| Concert Tour Name: | Quadrophenia and More |
| Type: | World |
| Artist: | The Who |
| Album: | Quadrophenia |
| Start Date: | 12 August 2012 |
| End Date: | 8 July 2013 |
| Number Of Legs: | 2 |
| Gross: | $42.4 million ($ million in dollars) |
| Last Tour: | The Who 2011 performances (2011) |
| This Tour: | Quadrophenia and More (2012–13) |
| Next Tour: | The Who Hits 50! (2014–16) |
The Who Tour 2012–2013 was their third to feature the 1973 album Quadrophenia. Billed as "Quadrophenia and More", the band played Quadrophenia in its entirety, followed by a selection of their greatest hits. Before starting the tour, the group gave a special performance at the closing ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
The band gave their first performance since a January 2011 charity appearance during the closing ceremonies for the 2012 Summer Olympics on 12 August, performing a short medley comprising "Baba O'Riley", "See Me, Feel Me" and "My Generation". A few weeks earlier they had announced a two leg stint that would feature the Quadrophenia album for a third time. They toured behind the album's original release, but their use of backing tapes to duplicate its musical complexity caused problems when the tapes malfunctioned and the band had difficulty playing along to them. They revisited the rock opera during their 1996–97 tour, this time with much greater success.
An announcement about the tour came through the band's website and social media networks on 18 July and coincided with a promotional documentary for the album, entitled The Who: Quadrophenia – Can You See The Real Me?[1] The documentary was only screened in select theatres on 24 July in the United States, and on 25 July in Canada. The documentary featured never before seen footage from the band's first Quadrophenia tour including footage from its opening night in San Francisco, California, In which drummer Keith Moon collapsed twice and resulted in Scot Halpin, an audience member, filling in for Moon. Tickets for The Who's official fan club were given the first opportunity to purchase tickets on 20 July. American Express cardholders were given a presale date of 23 July. General tickets went on sale 27 July. The Who also announced on 19 July that they would honour tickets for the band's cancelled show in Providence, Rhode Island from 1979, following the tragic concert disaster in Cincinnati at the Riverfront Coliseum, in which 11 people were trampled and killed. The tickets were honoured at their Providence show in 2013, the final date of the tour.[2]
The band retained bass player Pino Palladino and guitarist/backing vocalist Simon Townshend for these shows, but parted ways with longtime keyboard player John "Rabbit" Bundrick. Keyboard player Chris Stainton, who had appeared on the original Quadrophenia album, played with the group for the closing ceremonies for the Summer Olympics and originally intended to join them for the tour as well, but he withdrew prior to the start of the tour to tour with Eric Clapton. Keyboardists John Corey and Loren Gold were instead added to the line-up along with keyboardist/arranger Frank Simes and a brass section. Drummer Zak Starkey missed several shows in February 2013 due to a tendon injury and was replaced for those dates by Scott Devours; Devours would again substitute for Starkey during the band's June–July European tour. The group tacked on an additional appearance as part of at Madison Square Garden at the end of the 2012 segment of the tour and did the same for a Teen Cancer America charity event at the Theater at Madison Square Garden along with Elvis Costello at the end of the 2013 North American segment.
The show on 8 July 2013 at Wembley Arena (the last of the tour) was released as Quadrophenia Live in London.
The tour got off to a problematic start during the encore at the first show in Sunrise, Florida when guitarist Pete Townshend left the stage during "You Better You Bet", claiming not to be able to hear the sound properly. The show ended prematurely with the rest of the group playing "Baba O'Riley" without him. Drummer Zak Starkey missed six shows from 5 to 14 February due to a tendon injury and was replaced with drummer Scott Devours, who had toured with Roger Daltrey a few years earlier. Devours again filled in for Starkey for the band's June–July European tour.
"Tea and Theatre", the final track from the group's 2006 album Endless Wire, once again closed most shows on the tour as in recent years.
All songs written by Pete Townshend.
