Re: Who's break-up

> From: "Jennifer L. Davies" <jen@nt.net>
> Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 07:54:30 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Who's break-up
> 
> I wrote:
> >>        On what date did the Who officially call it quits?  The date
> >>December 16 of '83 seems to have something to do with itt.
> 
> Alan replied:
> >Your probably mean 12/17/82, which was the date of the last show of the '82
> >tour.
> 
>         But did they know at the time that they would be disbanding?  In
> theory never to play together again?  Were all 5 of them aware that THIS WAS
> IT?  (Or did they try to sit down and so another album or something and then
> break up?)

It was widely publicized at the time that that was the last tour.
Rolling Stone did a cover story titled "The Who The End".  The Toronto
was publicized as The Last Show.

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