I understand that for touring, for sales, purposes, "The Who" is the magical name. A "Townshend-Daltrey Band" wouldn't be getting $60 and $85 a head, or playing in a large arena. But at some point - and that point has been long passed - you have to concede that the original unit meant something, and honor the reality by retiring the name. Please.

UPDATE
Beth Lipton disagrees with my assessment:

Hi there--


I saw The Who recently at Madison Square Garden — what a show!!

I've tended to shy away from big stadium shows since, I don't know, the late '80s or so (at what point is one too old for those things?), so I didn't have high hopes, though I've been a Who fan for as long as I can remember. Plus there were the semi-creepy feelings around seeing them so soon after John Entwistle's death.

Robert Plant opened, and although he looked great and his voice actually sounded really good, his new songs were so boring, it broke my heart. Uh oh... But when The Who came out and hit me with that huge sound, I swear it made me well up. Townsend's talent is so huge, it still fills the Garden right up to the
rafters. They had so much passion and fire — when they sang "My Generation," it sounded so fresh, there was nary a snicker in the audience around the lyric
"hope I die before I get old." They *performed* — they ran around, they interacted with each other, they were energetic, they hit most of those old notes — and all the while, it looked like they were having FUN.

So if you're a fan, get that "bootleg" series — if it's anything like the MSG show, it is worth every penny, and even more so if it's going to charity.