The Who’s Pete Townshend, has announced that the band’s upcoming Super Bowl halftime appearance will feature a “compact medley” of their signature classic-rock anthems.
“We’re kinda doing a mashup of stuff,” the guitarist tells Billboard. “A bit of ‘Baba O’Riley,’ a bit of ‘Pinball Wizard,’ a bit of the close of ‘Tommy,’ a bit of ‘Who Are You,’ and a bit of ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again.’ It works — it’s quite a saga. A lot of the stuff that we do has that kind of celebratory vibe about it — we’ve always tried to make music that allows the audience to go a bit wild if they want to. Hopefully it will hit the spot.”
The bands half time appearance will take place at Super Bowl XLIV, where the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints will be play for the coveted title on Sunday, Feburary 7 at Sun Life Stadium in Miami.
The original Who line-up performing Pinball Wizzard in front of 600,000 people at the Isle of Wight festival in the UK in 1970.
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