Moving On! Tour
{{Short description|2019 concert tour by the Who}}
{{Infobox concert
|concert_tour_name=Moving On! Tour
|image=The Who Moving On! Tour Poster.png
|image_size=250px
|caption=
|album=Who
|artist=The Who
|location={{hlist|United States|England}}
|start_date={{Start date|2019|5|7}}
|end_date={{End date|2019|10|24}}
|number_of_legs=3
|number_of_shows={{unbulleted list|28 in North America|1 in Europe|29 in total}}
|last_tour=The Who Tour 2017
(2017)
|this_tour=Moving On! Tour
(2019)
|next_tour=The Who Hits Back! Tour
(2022–2023)
}}
The Moving On! Tour was a symphonic concert tour by the English rock band the Who, partially in support of their album Who.
Overview
The Moving On! Tour consisted of 29 performances in North America and the United Kingdom.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-who-us-moving-on-dates-778467/|author=Andy Greene|title=The Who Announce American Dates For 2019 Symphonic Tour|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=14 January 2019|access-date=2019-01-15}} The tour was announced on January 11, 2019, and included local symphonic orchestras accompanying the Who at each performance, with orchestral arrangements by David Campbell.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/the-who-roger-daltrey-pete-townshend-grand-rapids-moving-on-tour-opener-8510536/#!/|author=Gary Graff|title=The Who Shake Off the Rust as ‘Moving On! Tour’ Kicks Off In Grand Rapids|magazine=Billboard|date=8 May 2019|access-date=2024-02-10}} Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey are the only remaining members of the group, along with longtime touring members Simon Townshend and Zak Starkey, and an ensemble of others. The tour was cut short in March 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic. Ten shows in Ireland and the United Kingdom were eventually rescheduled for March 2021, but those were canceled a month before the fact in February 2021 and the band has announced no further plans.
Tour band
The Who
- Roger Daltrey – lead vocals, harmonica, acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar, tambourine
- Pete Townshend – lead and rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, backing and lead vocals
Backing musicians
- Simon Townshend – rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- Loren Gold – piano, keyboards, jaw harp, backing vocals
- Jon Button – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Zak Starkey – drums, percussion
- Billy Nicholls – backing vocals, tambourine
- Katie Jacoby – violin
- Audrey Snyder – cello
Typical set lists
(*) = without orchestra
=Spring 2019=
A four-week tour in North America began on May 7 at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and ended on May 30 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. A track from the band's 1975 album The Who by Numbers, "Imagine a Man", made its live debut during this tour, and "Won't Get Fooled Again" was played in an acoustic version. A typical set list of this leg was as follows (all songs written by Pete Townshend):
- "Overture"
- "It's a Boy"
- "1921"
- "Amazing Journey"
- "The Acid Queen" (dropped after May 7)
- "Sparks"
- "Pinball Wizard"
- "We're Not Gonna Take It"
- "Who Are You"
- "Eminence Front"
- "Imagine a Man"
- "Join Together" or "You Better You Bet"*
- "The Kids Are Alright"* or "Substitute"*
- "I Can See for Miles"* or "The Seeker"*
- "Won't Get Fooled Again"*
- "Behind Blue Eyes"
- "Tea & Theatre"*
- "The Real Me"
- "I'm One"
- "The Punk and the Godfather"
- "5:15"
- "Drowned"
- "The Rock"
- "Love, Reign o'er Me"
- "Baba O'Riley"
=Autumn 2019=
File:The Who 2019.jpg in Seattle, October 19, 2019]]
After a show at Wembley Stadium in London, England on June 1, another North American tour started on September 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York City and stopped on October 24 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. The setlist of the Autumn leg was not very different from the Spring leg, but two new songs from their upcoming album Who were debuted: "Hero Ground Zero" and "Ball and Chain", previously known as "Guantanamo". A typical setlist of this tour is as follows (all songs written by Pete Townshend):
- "Overture"
- "1921"
- "Amazing Journey"
- "Sparks"
- "Pinball Wizard"
- "We're Not Gonna Take It"
- "Who Are You"
- "Eminence Front"
- "Imagine a Man"
- "Join Together" or "You Better You Bet"
- "Hero Ground Zero"
- "I Can See for Miles"* or "The Seeker"*
- "Won't Get Fooled Again"*
- "Behind Blue Eyes"
- "Ball and Chain"
- "The Real Me"
- "I'm One"
- "The Punk and the Godfather"
- "5:15"
- "Drowned"
- "The Rock"
- "Love, Reign o'er Me"
- "Baba O'Riley"
Tour dates
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! style="width:150px;"|Date ! style="width:200px;"|City ! style="width:150px;"|Country ! style="width:275px;"|Venue ! style="width:250px;"|Opening acts |
| colspan="5"|North America – leg #1{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/the-who-2019-north-american-tour-dates/|website=loudwire.com|title=The Who Announce 2019 North American Tour Dates|date=14 January 2019 |access-date=2019-01-15}} |
|---|
| May 7, 2019
|rowspan="11"|United States |
| May 9, 2019 |
| May 11, 2019 |
| May 13, 2019
| Leslie Mendelson |
| May 16, 2019 |
| May 18, 2019
|Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center | rowspan="2"|Reignwolf |
| May 21, 2019 |
| May 23, 2019
|Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre |The HillBenders |
| May 25, 2019 |
| May 28, 2019
| Arkells |
| May 30, 2019
|Reignwolf |
| colspan="5"|1 UK stand-alone show{{cite web |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/who-huge-wembley-stadium-show/ |website=udiscovermusic.com |title=NEWS: The Who Announce Huge Wembley Stadium Show – Support from Kaiser Chiefs, Eddie Vedder (by Tim Peacock) |date=2019-01-28 |access-date=2019-01-28}} |
| July 6, 2019
|Kaiser Chiefs |
| colspan="5"|North America – leg #2 |
| September 1, 2019
|New York City |United States |Madison Square Garden |Leslie Mendelson |
| September 3, 2019{{efn|The concert of September 3, 2019, at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto was originally planned to take place on June 1, 2019, but was rescheduled to accommodate the Toronto Raptors advancing to the 2019 NBA Finals{{cite web|url=https://www.thewho.com/moving-on-tour-toronto-date-rescheduled/|title=Moving On! Tour: Toronto Date Rescheduled|website=thewho.com|date=May 10, 2019|access-date=May 14, 2019}}}}
|Moon Vs Sun |
| September 6, 2019
| rowspan="13" |United States |Reignwolf |
| September 8, 2019
|Dead Horses |
| September 10, 2019
|rowspan="2"|Peter Wolf |
| September 13, 2019 |
| September 15, 2019
|Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater | rowspan="4" |Reignwolf |
| September 18, 2019 |
| September 20, 2019 |
| September 22, 2019 |
| October 9, 2019
|rowspan="7"|Liam Gallagher |
| October 11, 2019
|rowspan="2"|Los Angeles |rowspan="2"|Hollywood Bowl |
| October 13, 2019 |
| October 16, 2019 |
| October 19, 2019 |
| October 21, 2019
|Canada |
| October 24, 2019
|Los Angeles |United States |Hollywood Bowl |
| colspan="5"|4 UK post-tour shows {{-}} (celebrating the February 14, 1970 Leeds show) |
| February 12, 2020 (2 shows) | rowspan="2" |Kingston upon Thames | rowspan="2" |England | rowspan="2" |PRYZM | — |
| February 14, 2020 (2 shows) | — |
Cancelled shows
See also
Notes
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