The Who announce massive special guests and extra dates for 2025 farewell tour
The Who have confirmed the stacked line-up of special guests set to join them on their final North American run, which now includes an extra date due to demand.
As was shared today (May 19), artists including Billy Bob Thornton and The Boxmasters, Billy Idol, Booker T. Jones, Candlebox, Feist, Joe Bonamassa, The Joe Perry Project, Tom Cochrane, and ZZ Ward will appear across various stops on the historic ‘The Song Is Over Tour’ tour.
Additionally, the band have added a second night in Chicago’s United Center on September 9 due to incredible fan demand, with Bonamassa acting as support on both Chicago dates.
Tickets for the newly added Chicago show go on sale Friday (May 23) at 10am local time, although pre-sale options will be available through Citi and the Who Fan Club from tomorrow (May 20). Visit here for tickets and find a list of all the dates below.
The Who’s ‘The Song Is Over’ North American tour dates are:
AUGUST
16 – Sunrise, FL – Amerant Bank Arena =
19 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center =
21 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center ^
23 – Atlantic City, NJ – Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall +
26 – Boston, MA – Fenway Park ~
28 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell at Jones Beach Theater $
30 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden $
SEPTEMBER
2 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage >
4 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage >
7 – Chicago, IL – United Center <
9 – Chicago, IL – United Center < (NEW SHOW)
17 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl ~
19 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl
21 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre #
23 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena #
25 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena #
28 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena !
= with Billy Bob Thornton and The Boxmasters
^ with ZZ Ward
+ with Booker T. Jones
~ with The Joe Perry Project
$ with Feist
> with Tom Cochrane
< with Joe Bonamassa
# with Candlebox
! with Billy Idol
Fans are still left wondering if they’ll say their goodbyes on home turf and in Europe with a further tour, which the band addressed earlier this month.
“Let’s see if we survive this one,” replied frontman Roger Daltrey, speaking at a London press conference. “I’ve just finished a solo tour of the UK. I’ve got to say that touring America is a damn site easier than touring the UK. For some reason, the UK has made it as difficult as possible to go from A to B. In America, you seem to want to make it as easy as possible – but we are in the land of ‘no’.
Guitarist Pete Townshend continued: “I would agree completely. I really enjoyed the last tour that we did [in 2023], but it was a strange one. We played a lot of open air gigs, but we had an insurance problem, which meant we couldn’t play some of the more classic places that one plays on a UK tour.
“The door is open to us. We could do a week at The O2, a couple of weeks at the Royal Albert Hall, but we don’t do consecutive shows. We like to do a show and take a break.”
The news of their newest date follows a controversial shake-up to their line-up. Several weeks ago, a series of contradictory reports emerged about drummer Zak Starkey’s status with the legendary rock band after the drummer appeared to publicly confirm in April that he had been let go, only for Townshend to later deny it.
Yesterday (May 18), it became apparent the band and Starkey had officially parted ways for good, which has prompted the sticksman to hit out at the band for asking him to “lie” over quitting after “weeks of mayhem”.
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