The legendary The Who prepare for the European tour. As already happened with Bruce Springsteen, Barcelona will have the privilege of being the city that opens the European tour in what will be the only concert in Spain by the British band. The tour is unique in that it will be attended by a symphony orchestra that will give a different color to the band’s mythical themes. Tickets can be purchased from the Entradas de Vanguardia website.
Less than a month before the concert at the Palau Sant Jordi, which will take place on June 14, the promoter Live Nation has announced that the orchestra that will accompany The Who in the Catalan capital will be the Simfònica del Vallès, one of the four orchestras Symphonies of Catalonia. Born in 1987 and under the baton of Xavier Puig, the Simfònica has extensive experience that also includes collaborations with pop bands and soloists, ranging from Raphael or Joan Manuel Serrat to the Alans Parsons Project or Sting, among others.
Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey and the rest of the band, along with the orchestra, will perform songs from their almost 60-year musical career, from classic albums such as Tommy and Quadrophenia, as well as other songs from their 2019 album WHO, which has It was their first studio release in 13 years.
The European tour, which will go through cities such as Florence, Berlin or Paris, comes after the acclaimed The Who Hits Back tour of the United States. It will feature the full band consisting of guitarist/vocalist Simon Townshend, keyboardist Loren Gold, second keyboardist Emily Marshall, bassist Jon Button, drummer Zak Starkey and backing vocals by Billy Nicholls, along with bandleader Keith Levenson, lead violinist Katie Jacoby, and lead cellist Audrey Snyder.
In December, when the concert was announced, Townshend described it as “wonderful” to play Barcelona again after almost a decade, adding that the Catalan capital is one of his favorite places.