He’s been back to Tampa Bay twice since then—both times with Pete Townshend and a symphony orchestra—and sure enough, there are new songs, mainly off of The Who’s eponymous 2019 album, for Roger to test the live waters on for the first time.
We just had Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band live debut new music in Tampa last week, and we’re more than willing to have a member of the British Invasion do the same thing.
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This article appears in Feb 2-8, 2023.