Last week, during The Who‘s soundcheck in Newark, New Jersey for the second show on The Song Is Over — The North American Farewell Tour, Roger Daltrey said the first show three days earlier in Florida was too long with 24 songs in two hours and 20 minutes.
So they decided to cut 15 to 20 minutes, or the equivalent of as many as three songs. For that second show in Newark it amounted to four songs.
After postponing two shows last week “due to illness,” the tour resumed Tuesday in Boston’s Fenway Park. But after doing the final song of the set, “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” Pete Townshend apologized for having to cut the show short as they were up against the curfew.
As a result, they bumped the tour’s title track, “The Song Is Over,” from its opening slot in the two-song encore set and went right into their nightly closer “Tea & Theatre.”
The tour moves to Wantagh, New York tonight followed by Madison Square Garden in New York City on Saturday.
