The Who

English rock band

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2025 Scott Devours joined the band as drummer and percussionist.
2025 Scott Devours becomes a permanent touring member of The Who.
May 9 2025 Zak Starkey continues as the band's drummer and percussionist.
May 8 2025 The Who announced 'The Song Is Over' North American Farewell Tour, which will be their last-ever tour in the U.S. and Canada, scheduled for mid-August to late September 2025.
April 19 2025 The band reversed their decision to part ways with Zak Starkey.
2025 Zak Starkey was announced to no longer be touring with the band following a dispute about playing style during a Royal Albert Hall performance earlier that year.
March 1 2024 Planned release of 'Live At Shea Stadium 1982' album through Mercury Records (UK and US).
August 28 2023 The Who concluded their 'The Who Hits Back' tour in Sandringham, England.
June 14 2023 The Who resumed their 'The Who Hits Back' tour in Barcelona, Spain.
March 31 2023 Release of 'The Who With Orchestra Live at Wembley' album through Polydor (UK and US).
2022 Randy Landau joins the touring lineup as contrabass player
2022 Randy Landau joins The Who as a contrabass player.
November 5 2022 The Who concluded their 'The Who Hits Back' North American tour in Las Vegas, Nevada.
November 5 2022 The Who concluded the first leg of their 'The Who Hits Back' North American tour in Las Vegas, Nevada.
June 25 2022 The band reunited to play PravdaFest, marking the 38th anniversary of the founding of Pravda Records.
April 22 2022 The Who began their 'The Who Hits Back' North American tour in Hollywood, Florida.
February 2022 The Who announced their North American tour 'The Who Hits Back', scheduled to begin in April 2022 in Hollywood, Florida.
March 29 2021 The Who concluded their tour in North America and the United Kingdom, having performed 56 shows during the period
2020 The album ranked #81 on the German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) year-end chart.
2020 The album ranked #49 on the US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) year-end chart.
October 30 2020 Released a deluxe edition of 'Who' featuring an updated version of 'Beads on One String' and a bonus CD of live acoustic tracks from their only two live shows of 2020.
February 14 2020 Recorded extra songs for the deluxe version of 'Who' in Kingston-on-Thames, exactly 50 years after their Leeds University show that resulted in the live album Live at Leeds.
2019 Released another new album and continued touring.
2019 Emily Marshall joined as keyboards player and associate conductor.
2019 Rachel Fuller returns to provide keyboards and orchestrations for the 'Who' album, and Andrew Synowiec contributes acoustic guitar.
2019 The album charted at #64 on the Australian Albums (ARIA) chart.
2019 The album reached #51 on the Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) chart.
2019 The album ranked #82 on the UK Albums (OCC) year-end chart.
2019 Billy Nicholls returns to the band, and several new musicians join, including Keith Levenson as music coordinator, Katie Jacoby as lead violinist, Audrey Q. Snyder as lead cellist, and Emily Marshall as keyboards and associate conductor.
December 21 2019 Album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 album chart.
December 6 2019 The Who released their first studio album in thirteen years, titled 'Who', to critical and commercial success.
November 2019 Released third single 'I Don't Wanna Get Wise' on Spotify and iTunes.
October 3 2019 Released second single 'All This Music Must Fade'.
September 26 2019 The Moving On! Tour was interrupted during a show in Houston, Texas after Roger Daltrey lost his voice.
September 13 2019 Released first single 'Ball and Chain', a re-recording of Pete Townshend's solo song 'Guantanamo' from his 2015 compilation Truancy.
May 7 2019 The Who began their tour in North America and the United Kingdom, spanning from May 2019 to March 2021
May 7 2019 The Moving On! Tour began in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
January 2019 The Who confirmed they were working on their first album of new material in 13 years since Endless Wire.
January 2019 The band announced the Moving On! Tour.
April 20 2018 Release of 'Live at the Fillmore East 1968' album through Polydor (UK) and Geffen (US).
2017 Jon Button becomes the band's bass guitarist
2017 Performed 'Tommy & More' tour and additional tour dates.
2017 John Corey and Frank Simes conclude their tenure with The Who.
2017 Jon Button begins playing bass guitar for The Who.
October 13 2017 Release of 'Tommy Live at the Royal Albert Hall' album through Eagle (UK and US).
April 1 2017 Second preliminary concert at the Royal Albert Hall for the Teenage Cancer Trust featuring a full performance of Tommy.
March 30 2017 The Who performed at the Royal Albert Hall for the Teenage Cancer Trust, featuring a full performance of Tommy.
March 1 2017 The Who performed at the Royal Albert Hall for the Teenage Cancer Trust, featuring a full performance of Tommy.
February 6 2017 Release of 'Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 2004' album through Eagle (UK and US).
2016 Pino Palladino concludes his tenure as bass guitarist with The Who.

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