The Who Tour 1972 | ||||
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Tour by The Who | ||||
Start date | August 11, 1972 | |||
End date | September 14, 1972 | |||
Legs | 1 | |||
Shows | 16 | |||
The Who tour chronology | ||||
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The Who Tour 1972 was The Who's second concert tour for their Who's Next album.
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After the tours supporting Who's Next in the United States and the United Kingdom the previous year, the band did a mini-tour of Europe after recording a few tracks for an album that was ultimately not released, although the material would eventually see the light via singles and compilations. Recording sessions for the aborted LP produced material such as "The Relay" and "Long Live Rock", both which would appear in the group’s 1972 stage show, the latter becoming one of their anthems after memorably appearing during the The Kids Are Alright film credits and on the soundtrack. Additionally, Townshend sang lines from "However Much I Booze" during a jam in "My Generation" during the second show in Copenhagen[1], three years before its release on The Who By Numbers; the obscure B-side "Wasp Man" was also referenced lyrically in the same manner during the concert in Brussels. Aside from the new songs, the set list was similar to what was played during the second tour of the United States in November–December 1971, the notable difference being a curtailed Tommy segment that only included "Pinball Wizard" and "See Me, Feel Me". The set was still structured to feature a generous selection from Who's Next.
Although they had performed a great deal the previous year, the five-week European tour would be the band’s only live appearances in 1972 and they would not tour again until October 1973 after recording Quadrophenia.
Live material from 1972 has appeared on the following:
The tour began on August 11, 1972 at the Festhalle in Frankfurt, Germany and ended on September 14, 1972 at the Palasport in Rome, Italy.
The concert on August 25, 1972 at the K.B. Hallen in Copenhagen, Denmark was originally scheduled for August 22, but had to be postponed three days in order to create more time to move the group's equipment to Sweden for the August 23 concert in Stockholm, Sweden.[2][3]
The 1972 set lists here did not differ much from those of the previous year, with the notable omissions of "Substitute", the "Overture", and "Amazing Journey", while "Baby Don't You Do It" and "Sparks" only appeared sporadically. Here is a fairly typical set list from this tour (all songs written by Pete Townshend unless stated otherwise).
Encores (only one, at the Ernst-Merck Halle in Hamburg, Germany on August 12, 1972):
There were some set list substitutions, variations, and order switches during the tour. "Shakin' All Over" and "Baby Don't You Do It" were played early in the tour, but dropped soon after. "Long Live Rock" was played sometimes at the conclusions of shows as well. There are some other songs that were played which are not in the above lists: