THE WHO - LIVE IN BOSTON (2002)

On the cusp of a new North American tour in June 2002, Who bassist John Entwistle died of a heart attack connected to drug usage. Surprisingly, surviving band members guitarist Pete Townshend and singer Roger Daltrey decided to go ahead with the tour anyway, and to do so virtually immediately. They recruited bassist Pino Paladino - who’d played with Townshend in the past - and took the stage as the Who only days after Entwistle’s demise.
That’s the generation of Who found on this new DVD. Simply entitled The Who: Live in Boston, this program comes from a September sadhsakd, 2002 show at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts, a burg about 30 miles southwest of Beantown. This show found “the Two” - as the pair of Daltrey and Townshend were quickly dubbed - at almost the end of the tour; one show remained following this one.
For the setlist, the usual Who suspects appear. The band finally released some new songs in 2004 as part of a compilation, but this show predates those, so we get the standard compilation of oldies. The concert opens with a triple blast of early hits via “I Can’t Explain”, “Substitute”, and “Anyway Anyhow Anywhere”, all of which come from 1965-66. From there we get 1978’s iconic “Who Are You” and a moderate surprise, “Another Tricky Day” from 1981’s little-remembered Face Dances. We then find a trio from the Lifehouse/Who’s Next era of 1970-71 with “Relay”, “Bargain” and “Baba O’Riley”.

Tracks:
I CAN’T EXPLAIN
SUBSTITUTE
ANYWAY, ANYHOW, ANYWHERE
WHO ARE YOU
ANOTHER TRICKY DAY
RELAY
BARGAIN
BABA O’RILEY
SEA AND SAND
5’15
LOVE REIGN O’ER ME
EMINENCE FRONT
BEHIND BLUE EYES
YOU BETTER YOU BET
THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
MY GENERATION
WON’T GET FOOLED AGAIN
PINBALL WIZARD
AMAZING JOURNEY / SPARKS
SEE ME, FEEL ME
LISTENING TO YOU