The towering 'Punk And The Godfather' was reintroduced into the set at this show. Golden Earring, the Dutch band newly signed to Track Records, was the opening act for the rest of the New York shows.

Chris Charlesworth: "The concerts improved as the week went by but the band were never really firing on all four cylinders throughout the run. Tuesday was much better than Monday, though. I did an interview with Pete the day after this show and he seemed in a bad way, stressed out with working on the Tommy soundtrack, drinking too much and torn between the wishes of the fans, the band and what he wanted to do himself. Although the band hadn't been working as a band, he'd certainly been working for the benefit of The Who, and I think he felt a great responsibility to everyone: the other three, the fans, the film producers and, of course, his family.

Everybody wanted him. He needed a break from everything. "I remember that during their stay in New York Pete stayed at the luxurious Pierre Hotel on Fifth Avenue while the rest of the band took suites at the Navarro on Central Park South which over the years had become the band's regular New York hotel. It was the first time that the whole group hadn't stayed together in the same hotel, but Pete stayed in touch with developments at the Navarro by using a rudimentary cordless mobile phone, probably one of the earliest of its type, that had been assembled by the group's sound crew."

Photographs courtesy of Diane Corcoran 2001© Click images to enlarge