THE WHO Announce 2022 North American Tour, THE WHO HITS BACK; Full schedule and More

Legendary rock band The Who have announced a brand new tour for 2022, THE WHO HITS BACK! The iconic band's upcoming North American trek promises to be another rock n' roll knockout, bringing singer Roger Daltrey and guitarist/songwriter Pete Townshend back to U.S. venues two years after their acclaimed MOVING ON! Tour, which wowed audiences with a series of sold-out dates. THE WHO HITS BACK! Tour (see complete list of dates below) will again share the stage with some of the finest orchestras in the U.S. and Canada. Produced by Live Nation, the kick-off date is April 22 in Hollywood, FL at the Hard Rock Live for the spring leg of the tour and returns in the fall on October 2 in Toronto, ON at Scotiabank Arena. Tickets go on sale to the public beginning Friday, February 11 at 10am local time at LiveNation.com.

The Who are hitting most of the cities they were set to play in 2020 with multiple new stops, including shows in New Orleans, LA at the New Orleans Jazz Festival on April 30, and a much-anticipated performance at New York City's Madison Square Garden on May 26. After a summer break, The Who will continue in the fall, including stops in Chicago, IL at United Center on October 12, and in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Bowl on November 1. The Who Hits Back! Tour winds down with two shows in Las Vegas, NV on November 4 + 5 at Dolby Live at Park MGM.

THE WHO HITS BACK! Tour will feature THE WHO's full live band comprised of guitarist/backup singer Simon Townshend, keyboardist Loren Gold, second keyboardist Emily Marshall, bassist Jon Button, drummer Zak Starkey and backing vocals by Billy Nicholls along with orchestra conductor Keith Levenson, lead violinist Katie Jacoby and lead cellist Audrey Snyder, passionately delivering THE WHO's many classics, as well as songs from their most recent album, titled WHO.

Commenting on The Who Hits Back! Tour, Roger Daltrey says, "Pete and I said we'd be back, but we didn't think we'd have to wait for two years for the privilege. This is making the chance to perform feel even more special this time around. So many livelihoods have been impacted due to Covid, so we are thrilled to get everyone back together - the band, the crew and the fans. We're gearing up for a great show that hits back in the only way The Who know how. By giving it everything we got."

The Who's wildly successful 2019 MOVING ON! Tour brought the band's iconic brand of incomparable rock through 29 cities, including a rollicking sold-out show in Boston's historic Fenway Park, and a memorable Seattle show where Pearl Jam front man Eddie Vedder joined them onstage for a rousing version of "The Punk And the Godfather." The tour generated the most unanimous outpouring of acclaim from critics and fans of any live rock show in 2019, winning raves across North America for the orchestral dynamic as well as the duo's cathartic rock firepower and intimate acoustic numbers. "They're not getting older. They're getting better. You better, you better, you bet." hailed the Worcester Telegram, with Pollstar Magazine affirming "Daltrey is in peak form, and so is Townshend, lavishing his trademarked windmill guitar motion."

Tour Dates

2 OCT 2022
THE WHO HITS BACK! TORONTO, ON, CANADA
SCOTIABANK ARENA

4 OCT 2022
THE WHO HITS BACK! DETROIT, MI, US
LITTLE CAESARS ARENA

7 OCT 2022
THE WHO HITS BACK! BELMONT PARK, NY, US
UBS ARENA

9 OCT 2022
THE WHO HITS BACK! COLUMBUS, OH, US
SCHOTTENSTEIN CENTER

12 OCT 2022
THE WHO HITS BACK! CHICAGO, IL, US
UNITED CENTER

14 OCT 2022
THE WHO HITS BACK! ST. LOUIS, MO, US
ENTERPRISE CENTER

17 OCT 2022
THE WHO HITS BACK! DENVER, CO, US
BALL ARENA

20 OCT 2022
THE WHO HITS BACK! PORTLAND, OR, US
MODA CENTER

22 OCT 2022
THE WHO HITS BACK! SEATTLE, WA, US
CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA

26 OCT 2022
THE WHO HITS BACK! SACRAMENTO, CA, US
GOLDEN 1 CENTER

28 OCT 2022
THE WHO HITS BACK! ANAHEIM, CA, US
HONDA CENTER

1 NOV 2022
THE WHO HITS BACK! LOS ANGELES, CA, US
HOLLYWOOD BOWL

4 NOV 2022
THE WHO HITS BACK! LAS VEGAS, NV, US
DOLBY LIVE

5 NOV 2022
THE WHO HITS BACK! LAS VEGAS, NV, US
DOLBY LIVE

For more information about THE WHO HITS BACK! 2022 dates, visit LiveNation here or visit The Who's website here.

About The Who:

The Who are one of the top three greatest rock legacies in music history. Their music provoked explosive change and spanned what many critics declare is rock's most elastic creative spectrum, with Pete Townshend's songwriting moving between raw, prosaic, conceptual, and expressively literate. Their visionary sense of stagecraft headed by Roger Daltrey's soaring vocal prowess is topped off by the band's blistering rhythm section. With both Roger and Pete delivering their memoirs in recent years (Pete's Who I Am was released to much acclaim in 2012, and Roger's autobiography, Thanks A Lot Mr. Kibblewhite; My Story, was embraced by critics in 2018) it's fitting that the two remaining WHO members have shared their incredible legacy in literary fashion, for few bands have had a more lasting impact on the rock era and the reverberating pop culture than The Who.

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