The sound of shrieking engines was replaced by roaring guitars at the Albert Park grand prix last night, when veteran rockers The Who took over the entertainment.
The Who played a strong set of classic hits. The band formed, in ex-pat territory Shepherd's Bush, London, delighted old fans with some rarer numbers.It was left to frontman Roger Daltrey, not his fellow founding member Pete Townshend, to perform the band's trademark windmill guitar move first during onp of their classic tunes, The Seeker.
Not to be outdone, Townshend unleashed his own windmill in the next number, Anyway Anyhow Anywhere.
Daltrey struggled to hold some notes but the 10,000-strong throng didn't seem to mind, especially as his voice improved over the course of their 22-song set.
Townshend joked their last album was made when they were 92 years old, before launching into Who Are You, causing the first mass sing-along of the night.
This reception was only bettered by The Who's greatest hit My Generation and the crowd were clearly pleased that Daltrey's hopes of dying before he got old never eventuated.
Visually, the screens were filled with images of James Bond -- Sean Connery, not Daniel Craig, Jimmy Hendrix, Peter Sellers, and English landmarks.
The six-piece band relished the big stage with Zak Starkey blasting the drums in a style reminiscent of his father Ringo Starr.
Starkey also brought the average age of the band down considerably.
The Who sang long into the night in a great finale to the first ever Twilight Grand Prix.
The encore rewarded those who stuck afround as the six-piece blistered through The Kids Are Alright, Substitute, Pinball Wizard, See Me, Feel Me, Listening To You and Tea and Theatre.
Daltrey lifted a mug of tea into the air during the last song, which was played acoustically by Townshend while Daltrey sang.
The frontman concluded warmly "It doesn't get any better than this, me and me ol' mate."
The Who's performance at Albert Park was their only Melbourne performance.
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