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Xavier Birtwich's Collection

The Who   10/07/1989

NEC Arena, Birmingham, UK
Source AUD / xavierbirtwich01@gmail.com / THE WHO - master folder / one drive 1 TB
Media FLAC   3 discs
Notes AUD / xavierbirtwich01@gmail.com / THE WHO - master folder / one drive 1 TB
Tech Notes The Who
October 7, 1989
NEC Arena
Birmingham, England

Source: CDR Trade (lineage unknown) --> EAC --> Wav --> FLAC Front End Level 8 --> Upload

Description: Nice quality show from the Who tour of England in 1989. This is actually a great performance to my ears, a decent recording as well. I am hopeful the rest of the Birmingham run will show up on DIME, as I only have this show from the 4 nights to offer.

The Who tour of 1989 is one of my personal favorites. I was young at the time, had never seen them, but was a huge fan and when this tour was announced I was ecstatic. I was also a fan of the White City material and Pete's Deep End band so when it was announced that they would be part of the show and Pete would be playing his solo material along with The Who songs I couldn't have been happier. I love Simon Phillips drumming and the arrangements of the Tommy material. The only thing that would have made this tour better was of course if Pete was playing electric more frequently but his acoustic playing is so magical (see Tommy material, again) that it really is OK. When he strapped on the electric it just raised the shows to another level, and ironically for his solo material he was more willing to use the Strat it seemed.

The setlist speaks for itself. I have many 1989 shows to upload, and I am hoping this run that is about to start will spur other uploads of shows I do not have, like KC, Boulder, CO, and most of the Giants Stadium run outside of June 30th.

Enjoy!!

Setlist:
Disc One:
1. Intro
2. I Can't Explain
3. Substitute
4. I Can See For Miles
5. Trick Of The Light
6. Boris The Spider
7. Eminence Front
8. Face The Face
9. I'm A Man

Disc Two:
1. Tommy Intro
2. Overture/It's A Boy
3. 1921
4. Amazing Journey
5. Sparks
6. Acid Queen
7. Pinball Wizard
8. We're Not Gonna Take It!
9. See Me, Feel Me
10. Roger talks about his voice "squeaking"
11. Magic Bus
12. Mary Anne With Shaky Hands
13. Baba O'Riley
14. My Generation
15. A Little Is Enough
16. 5:15
17. Love Reign O'er Me

Disc Three:
1. Sister Disco
2. Rough Boys
3. Join Together
4. You Better You Bet
5. Behind Blue Eyes
6. Won't Get Fooled Again
7. Roger decries media re: Who 'mailing it in'
8. Dig
9. Born On The Bayou
10. Who Are You

Trades Allowed Yes
Ratings Sound: AUD
Reference / Generation xavierbirtwich01@gma
Owned by Xavier Birtwich · Last Updated Jan 30, 2026