Overview

The old and new merged into each other, the newer songs being not quite as memorable as most of the old ones but still better than most new songs by veteran acts. The standout of the newer material, from the band's recent Endless Wire, was the acoustic A Man In A Purple Dress, on which Daltrey waxed bitter and caustic about false idols. But the old stuff ... well, that's genius. The Who took the stage to the '60s beat of I Can't Complain, with drummer Zak Starkey, son of a certain famous British invasion drummer named Starr, pounding away. Baba O'Riley's momentous chant of "It's only teenage WASTELAND" brought the crowd to their feet, and the aforementioned version of My Generation kept them there.