perform during the Super Bowl on Sunday.But if you missed it, or if you want to see it again, is the first half of their performance.
I liked the medley approach The Who chose-- Bruce Springsteen played just three songs last year. But I was disappointed they didn't dig deeper in their catalog--which was a hope I had expressed in this space last month. With the exception of "Who Are You," all of the songs they played were from 1969-1971.
There was criticism of the NFL for booking The Who for what is considered a family event. In 2003 lead guitarist Pete Townshend was arrested for downloading child pornography on his computer. His claim was that he was researching child abuse--and Townshend says he was abused as a child. That excuse doesn't work in Great Britain or here--and Townshend was registered as a UK sex offender until two years ago.
Before and since the arrest, Townshend did a great deal of charitable work for children...but that still doesn't make what he did alright.
But Townshend seems genuinely remorseful about the episode, and says we won't repeat the crime.
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