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What Do You Think Will Be on The Who 2011 Concert Rider?

October 26, 2010 By Jeff 61 Comments

It is being reported that Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey will be embarking on a world tour in 2011, under the name of their former band, The Who.  Of course, half of the original members (Keith Moon, John Entwistle) are now dead, so it feels like a bit of a cheat.  But whatever.

I’ve never seen The Who perform live, but I sometimes like their music.  You know, when the mood is right.  Pete Townshend is a great songwriter, and an interesting character.  I have many of their albums on vinyl, but had largely lost interest by the time the compact disc era kicked-off.  I think I only own Who’s Next on CD.  I keep meaning to buy more, but never get around to it.

I do, however, have a longstanding fondness for the album Townshend recorded with Ronnie Lane, called Rough Mix.  It’s a great one, and I’ve been living with it for years.  Highly recommended.

So, you see, I’m not a Who Whater, just skeptical about yet another mega-tour, under the circumstances and at this late date.  I mean, seriously.  Both Townshend and Daltrey are pushing 70.  Hope I die before I get old?  Shit man, you’re lucky a genie wasn’t around when you first made that statement.

And all this got me to thinking… wonder what demands will appear on the contract rider for The Who World Tour 2011?  Maybe you guys can help me compile a list of possibilities?  I’ll get the ball rolling, with a few of my guesses, and you can take it from there.

·    12 ct box of medical drainage pouches
·    6 new girdles, in a variety of sizes
·    10 pairs of Sansabelt assless slacks, size 36, in pastels
·    2 large penis-shaped prescription pill organizers, with Velcro leg straps
·    3 Union Jack shawls
·    Backstage lights wired into a Clapper, hacked to activate when somebody windmills their arm
·    Candy dish filled with saw palmetto and alpha blockers
·    Functioning desk telephone with simple, oversized buttons and amplified audio
·    Good quality hernia truss to be available in case of emergency, following “Won’t Get Fooled Again” scream
·    Terry cloth covered sun visor for Mr. Townshend
·    At least 2 large (37-inch or bigger) televisions, tuned to The Weather Channel

Now it’s your turn.  What do you think will be the special requests listed in the 2011 Who World Tour concert rider?  Use the comments link below.

And I’ll see you guys again tomorrow.

Have a great day!

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  1. Cosgrove says

    October 26, 2010 at 12:53 pm

    First!

    Reply
  2. Gretchen says

    October 26, 2010 at 12:54 pm

    A walker with a built in laser light display.

    Reply
    • Valentin says

      October 26, 2010 at 1:06 pm

      Oh shit, thats funny.

      Reply
      • Gretchen says

        October 26, 2010 at 1:12 pm

        Well, Pete needs something to lean on during the guitar solos. Might as well make it dual functional.

        Reply
        • Gretchen says

          October 26, 2010 at 1:14 pm

          I meant Roger. Dammit.

          Reply
  3. Ognir says

    October 26, 2010 at 12:56 pm

    A lot of those British dudes are getting up that and are still at it, along with various American bands also. It’s always seemed funny to me that no one ever mentions Paul McCartney’s age very much, and he seems to tour almost every year now.

    I suppose the deal of when is a band no longer the band in question also seems to change depending on who is being discussed.

    Who is left now? ZZ Top. Bun no longer tours with Cheap Trick, so they are out of the running.

    A friend of mine use to joke me about liking that sort of music, and how bands that he loved like The Pixies or whatever would never stoop so low as to reform and tour.

    Of course, I told him they all do eventually. And the do.

    Reply
    • Jeff says

      October 26, 2010 at 1:22 pm

      It’s different for an individual, for some reason. Neil Young and Bob Dylan are older than dirt, but it’s just them, not some band that used to be about defiance and partying hard.

      And I bought The Who without Keith Moon, but with Entwistle gone, it’s a lot more difficult. Of course, there are a lot of bands touring under questionable names, so it’s not exactly shocking.

      Speaking of the Pixies, I, and a few of my ex-coworkers, had dinner with Frank Black once, at the Highland Tap in Atlanta. Well, actually we had dinner. He just downed a shitload of mixed drinks.

      Reply
      • Ognir says

        October 26, 2010 at 1:50 pm

        They got a lot of shit for going on with the tour when John died. But, as Roger as said, they would have been in some legal trouble due to the shows already being sold.

        I have talked to Pete a few times by way of email. He had a blog and was open to some interaction several years ago.

        I seem to go various ways on if a band is still a band.

        I think if the lead singer is gone, then it gets funny. Of course, all of those bands like Styx, Yes, etc. are doing just that – finding dudes who sound like their former front man and carrying on.

