LONDON ASTORIA - SUN SEPT. 6th 1998
---------------------------------------------------------------
THE GATHERING OF THE FAITHFUL
A huge crowd of nearly a thousand people gathered together in
the centre of London on Sept. 6th to celebrate their devotion to the greatest
rock group of them all - The Who. Although none of the band managed to turn up
on the night, this did not deter from a good time that was had by all. Also a
main theme of the convention was the twenthieth annaversy of the death of much -
respected Who drummer Keith Moon.
WELL KNOWN FACES AND CELEBRATIES
Fans who had gathered were very pleased to see some well known
faces in the crowd including Keith Moon's mother Kit who, although now advancing
in years, looked in fine health making time for as many people as she could who
wanted to get photographs taken with her, sign autographs and chat about her
son. Some of the other "faces" to show up included "Irish"
Jack Lyons - regarded by many to be the biggest Who fan of them all, Dougall
Butler - minder to Keith Moon for many years, and Doug Sandon - original drummer
with the Detours who later evolved to become The Who. Tony Fletcher, author of
the recently - released book "Dear Boy - The Life Of Keith Moon", was
also on hand to sign covers and talk about his own love of the music of The Who.
There were also an astonishing amount of lookalikes of each member of the band
and a surprising amount of people with tattoo's depecting each artist - surely
dedication not normally expected.
RARE FOTTAGE ON THE BIG SCREEN
On arriving at the venue fans were delighted at the amount of
rare, offical and un-official, memorbillia that was on sale at the many stalls
that were on display - but surely one of the highlights of the day must have
been the exellent, and very rare, video footage that was shown on a large cinema
screen throughout the day. Simon Townshend, lesser known brother of Who
songwriter Pete, performed a heavy set with his own band "Animal Soup"
after which Tony Fletcher read a few passages from his new book. Matt Kent also
took to the stage to talk about the absence of the band and to make the prize
draws, he then announced "Who's Who's" on to the stage - an amazingly
realistic Who tribute band who had the crowd overwhelmed with a very powerful
set.
-----Original Message-----
From:
Douglas Matthews <douglasmatthews@tinet.ie>
To:
thewho@igtc.com
Date: 16
September 1998 20:14
Subject: who convention
'98
LONDON ASTORIA - SUN SEPT. 6th 1998
---------------------------------------------------------------
THE GATHERING OF THE FAITHFUL
A huge crowd of nearly a thousand people gathered together
in the centre of London on Sept. 6th to celebrate their devotion to the
greatest rock group of them all - The Who. Although none of the band managed
to turn up on the night, this did not deter from a good time that was had by
all. Also a main theme of the convention was the twenthieth annaversy of the
death of much - respected Who drummer Keith Moon.
WELL KNOWN FACES AND CELEBRATIES
Fans who had gathered were very pleased to see some well
known faces in the crowd including Keith Moon's mother Kit who, although now
advancing in years, looked in fine health making time for as many people as
she could who wanted to get photographs taken with her, sign autographs and
chat about her son. Some of the other "faces" to show up included
"Irish" Jack Lyons - regarded by many to be the biggest Who fan of
them all, Dougall Butler - minder to Keith Moon for many years, and Doug
Sandon - original drummer with the Detours who later evolved to become The
Who. Tony Fletcher, author of the recently - released book "Dear Boy -
The Life Of Keith Moon", was also on hand to sign covers and talk about
his own love of the music of The Who. There were also an astonishing amount
of lookalikes of each member of the band and a surprising amount of people
with tattoo's depecting each artist - surely dedication not normally
expected.
RARE FOTTAGE ON THE BIG SCREEN
On arriving at the venue fans were delighted at the amount
of rare, offical and un-official, memorbillia that was on sale at the many
stalls that were on display - but surely one of the highlights of the day
must have been the exellent, and very rare, video footage that was shown on
a large cinema screen throughout the day. Simon Townshend, lesser known
brother of Who songwriter Pete, performed a heavy set with his own band
"Animal Soup" after which Tony Fletcher read a few passages from
his new book. Matt Kent also took to the stage to talk about the absence of
the band and to make the prize draws, he then announced "Who's
Who's" on to the stage - an amazingly realistic Who tribute band who
had the crowd overwhelmed with a very powerful set.
Reaction or comments please e-mail
douglasmatthews@tinet.ie