The Who Live At Leeds...First Direct Arena

Updated 1/7/14 Presale 
Tickets for the Tuesday 2 December show go on sale this Friday, priced from £60.00, but you have the chance to buy your tickets from 9.00am Thursday 3 July by clicking here.

Think of iconic albums, ones that have transcended generations, The Who live at Leeds is right up there in status as Sgt Peppers, having been cited by several music critics as the best live rock recording of all time.


Realising that their live show stood in equal importance to the rock-opera format of Tommy, the group had  a desire to release a live album from concerts recorded earlier on the 1969 US tour. However, Townshend balked at the prospect of listening to all the accumulated recordings to decide which would make the best album

Two shows were consequently scheduled, one at the University of Leeds and the other in Hull, for the express purpose of recording and releasing a live album. The shows were performed on 14 and 15 February 1970 at Leeds and Hull, respectively, but technical problems with the recordings from the Hull gig — the bass guitar had not been recorded on some of the songs — made it all the more necessary for the show from the 14th to be released as the album.

Thirty-six years later they were back to do it all over again. Only louder and we were there…

The 2006 gig itself was among the most magnificent I have ever seen, ending with a terrifying Won’t Get Fooled Again amid beams of blinding white light, Townshend leaping and slashing and windmilling those mighty power chords from his guitar, Daltrey whirling and snatching his flying microphone..

Roger Daltrey (left), and Pete Townshend of The WhoAnd now Leeds is privileged to have a third bite of the cherry as The Who return to Leeds, this time in its, neigh the country’s finest arena, the First Direct Arena Leeds o Tuesday 2nd December. At a packed press conference Roger Daltrey said “This is the beginning of the long goodbye”, make of that what you will. Guitarist Pete Townsend confirms the Who hits 50 tour as one of hits, picks, mixes and misses, so expect to hear My Generation, Won’t Get Fooled again, Who Are You, Baba O’Riley, Pinball Wizard, I can’t Explain and many more…
 
The band have sold over 100 million records since forming in 1964. As they entered their 50th year the band continued to win rave reviews for their live performances of Quadrophenia. Although as Townsend points out, “for 13 years since 1964 the band didn’t exist so we are really only 37”

Tickets for the show are on sale Friday  4 July 10am £60 and up. To book www.firstdirectarena.com, phone 0844 248 1585 or in person from the box office situated in the Trinity Leeds Customer Services Lounge. This is part of a small tour but would you really want to see The Who anywhere else other than Live At Leeds?