I still argue that their performance of Won't Get Fooled Again at The Concert for New York after 9/11 may have been the single greatest moment in rock...they simultaneously revived the hopes of the firefighters AND fanned the flames of anger nationally. It was magnificent. Compare that to Neil Young whining about a podcaster or any other rocker including the Stones who were last relevant when Bittersweet Symphony was released...I'll take The Who continuing to perform and show young kidz how it's done with this upcoming tour any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
And if you have some money to spend, catch them at the site of Woodstock/Bethel Woods (where there no vaxx mandate).
I see now that October 12 and 13, 1982 were the Shea Stadium, Flushing, Queens, New York dates for that Farewell Tour. I can’t remember if I was there on the 12th or the 13th.
Check out this short documentary covering the Who’s two concerts at Shea Stadium that month. Separate interviews were done at that time with both Townsend and Daltrey before the first show that were quite revealing. Daltrey, powerful and driven, was clearly at his wit’s end contending with the brooding and dramatic Townsend. But the Who was Townsend’s band, and Daltrey, being also both sensitive and intelligent, knew when not to argue with or unduly challenge Townsend.