The Who live at the 3Arena in Dublin last night. Photos by Tara Thomas.
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Currently gallivanting across the globe on their 50th anniversary tour, The Who stopped off at Belfast’s last night for a veritable hit-fest at the Odyssey Arena. Photos by Alan Maguire.
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Is Quadrophenia the greatest Who album? It’s a simple question asked of a complex album, one fans have debated and will continue to do so for many a year. It’s not the most successful, nor one who’s songs turn up in Best Of… collections, but it’s certainly the last really great Who record, and the one that typifies them as an ideal more so than anything they’ve done. Pete Townshend has always been the greatest curator of The Who’s past, and with Quadrophenia he created, shaped and immortalised the Who myth once and for all. For all its flaws, it’s…