        And then there are complete shams, like Guns ‘n’ Roses.

        Reply
        • Jeff says

          October 26, 2010 at 1:54 pm

          Lynyrd Skynyrd is also a sham. The day Ronnie Van Zant died, was the day that band should’ve also died.

          Reply
          • Son of Sam says

            October 26, 2010 at 2:02 pm

            So is Zamphir. Since Eddy the drummer is gone it’s not the same.

            Reply
            • Jeff says

              October 26, 2010 at 2:02 pm

              Eddy was a hack. Good riddance.

              Reply
              • dto says

                October 26, 2010 at 2:18 pm

                Not one of the original Four Freshman tours with the band anymore. What a rip-off. Fuck ’em!

                Reply
              • Ognir says

                October 26, 2010 at 2:19 pm

                Gary Rossington is the only original dude left now, unless you count Rickey Medlocke.

                Reply
                • dto says

                  October 26, 2010 at 2:28 pm

                  My buddy…Kevin Stout…was with them for a couple years. Great band actually.

                • Bill in WV says

                  October 26, 2010 at 3:56 pm

                  The Ink Spots are merely pretenders anymore too.

      • Ian the Errolite says

        October 27, 2010 at 7:02 am

        Frank Black is a legend. Best screamer in the business.
        He’s penned some great stuff, but the song ‘Every time I go round’ is magical.

        Reply
  4. Mark0510 says

    October 26, 2010 at 1:18 pm

    Large bunch of assorted blonds and a bag of viagra?

    Reply
  5. icecycle66 says

    October 26, 2010 at 1:18 pm

    Dialysis machine

    I am in some stupid training this morning, I’ll have many more later.

    Four nigh severed heads.

    Reply
  6. Mark0510 says

    October 26, 2010 at 1:22 pm

    It’s not really The Who without Keith though is it? I mean, he had serious anger management problems with that pesky drum kit

    Reply
  7. dto says

    October 26, 2010 at 1:26 pm

    Videos of past concerts to help remind them what they do and why they’re there.

    No one is ever to say the band’s name with a question mark.

    Pre-chew meat pie platter.

    Spandex “Depends”.

    No sharp objects.

    Helieum wiffies.

    Ben-Gay scented aroma therapy candles.

    Reply
  8. Strangeart says

    October 26, 2010 at 1:33 pm

    A variety of Jitterbug cell phones with Who ringtones.

    Reply
    • Jenny Piccalo says

      October 27, 2010 at 12:36 am

      brilliant !

      Reply
  9. Rat Bastard says

    October 26, 2010 at 1:55 pm

    Metamucil.

    Reply
  10. Son of Sam says

    October 26, 2010 at 1:57 pm

    I saw Roger open for Clapton last year and I must admit he was pretty damn good.

    Reply
  11. JCIII says

    October 26, 2010 at 2:25 pm

    Good Afternoon Surf Reporters…..

    more items for the tour rider…..

    1case of Metamucil, assorted flavors with appropriate mixers.
    2 -12 packs of Activia yogurt, chilled. 1 off stage right, 1 back stage.
    Half dozen word search and crossword activity books.
    Lighted shuffleboard court.
    1 Cribbage board with new deck of playing cards.
    Complete library of Sing Along with Mitch Miller.
    Latest edition of AARP magazine.
    All back stage / dressing furniture must be comfortable and covered in clear plastic.
    6 dozen hot meals for crew for “early bird” load in (no later than 4 pm a MUST)

    Reply
  12. madz1962 says

    October 26, 2010 at 2:56 pm

    Ricola

    Reply
  13. Lee Harvey Ramone says

    October 26, 2010 at 2:56 pm

    Dressing Rooms must contain:

    Wheel of Fortune Season XVII DVD playing on large format TVs
    Low sodium buffet items

    Reply
  14. Ognir says

    October 26, 2010 at 3:00 pm

    There are rumors that The Stones are also going to do something within the next two years. Of course, Keith may be playing that up to sell copies of his book.

    Reply
    • madz1962 says

      October 26, 2010 at 3:54 pm

      Mick needs more money. I think they’ll do another tour.

      Reply
      • Ognir says

        October 26, 2010 at 4:09 pm

        Plus he is probably mad that U2 beat The Rolling Stones earnings numbers from the Bigger Bang tour.

        For those that don’t know, Zak Starkey (Ringo’s son) now plays drums for The Who.

        Reply
  15. hardoxdan says

    October 26, 2010 at 3:10 pm

    Fleet of motorized wheel chairs.
    Wheel chair ramp from floor to stage.
    Case of Polygrip
    Case of Preparation H
    Jello
    Oatmeal
    Extra batteries for hearing aids so they can hear what they are playing.