Other songs occasionally played were:
| Date | City | Country | Venue | Attendance | Gross revenue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America[4] [5] | ||||||
| 1 November 2012 | Sunrise | United States | BB&T Center | 7,814 / 8,430 | $676,550 | |
| 3 November 2012 | Orlando | Amway Center | 8,209 / 9,682 | $691,889 | ||
| 5 November 2012 | Duluth | Arena at Gwinnett Center | 7,576 / 9,264 | $623,136 | ||
| 8 November 2012 | Greenville | BI-LO Center | 7,256 / 8,913 | $524,953 | ||
| 9 November 2012 | Greensboro | Greensboro Coliseum | 7,631 / 8,970 | $635,192 | ||
| 11 November 2012 | Pittsburgh | Consol Energy Center | 8,318 / 9,603 | $681,724 | ||
| 13 November 2012 | Washington, D.C. | Verizon Center | 9,808 / 10,853 | $880,986 | ||
| 14 November 2012 | Brooklyn | Barclays Center | 11,567 / 11,624 | $890,974 | ||
| 16 November 2012 | Boston | TD Garden | 11,927 / 12,135 | $966,739 | ||
| 20 November 2012 | Montreal | Canada | Bell Centre | 8,591 / 10,412 | $639,260 | |
| 21 November 2012 | Ottawa | Scotiabank Place | 7,145 / 9,011 | $589,005 | ||
| 23 November 2012 | Toronto | Air Canada Centre | 12,334 / 12,974 | $1,153,610 | ||
| 24 November 2012 | Detroit | United States | Joe Louis Arena | 10,783 / 12,652 | $909,095 | |
| 27 November 2012 | Minneapolis | Target Center | 7,154 / 7,691 | $513,964 | ||
| 29 November 2012 | Rosemont | Allstate Arena | 21,380 / 22,858 | $1,783,368 | ||
| 30 November 2012 | ||||||
| 2 December 2012 | Nashville | Bridgestone Arena | 9,596 / 9,941 | $742,965 | ||
| 5 December 2012 | New York City | Madison Square Garden | 13,217 / 13,217 | $1,296,908 | ||
| 6 December 2012 | Newark | Prudential Center | 10,936 / 11,494 | $930,461 | ||
| 8 December 2012 | Philadelphia | Wells Fargo Center | 13,460 / 13,460 | $1,279,110 | ||
| 9 December 2012 | Uncasville | Mohegan Sun Arena | 5,059 / 5,059 | $565,552 | ||
| 12 December 2012 | New York City | Madison Square Garden | ||||
| 28 January 2013 | Anaheim | Honda Center | 8,338 / 10,138 | $771,655 | ||
| 30 January 2013 | Los Angeles | Staples Center | 11,634 / 11,634 | $1,014,474 | ||
| 1 February 2013 | Oakland | Oracle Arena | 11,676 / 11,676 | $1,029,917 | ||
| 2 February 2013 | Reno | Reno Events Center | 5,782 / 5,782 | $689,322 | ||
| 5 February 2013 | San Diego | Valley View Casino Center | 7,693 / 8,829 | $688,144 | ||
| 6 February 2013 | Glendale | Jobing.com Arena | 6,770 / 7,585 | $638,613 | ||
| 8 February 2013 | Las Vegas | The Joint | 5,418 / 5,418 | $968,169 | ||
| 10 February 2013 | ||||||
| 12 February 2013 | Denver | Pepsi Center | 8,863 / 10,519 | $815,544 | ||
| 14 February 2013 | Tulsa | BOK Center | 7,216 / 9,822 | $687,485 | ||
| 16 February 2013 | Louisville | KFC Yum! Center | 10,673 / 13,791 | $999,694 | ||
| 17 February 2013 | Columbus | Value City Arena | 10,938 / 12,075 | $953,777 | ||
| 19 February 2013 | Hamilton | Canada | Copps Coliseum | 9,112 / 10,774 | $856,002 | |
| 21 February 2013 | Uniondale | United States | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 11,285 / 11,285 | $999,950 | |
| 22 February 2013 | Atlantic City | Boardwalk Hall | 12,324 / 12,417 | $1,083,091 | ||
| 24 February 2013 | Manchester | Verizon Wireless Arena | 6,615 / 7,793 | $658,170 | ||
| 26 February 2013 | Providence | Dunkin' Donuts Center | 7,138 / 7,790 | $682,034 | ||
| 28 February 2013 | New York City | The Theater at Madison Square Garden (Teen Cancer America Benefit) | ||||
| Europe[6] | ||||||
| 8 June 2013 | Ireland | 3Arena | rowspan="3" | |||
| 10 June 2013 | Northern Ireland | Odyssey Arena | ||||
| 12 June 2013 | Glasgow | Scotland | Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre | |||
| 15 June 2013 | London | England | The O2 | 29,710 / 31,420 | $3,171,600 | |
| 16 June 2013 | ||||||
| 18 June 2013 | Sheffield | Motorpoint Arena Sheffield | rowspan="9" | |||
| 20 June 2013 | Newcastle | Metro Radio Arena | ||||
| 23 June 2013 | Manchester | Manchester Arena | ||||
| 25 June 2013 | Wales | Motorpoint Arena Cardiff | ||||
| 28 June 2013 | Birmingham | England | LG Arena | |||
| 30 June 2013 | Liverpool | Echo Arena Liverpool | ||||
| 3 July 2013 | Paris | France | Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy | |||
| 5 July 2013 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Ziggo Dome | |||
| 8 July 2013 | London | England | Wembley Arena | |||
| TOTAL | 370,946/406,991 (91%) | $33,683,082 | ||||