The Who are the second headliner announced for Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park 2015.
One of the greatest live bands of all time, the Who will take to the Great Oak Stage in London’s iconic Hyde Park on Friday, June 26 with special guests Paul Weller, Kaiser Chiefs, Johnny Marr and others to be announced. The all-day bill will feature many more acts who owe an artistic debt to one of the most influential of all British bands. Tickets are on general sale 9 AM Thursday, November 20.
The band, who recently released a career-spanning set and were the subject of a sold out tribute show at Shepherds Bush Empire, are about to undertake the ten date Who Hits 50 UK tour including two shows at the London O2 Arena. During these shows the band will take their audience on an ‘Amazing Journey’ through their entire career from the days of the High Numbers to classic albums such as Who’s Next, Tommy, Quadrophenia, My Generation, Live at Leeds and up to the present day.
Hyde Park will be the final UK show of the Who Hits 50 tour which Roger Daltrey described as ‘This is the beginning of the long goodbye.”
This is the fourth and, possibly, final time (three times as headliners and once as part of Live 8) the Who have played in Hyde Park. They join Taylor Swift, performing on Saturday, June 27 as part of an array of talent who will make Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park the greatest music experience of the summer.
The Who’s very special guests include Paul Weller, widely considered to be one of the UK’s greatest song writers, who has just released his second best of compilation More Modern Classics with a new album due in 2015. Weller has had a lifelong relationship with The Who, citing them as an early influence, covering their songs whilst in The Jam and playing with both Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey at Teenage Cancer Trust shows.
Kaiser Chiefs will also be playing, riding high off the back of their Education, Education, Education And War album which has been widely hailed as a return to form. The band have a long history with The Who from playing early Teenage Cancer Trust Shows, covering Pinball Wizard at the 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony and singer Ricky Wilson performing at The Who Hits 50 tribute show at Shepherds Bush Empire.
Johnny Marr, who has just released his second solo album Playland, will be making his Hyde Park debut. The legendary guitarist also has history with The Who. In the early days of Oasis (specifically in the Live Forever video) Noel Gallagher used to play a 1960’s Gibson Les Paul Custom guitar lent to him by Johnny who in turn had originally bought it from The Who’s Pete Townshend.
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