Moving On! Tour
Tour by The Who
Location
  • United States
  • England
Associated albumWho
Start dateMay 7, 2019 (2019-05-07)
End dateOctober 24, 2019 (2019-10-24)
Legs3
No. of shows
  • 28 in North America
  • 1 in Europe
  • 29 in total
The Who concert chronology
  • The Who Tour 2017
    (2017)
  • Moving On! Tour
    (2019)
  • The Who Hits Back! Tour
    (2022)

The Moving On! Tour was a symphonic concert tour by the British 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.[1] 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.[2] 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

Backing musicians

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):

  1. "Overture"
  2. "It's a Boy"
  3. "1921"
  4. "Amazing Journey"
  5. "The Acid Queen" (dropped after May 7)
  6. "Sparks"
  7. "Pinball Wizard"
  8. "We're Not Gonna Take It"
  9. "Who Are You"
  10. "Eminence Front"
  11. "Imagine a Man"
  12. "Join Together" or "You Better You Bet"*
  13. "The Kids Are Alright"* or "Substitute"*
  14. "I Can See for Miles"* or "The Seeker"*
  15. "Won't Get Fooled Again"*
  16. "Behind Blue Eyes"
  17. "Tea & Theatre"*
  18. "The Real Me"
  19. "I'm One"
  20. "The Punk and the Godfather"
  21. "5:15"
  22. "Drowned"
  23. "The Rock"
  24. "Love, Reign o'er Me"
  25. "Baba O'Riley"

Autumn 2019

The band at T-Mobile Park 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):

  1. "Overture"
  2. "1921"
  3. "Amazing Journey"
  4. "Sparks"
  5. "Pinball Wizard"
  6. "We're Not Gonna Take It"
  7. "Who Are You"
  8. "Eminence Front"
  9. "Imagine a Man"
  10. "Join Together" or "You Better You Bet"
  11. "Hero Ground Zero"
  12. "I Can See for Miles"* or "The Seeker"*
  13. "Won't Get Fooled Again"*
  14. "Behind Blue Eyes"
  15. "Ball and Chain"
  16. "The Real Me"
  17. "I'm One"
  18. "The Punk and the Godfather"
  19. "5:15"
  20. "Drowned"
  21. "The Rock"
  22. "Love, Reign o'er Me"
  23. "Baba O'Riley"

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Opening acts
North America – leg #1[3]
May 7, 2019 Grand Rapids United States Van Andel Arena Dirty Honey
May 9, 2019 Buffalo KeyBank Center Arkells
May 11, 2019 Bristow Jiffy Lube Live Peter Wolf
May 13, 2019 New York City Madison Square Garden Leslie Mendelson
May 16, 2019 Nashville Bridgestone Arena Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
May 18, 2019 Noblesville Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center Reignwolf
May 21, 2019 Tinley Park Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
May 23, 2019 Maryland Heights Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre The HillBenders
May 25, 2019 Philadelphia Citizens Bank Park Peter Wolf
May 28, 2019 Detroit Little Caesars Arena Arkells
May 30, 2019 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena Reignwolf
1 UK stand-alone show[4]
July 6, 2019 London England Wembley Stadium Kaiser Chiefs
Imelda May[5]
Eddie Vedder[6]
North America – leg #2[3]
September 1, 2019 New York City United States Madison Square Garden Leslie Mendelson
September 3, 2019[a] Toronto Canada Scotiabank Arena Moon Vs Sun
September 6, 2019 Saint Paul United States Xcel Energy Center Reignwolf
September 8, 2019 East Troy Alpine Valley Music Theatre Dead Horses
September 10, 2019 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center Peter Wolf
September 13, 2019 Boston Fenway Park
September 15, 2019 Wantagh Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater Reignwolf
September 18, 2019 Atlanta State Farm Arena
September 20, 2019 Sunrise BB&T Center
September 22, 2019 Tampa Amalie Arena
October 9, 2019 San Francisco Chase Center Liam Gallagher
October 11, 2019 Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl
October 13, 2019
October 16, 2019 San Diego Viejas Arena
October 19, 2019 Seattle T-Mobile Park
October 21, 2019 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena
October 24, 2019 Los Angeles United States Hollywood Bowl
4 UK post-tour shows
(celebrating the February 14, 1970 Leeds show)
February 12, 2020
(2 shows) 		Kingston upon Thames England PRYZM —
February 14, 2020
(2 shows) 		—