    Reply
  16. icecycle66 says

    October 26, 2010 at 3:18 pm

    4 pounds sugar free M&M’s sorted by color

    2 pounds of holiday ribbon candy, all stuck together

    Foam circus peanuts

    6 gallons of room tempurature tap water stored in milk jugs

    Kiddie pool Lazarus Pit

    1 box of mothballs per wardrobe trunk

    Reply
  17. bikerchick says

    October 26, 2010 at 3:36 pm

    Set sheets in extra large bold print

    Reply
  18. madz1962 says

    October 26, 2010 at 4:49 pm

    Rogaine

    Reply
  19. -- Steve says

    October 26, 2010 at 5:14 pm

    Electric 3-wheeled scooters
    Motrin, and lots of it
    “I’ve fallen and can’t get up” remote on a lanyard
    Service dogs
    Name change from WHO to WHAT?

    Reply
  20. johnthebasket says

    October 26, 2010 at 5:17 pm

    OK, you ageists, life doesn’t end at 65 in the music business. Actually, it generally ends at 27, but should you slide past that age, the yard goes on forever. Here are the numbers…

    Pete is 65
    Roger is 66
    Zak is 45
    Keith is still 32

    They’ll get by with a little help from their friends…

    3 groupies, 2 tubes hardon cream (Zak says no thanks)
    1 backup porkpie hat, size 8
    1 backup hand-woven t-shirt, size too small
    1 lifesize cardboard cutout of John Entwhistle, in position
    1 Chicago Bears endzone fan and two jumper cables (for the WGFA finale)
    4 beers
    4 more beers (for the after-party)
    4 noisemakers ditto

    jtb

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  21. Adam says

    October 26, 2010 at 5:52 pm

    2 – NIce, comfortable chairs
    A good pot of tea at the ready at all times

    But seriously, I love the Who. They are my favorite band. I have every album, movie, tons of posters, books and all other kinds of shit I don’t need. With all this, I can still tell when a band needs to call it a day. Being a musician, its hard for me to say this, because I never want to quit playing. But poor Roger gives it everything he’s got usually to no avail. Example-the We Won’t Get Fooled again scream at the end. And Pete can’t hear worth a fuck anymore. His ears ring constantly. Hmm, I wonder what in the hell caused that? End transmission.

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  22. Misselle says

    October 26, 2010 at 7:52 pm

    Maple ice cream sundaes with butterscotch topping (known in the restaurant I used to manage as the “Old Fart special”

    Patty melts with coffee (known as the “Old Fart entree”)

    Multicolored support hose

    Hemorrhoid cushions in black leather

    Life Alert bracelets in gold

    Benson and Hedges cigarettes

    That’s all I got today.

    Reply
  23. Greg says

    October 26, 2010 at 7:56 pm

    Doctors and nurses. Lots of ’em.

    Reply
  24. hot fuzz says

    October 26, 2010 at 7:57 pm

    36 comments and not one about Viagra ?

    Really?

    Reply
  25. dto says

    October 26, 2010 at 8:15 pm

    Mark0510, on October 26th, 2010 at 1:18 pm Said:
    Large bunch of assorted blonds and a bag of viagra?

    …fucking tabernac….

    Reply
    • Mark0510 says

      October 27, 2010 at 6:17 am

      We also know it as Vitamin V

      Apparantly works a treat, even after 12 beers. Although after 12 beers I’d always rather have a kebab and fall asleep on the sofa. Perhaps it’s an age thing?

      Reply
    • hot fuzz says

      October 27, 2010 at 6:27 pm

      I apologize for nothing

      Reply
  26. johnthebasket says

    October 26, 2010 at 8:18 pm

    Maybe, maybe not. Hardon cream is old school Viagra. Actually, I wasn’t familiar with the product until The Larry Sanders Show featured it several times. I just think hardon cream sounds funnier than Viagra.

    jtb

    Reply
    • Ian the Errolite says

      October 27, 2010 at 7:09 am

      I don’t want to go into Pete Townsend’s sexual preferences on this or any other site, thanks.

      Reply
  27. Cupcake says

    October 26, 2010 at 8:25 pm

    The entire series of Matlock on DVD

    Reply
  28. dto says

    October 26, 2010 at 8:49 pm

    Paisley bibs.

    Cue Cards

    Direct access to the International Bingo channel.

    Reply
  29. Alice in WV says

    October 26, 2010 at 9:11 pm

    doughnut pillow made of a real doughnut

    that’s it – I got nuttin’

    Reply
  30. Alice in WV says

    October 26, 2010 at 9:12 pm

    just ordered my “Government Cheese: 1985 – 1995” anthology. They’re actually going to reunite for a few shows!! eeeeee

    Reply
  31. dto says

    October 26, 2010 at 10:17 pm

    AARP grief consulers for the new guys.

