5 after Keith self-destructed, but now you're going to try to make 1+1=5?? You don't have to be a mathematician to say that's impossible.