The Who

What they played

1. Overture
2. It's a Boy
3. 1921
4. Amazing Journey
5. Sparks
6. The Acid Queen
7. Pinball Wizard
8. We're Not Gonna Take It
9. Eminence Front
10. Let My Love Open the Door Pete Townshend cover
11. Face the Face Pete Townshend cover
12. I'm a Man Bo Diddley cover
13. I Can't Explain
14. Substitute
15. I Can See for Miles
16. Trick of the Light
17. Boris the Spider
18. Who Are You
19. Magic Bus
20. Baba O'Riley
21. My Generation
22. A Little Is Enough Pete Townshend cover
23. 5:15
24. Love, Reign O'er Me
25. Sister Disco
26. Rough Boys Pete Townshend cover
27. Join Together
28. You Better You Bet
29. Behind Blue Eyes
30. Won't Get Fooled Again

Encore

31. Pictures of Lily
32. Twist and Shout The Top Notes cover

32 songs, from setlist.fm. Contributed by whoever was standing there taking notes.

The moment

The Who had already said farewell — the 1982 tour was billed as the end — so the 25th anniversary run was the first great test of whether rock's goodbyes ever stick. They came back huge: a fifteen-piece band, full performances of Tommy, Townshend rationing his shredded hearing, stadiums only. The cynics called it a victory lap; the crowds got 'Baba O'Riley' either way. John saw it at Jack Murphy — the Who entering their long third act as their own traveling monument.