{"id":141492,"date":"2025-05-09T03:34:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T03:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/09\/the-who-announce-the-song-is-over-north-american-farewell-tour\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T03:34:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T03:34:22","slug":"the-who-announce-the-song-is-over-north-american-farewell-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/09\/the-who-announce-the-song-is-over-north-american-farewell-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"The Who announce The Song Is Over North American farewell tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/the-who\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Who<\/a> is saying goodbye as soon as once more \u00a0\u2014 however first, the band is embarking on another tour.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The English rock band <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/eZtKrxYFspw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">introduced the information<\/a> of their closing tour, titled The Song Is Over Tour, on May 8 and known as it the \u201cgrand finale of their illustrious six-decade career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery musician\u2019s dream in the early 60\u2019s was to make it big in the US charts. For the Who, that dream came true in 1967 and our lives were changed forever,\u201d lead singer <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/Roger-Daltrey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roger Daltrey<\/a> stated in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe warmth of the American audiences over the years have been inspirational to me, and reflect the feeling I remember getting after hearing the first rock records coming across the radio. Musical freedom! Rock gave us a feeling of generational rebellion,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cTo me, America has always been great. The cultural differences had a huge impact on me, this was the land of the possible. It\u2019s not easy to end the big part of my life that touring with The Who has been.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks for being there for us and look forward to seeing you one last time,\u201d Daltrey added.<\/p>\n<p>Guitarist <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/Pete-Townshend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pete Townshend<\/a> stated that \u201call good things must come to an end.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get each day National information<\/h2>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s prime information, political, financial, and present affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox as soon as a day.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cToday, Roger and I still carry the banner for the late Keith Moon and John Entwistle and of course, all of our longtime Who fans. I must say that although the road has not always been enjoyable for me, it is usually easy: the best job I could ever have had,\u201d Townshend added in a press release.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In phrases of Canadian dates, The Song Is Over Tour will make two stops in Toronto on Sept. 2 and 4 on the Budweiser Stage and one cease in Vancouver on Sept. 23 on the Rogers Arena. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 16, at 10 a.m. native time.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11168535\/darth-vader-woman-awarded-money-tribunal-nhs\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1194752735.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Woman awarded $55K by tribunal after being compared to Darth Vader\" data-title=\"\">Woman awarded $55K by tribunal after being in comparison with Darth Vader<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11168467\/nova-scotia-pictou-county-missing-children-search-what-happened-timeline\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5b27badf-75f9-4011-b6c4-13e67c6535cd.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"What to know about search for 2 missing siblings in rural Nova Scotia\" data-title=\"\">What to find out about seek for 2 lacking siblings in rural Nova Scotia<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_6228952_681d733a92819\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"6228952\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/6228952\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_6228952_681d733a92819\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'The Who\u2019s Pete Townshend apologizes for harsh words he used against former bandmates'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/okb594zmh3-ev5xp5e47x\/The_Whos_Pete_Townshend_Had_Some_Harsh_W-5ddfe6178ab50800011f9571_1_Nov_28_2019_15_49_32_poster.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/okb594zmh3-ev5xp5e47x\/The_Whos_Pete_Townshend_Had_Some_Harsh_W-5ddfe6178ab50800011f9571_1_Nov_28_2019_15_49_32_poster.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/okb594zmh3-ev5xp5e47x\/The_Whos_Pete_Townshend_Had_Some_Harsh_W-5ddfe6178ab50800011f9571_1_Nov_28_2019_15_49_32_poster.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/okb594zmh3-ev5xp5e47x\/The_Whos_Pete_Townshend_Had_Some_Harsh_W-5ddfe6178ab50800011f9571_1_Nov_28_2019_15_49_32_poster.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">0:43<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">The Who\u2019s Pete Townshend apologizes for harsh phrases he used towards former bandmates<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the band\u2019s first farewell tour, as that they had beforehand stated goodbye throughout their 1982 It\u2019s Hard Tour. Prior to this tour, The Who went on their 2022 Who Hits Back! Tour and so they additionally had a fiftieth anniversary tour in 2015.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Who The Song Is Over tour dates<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>August 16 \u2013 Sunrise, Fla. @ Amerant Bank Arena<br \/>August 19 \u2013 Newark, N.J. @ Prudential Center<br \/>August 21 \u2013 Philadelphia, Pa. @ Wells Fargo Center<br \/>August 23 \u2013 Atlantic City, N.J. @ Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall<br \/>August 26 \u2013 Boston @ Fenway Park<br \/>August 28 \u2013 Wantagh, N.Y. @ Northwell at Jones Beach Theater<br \/>August 30 \u2013 New York @Madison Square Garden<br \/><strong>September 2 \u2013 Toronto @ Budweiser Stage<\/strong><br \/><strong>September 4 \u2013 Toronto\u00a0 @ Budweiser Stage<\/strong><br \/>September 7 \u2013 Chicago @ United Center<br \/>September 17 \u2013 Los Angeles @ Hollywood Bowl<br \/>September 19 \u2013 Los Angeles @ Hollywood Bowl<br \/>September 21 \u2013 Mountain View, Calif. @ Shoreline Amphitheatre<br \/><strong>September 23 \u2013 Vancouver @ Rogers Arena<\/strong><br \/>September 25 \u2013 Seattle @ Climate Pledge Arena<br \/>September 28 \u2013 Las Vegas @ MGM Grand Garden Arena<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Entertainment<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More movies<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The Who is saying goodbye as soon as once more \u00a0\u2014 however first, the band is embarking on another tour. The English rock band introduced the information of their closing tour, titled The Song Is Over Tour, on May 8 and known as it the \u201cgrand finale of their illustrious six-decade career.\u201d \u201cEvery musician\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":141494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[674,988,2145,3053,1303,692],"class_list":{"0":"post-141492","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity-gossip","8":"tag-american","9":"tag-announce","10":"tag-farewell","11":"tag-north","12":"tag-song","13":"tag-tour"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}