    Garth Brooks videos to study for their up-coming, “Who’s Country?” tour

    Buttered scones and tea.

    Carpets pre-soaked with ether.

    Reply
  32. Greg says

    October 26, 2010 at 10:26 pm

    dto: edgy, but cool!

    Reply
  33. WVKay says

    October 27, 2010 at 12:10 am

    1. Package of fig newtons.
    2. Carton of dental paste
    3. Gold bond powder
    4. Peppermints
    5. Box of cigars
    6. Kilo of cocaine
    7. Massive quantities of marijuana and/or hash
    8. Base hit bong
    9. Two pairs of slippers
    10. DVD of Woodstock
    11. DVD of Tommy
    12. Visene
    13. Computer with access to the WVSR

    Reply
  34. Ian the Errolite says

    October 27, 2010 at 7:27 am

    I saw John Paul Jones playing with Them Crooked Vultures last year and he was shit hot!
    He’s 65 and still going strong, writing and performing great material. He may be pushing it a bit, but he’s got more rock in his little finger than most of the ‘artists’ on MTV!
    Here he is in Cologne.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5gSRkj-6Gc

    Seeing The Who would be cool. Full stop..

    Reply
  35. Malcolm says

    October 27, 2010 at 8:52 am

    Did anyone see them at the Super Bowl halftime show this year? They were pathetic.

    Roger’s voice is gone, and Pete plays poorly, with a silly smile as if it is all a big joke, these millions they’re getting for 12 minutes doing a greatest hits medley.

    I saw them live once in 1980 or so in New Haven, on a whistle-stop tour to promote Who Are You. Kenny Jones drumming (adequate, but not brilliant), and Rabbit Bundrick working keyboards and the tape machine (for the synth solos on Won’t Get Fooled Again and Baba O’Riley). Weird, slow, loud but uninspired show. They looked tired then, and that was 30 years ago.

    A friend of mine once said that Keith Moon took the Who to his grave with him. Hard not to argue.

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    • The Evil Twin says

      October 27, 2010 at 9:47 am

      I saw them on that same tour in Raleigh, NC and I agree – the performance was pretty lethargic and substandard. It was the fourth time I’d seen them live, and definitely the weakest. I sort of “cut them loose” after that, but I’ve still enjoyed a lot of Pete ‘I was only doing research” Townshend’s solo stuff.

      By the way, will this be something like their 23rd “farewell ” tour? Criminy…

      Reply
      • Ian the Errolite says

        October 27, 2010 at 12:34 pm

        Maybe it would not be so cool to see The Who after all!

        Reply
  36. Root 66 says

    October 27, 2010 at 11:50 am

    -Spare set of dentures–in case they get shot out during a song.
    -VIP seating for Wilford Brimley and Alex Trebek.
    -Mosh pit full of folks in their Jazzy Scooters.
    -Every dinner catered by MCL.
    -“Murder, She Wrote” reruns playing backstage.

    Reply
  37. NJGirl says

    October 27, 2010 at 12:16 pm

    Life Alert bracelets

    A Prune Juice Fountain

    Reply
  38. Dave's not here, man says

    October 27, 2010 at 12:27 pm

    Band members will immediately start playing Magic Bus when Pete forgets what song he’s playing and goes into improvisation.

    Band members will immediately start playing My Generation when Roger starts to sputter and forget the lyrics to whatever he’s trying to sing.

    Show will be immediately cancelled anytime the drummer spontaneously combusts.

    Reply
  39. hot fuzz says

    October 27, 2010 at 6:29 pm

    stripper pole
    some nice comfortable shoes
    bmt sandwiches… when the mutton is extra lean

    Reply
  40. Samuel says

    January 4, 2011 at 10:59 pm

    The author of this article lost all credibility in paragraph two when he admits he never saw The Who in concert, ever. Anyone who criticizes The Who for touring – yet that uninformed individual hasn’t ever seen the band in concert, with Moon, Jones, Phillips or Starkey on the drum throne, has zero credibility. This ridiculous, waste-of-space article is now null and void. 🙂
    Real fans will go see The Who because they know the band still can cut it on stage. Townshend is wonderfully unhinged on the guitar, Daltrey can still hit most of the notes, and Starkey is a great, very inspired drummer.
    Age has nothing to do with great rock bands and performance artists. Look at B.B. King. Look at Clapton. Look at Jeff Beck. Look at The Who. They’re still great. Maybe not quite what they were in 1971, but no one (including the Stones) is quite that good. Still, The Who rock mighty hard live.

    Reply

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