Cancelled shows

Date City Country Venue Reason
North America – leg #2 (2019)
September 25, 2019 Houston United States Toyota Center Illness[8][9][10]
September 27, 2019 Dallas American Airlines Center
September 29, 2019 Denver Pepsi Center
North America 2019
October 23, 2019 Edmonton Canada Rogers Place Scheduling conflicts[11]
UK & Ireland 2020[12]
March 16, 2020 Manchester England Manchester Arena The COVID-19 pandemic
March 18, 2020 Dublin Ireland 3Arena
March 21, 2020 Newcastle upon Tyne England Utilita Arena Newcastle
March 23, 2020 Glasgow Scotland SSE Hydro
March 25, 2020 Leeds England First Direct Arena
March 28, 2020[b] London Royal Albert Hall
March 30, 2020 Cardiff Wales Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
April 1, 2020 Birmingham England Resorts World Arena
April 3, 2020 Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
April 6, 2020 Liverpool M&S Bank Arena
April 8, 2020 London The SSE Arena, Wembley
North America 2020 – leg #3 – Cancelled tour
April 21, 2020 Hollywood United States Hard Rock Live The COVID-19 pandemic
April 23, 2020 Highland Heights BB&T Arena
April 27, 2020[c] Dallas American Airlines Center
April 30, 2020[d] Houston Toyota Center
May 2, 2020[e] Denver Pepsi Center
May 5, 2020 Las Vegas The Colosseum at Caesars Palace
May 7, 2020
May 9, 2020
May 12, 2020
May 14, 2020
May 16, 2020
UK & Ireland 2021 – Rescheduled shows (from March–April 2020)[13][14] cancelled once again[15][16]
March 5, 2021 Dublin Ireland 3Arena The COVID-19 pandemic
March 8, 2021 Liverpool England M&S Bank Arena
March 10, 2021 Glasgow Scotland SSE Hydro
March 12, 2021 Newcastle England Utilita Arena Newcastle
March 15, 2021 Leeds First Direct Arena
March 17, 2021 Birmingham Resorts World Arena
March 22, 2021 London Wembley Arena
March 24, 2021 Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
March 27, 2021 Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
March 29, 2021 Manchester AO Arena

See also

Notes

  1. ^ 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[7]
  2. ^ As part of the annual Teenage Cancer Trust shows
  3. ^ April 2020 Rescheduled show (from September 2019) – cancelled ever since
  4. ^ April 2020 Rescheduled show (from September 2019) – cancelled ever since
  5. ^ May 2020 Rescheduled show (from September 2019) – cancelled ever since

References

  1. ^ Andy Greene (14 January 2019). "The Who Announce American Dates For 2019 Symphonic Tour". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  2. ^ Gary Graff (8 May 2019). "The Who Shake Off the Rust as 'Moving On! Tour' Kicks Off In Grand Rapids". Billboard. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  3. ^ a b "The Who Announce 2019 North American Tour Dates". loudwire.com. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  4. ^ "NEWS: The Who Announce Huge Wembley Stadium Show – Support from Kaiser Chiefs, Eddie Vedder (by Tim Peacock)". udiscovermusic.com. 2019-01-28. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  5. ^ "MOVING ON! TOUR: WEMBLEY STADIUM, LONDON: JULY 6, 2019". Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  6. ^ Association, The Football. "The Who, Eddie Vedder & Kaiser Chiefs". www.wembleystadium.com. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
  7. ^ "Moving On! Tour: Toronto Date Rescheduled". thewho.com. May 10, 2019. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  8. ^ Lifton, Dave (September 26, 2019). "The Who Postpone Show After Roger Daltrey Loses His Voice". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  9. ^ Christensen, Thor (September 26, 2019). "The Who postpone Dallas concert after Roger Daltrey loses his singing voice". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  10. ^ Wenzel, John (September 27, 2019). "The Who postpones Denver concert after ending Houston show halfway through set". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  11. ^ Garner, Ryan (May 14, 2019). "The Who cancels Oct. 23 show at Rogers Place". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  12. ^ "After serious consideration, it is with much regret that THE WHO have postponed their UK and Ireland Tour, due to start next Monday March 16th in Manchester at the Manchester Arena and finishing at Wembley SSE Arena on April 8th..." Facebook. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  13. ^ "The Who announce the rescheduled tour dates for the UK and Ireland". Facebook. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  14. ^ "The Who announce rescheduled UK and Ireland tour dates". www.thewho.com. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  15. ^ "Unfortunately, The Who's forthcoming UK and Ireland tour due March 2021 has now been cancelled. [...] "We are very sorry that we have to cancel our planned March 2021 UK and Ireland shows. Please excuse the delay but we wanted to wait as long as possible to see if we could indeed play them. However, as you can see the current situation makes this impossible. Thanks for all your wonderful support and we hope to see you in the future when conditions allow." ~ Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend, 15 February 2021". Facebook. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  16. ^ "The Who UK and Ireland tour 2021". www.thewho.com. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
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