THE WHO - LIVE AT SHEA STADIUM 1982

THE WHO - LIVE AT SHEA STADIUM 1982





Nowadays when a veteran popular music artist announces a 'farewell tour,' quite a few fans merely roll their eyes – as the power of the almighty dollar will eventually lure them out of retirement. And one of the first rock acts to launch a substantial farewell tour before reuniting just a few years later, was The Who.

But as exemplified by the release of the 2-CD or 3-LP set, Live at Shea Stadium 1982, the band was still a mighty powerful live act at this point – despite no Keith Moon in their line-up and touring in support of one of their weakest studio efforts, It's Hard.

With ex-Faces drummer Kenney Jones still keeping time – alongside long-time Who-sters Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, and John Entwistle – the set is mostly front-loaded with then-newer material, including the Entwistle-sung “The Quiet One” and a tune which proved popular on MTV, “Eminence Front.”