Back in March over on The Shout message board a poster started the topic of what bands or singers have opened for The Who. I've cleaned up the thread and added a few of my own and this is the result. Feel free to let me know if I have omitted anyone or if there should be changes made. By the way, this is one of those posts that gets dual listing. I posted this first on my other blog, Who Zeppelin.
Bands that have opened for The Who:
Back Door Slam (2007)
Blackfoot (1980)
The Black Velvets (2004)
The Charlatans (2007, Wembley Arena)
The Dicers (1964, All I could find was a link to concert poster auction.)The Doodlebugs (1967, guitarist Mike Dickinson sat in on a couple of songs for Pete who missed the show due to an accident that tied up the highway.)
Drivin' N Cryin' (1997)
Elton John (1970)
The Fratellis (2006, The Roundhouse in London)
Golden Earring (1972, Amsterdam)
The Herd (1967)
The Hunters (see The Dicers)
Inward Eye (2008)
Jethro Tull (1970, Tanglewood)
Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes (2000)
Joe Jackson (1982)
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
Kasabian (2006)
Kilburn & the High Road (I linked to Ian Drury since this was his band).
Kinkane (Pete Townshend's nephew Ben is the drummer.)
The Kinks (1969)
Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul (Steven Van Zandt's solo band.)
Marmalade (1967)
John Mellencamp (1982)Ordinary Boys (2007, Hull, U.K.)
Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968)
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Santana (1982)
Shack (2007, Birmingham, U.K.)
Simon Townshend (He opened the February 25, 2007 show in Fresno, California when Rose Hill Drive got held up in Reno, Nevada due to a snowstorm.)
Stevie Wonder (1973)
Sweety Glitter and the Sweethearts
Traffic (1967)
The Tremeloes (1967)
UnAmerican (2000)
The Wallflowers (2000)
Willie Nile (1980)
