The T-Files


Wed, 19 Nov 2008

The Who

Continuing our inspection of Old British Guys On Stage, Faiz and me went to see (the remaining members of) The Who tonight. While I was more or less at home with The Police, I really did not know much at all about The Who. In fact, the only song I could name off the top of my head turned out to be Pink Floyd's. Luckily, I did recognise about half of the songs that they played.

The concert took place at the venerable Budokan, which was originally built as a martial arts venue for the Olympic Games in 1964. The first rock band to perform there were the Beatles two years later (another perfect fit for the Old Guys Series). While Tokyo Dome has nicer (read: newer) facilities, the Budokan has the advantage of being much smaller (14000 seats as opposed to 55000), so that you can actually see the band.