The farewell started with an electric guitar.

On Wednesday night at the Hollywood Bowl , Pete Townshend kicked off The Who ’s first of two nights at the venue with “I Can’t Explain,” as Roger Daltrey swung his wired microphone in circles in the air and caught it before singing the opening line of the night.

Close to 43 years after the group embarked on its first run of farewell shows back in 1982, The Who returned for one final trek (for now, at least). Daltrey, Townshend, along with guitarist Simon Townshend, keyboardist Loren Gold, bassist Jon Button, drummer Scott Devours (“a very difficult position in this band,” Daltrey joked later on in the show), Jody Linscott, and backing vocalist John Hogg took the stage close to 8:50 p.m. For a farewell show, the band sounded like they we

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