The Who start 2015 tour in Tampa

   Get ready for a lot of dumb jokes about that "I hope I die before I get old" line from "My Generation."
   The Who, one of the biggest and best rock bands of all time, have just announced their 50th anniversary tour. And it's starting in Tampa.
   It's still six months away, though. The show at the Amalie Arena is set for April 15.

The Who at the 2010 Super Bowl

   The Who's website indicates that the tour -- called "The Who Hits 50!" -- will include lots of hits from their entire career, plus a lot of album cuts. So it's not going to be like the 'Quadrophenia' concerts the band did last year.
   Roger Daltrey has called the tour "The beginning of a long goodbye."
   Of course, both members of the Who's phenomenal rhythm section -- bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon -- are in rock 'n' roll heaven. So the Who is down to just singer Daltrey and guitarist/songwriter Pete Townshend. No word yet on who will join them onstage.
  Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 17. Prices range from $53.10 or $158.35. Call  813-301-2500 or go to amaliearena.com. If you have a Citi card you can get tickets earlier, at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 13, through www.citiprivatepass.com.
   Here's the entire itinerary for the first leg of the tour. A second leg starts in September but doesn't come anywhere near here.

April 15: Tampa
April 17: Miami
April 19: Jacksonville
April 21: Raleigh, NC
April 23: Duluth, GA
April 27: Austin, TX
April 29: Houston, TX
May 2: Dallas, TX
May 5: Kansas City, MO
May 7: St. Louis, MO
May 9: Louisville, KY 
May 11: Nashville, TN
May 13: Chicago, IL 
May 15: Columbus, OH 
May 17: Philadelphia, PA 
May 20: Uniondale, NY 
May 22:Atlantic City, NJ
May 24: Uncasville, CT
May 26: Brooklyn, NY 
May 30: Forest Hills, NY 

 
  

Thanksgiving Day playlist: Songs for cooking, eating, drinking and dealing with weird relatives

Here are 20 songs to help you with the cooking, coping and all the other fun that goes with the fourth Thursday of November.

It's a time to give thanks, stuff your face and make sure there's enough wine around to deal with hearing your aunt complain about her ailments.

And block out the cacophony being created by your brother's bratty kids.

Happy Thanksgiving!

"Thanksgiving Theme," Vince Guaraldi Trio 
"Turkey In The Straw," The Skillet-Lickers 
"Home Cookin," The Band
"Mashed Potatoe Time," James Brown 
"Nicotine & Gravy," Beck
"Cornbread and Butter Beans," Carolina Chocolate Drops
"Beans And Cornbread," Louis Jordan & His Tympani Five
"Country Pie," Bob Dylan
"Apple Pie À La Mode," Destiny's Child – A
"Pudding Time," Primus 
"Sangria Wine," Jerry Jeff Walker
"The Thanksgiving Filter," Drive-By Truckers
"Leftovers," No Doubt 
"The Kids Are Alright," The Who
"My Cousin in Milwaukee," Ella Fitzgerald
"Uncle Salty," Aerosmith
"Aunt Hagar's Blues," Louis Armstrong
"When I Was Young and Grandma Wasn't Old," Willie Nelson
"Twistin' In The Kitchen With Dinah," Sam Cooke 
"Alice's Restaurant Massacre," Arlo Guthrie  

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—Photo: This open-face sandwich is comprised of turkey leftovers, mashed potatoes and gravy. McCLATCHY TRIBUNE

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The Who announce U.S. tour; band visits Orlando in November

The Who's lone original members, chief songwriter/guitarist/vocalist Pete Townshend and lead singer Roger Daltrey, are taking "Quadrophenia" and other favorites from the band's rich past on the road this fall.

The U.S. tour will follow a performance at the Olympic Games in London.

Townshend and Daltrey made the announcement Wednesday during an online video conference.

The Who's classic 1973 album "Quadrophenia" will be played in its entirety.

The tour kicks off in Sunrise on Nov. 1 and then visits the Amway Center in Orlando Nov. 3, a Saturday, before heading north through Georgia.

American Express presale for the U.S. dates runs July 23-26 and July 23-25 in Canada before the general public on sale 10 a.m. July 27.

Tickets for the tour will be available at www.aeglive.com

It will be The Who's first North American tour in four years. The band played a rescheduled date at Ford Amphitheatre in Tampa in 2007, after a cancellation during the first song.   

Townshend on “Quadrophenia”

Why do you think the music, the themes of “Quadrophenia”–both the album and film adaptation–resonate so strongly today? 

In 1972 I was twenty-eight, writing about London and Brighton in 1963 and 1964 when the band was just starting. I was still young enough to remember how it felt to be sixteen or seventeen, and at war with my parents, bosses and authority. I could still remember that feeling of struggling to fit in, something that happened to me when I was even younger, around fourteen, and everyone around me seemed to have got their lives on track. This is such a universal experience for young people that it has echoed. 

Read more of the interview/official press release.

Read more here: http://www.bradenton.com/2012/07/18/4118839/the-who-plan-us-tour-talk-olympics.html#storylink=misearch#storylink=cpy

—Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of The Who are shown (top) during their performance at the Hyde Park Music Festival, in London in this July 2, 2006 file photo. MAX NASH, FILE — AP Photo