Tonight's mystery artists after the death of a bandmate had to decide whether to continue with their scheduled tour or hang it up for awhile. Because of their band, roadies and all the fans they put their feeling aside and went on only 4 day after the death.  Can you guess who the band might be??

This info comes from a Rolling Stone flashback of the days after John Entwistle lost his battle with addiction in a Las Vegas hotel room.

Pete Townshend argued they didn't have much of a choice. "I don't feel I know for certain that John would have wanted us to go on," he wrote in his online diary. "I simply believe we have a duty to go on, to ourselves, ticket buyers, promoters, big and little people. I also have a duty to myself and my dependent family and friends."

Session pro Pino Palladino was flown in to fill Entwistle's very large shoes, and Daltrey and Townshend embraced each other when they walked onstage at the Hollywood Bowl. "Tonight we play for John Entwistle," Daltrey told the crowd. "He was the true spirit of rock & roll, and he lives on in all the music we play." Townshend echoed those sentiments later on in the night. "This is going to be very difficult," he said. "We understand. We're not pretending nothing happened."

Signature Entwistle songs like "My Wife" were taken out of the set list, though Palladino did attempt to recreate Entwistle's famous bass solo from "My Generation." Here's video of "Baba O'Riley" from that night.

According to The Biography Channel, Entwistle is considered by many to be the best rock bass guitarist that ever lived, and is considered to have done for the bass what Jimi Hendrix did for the guitar. Doctors in 2002 said he died of a cocaine overdose.

Tonight's featured song.

Their first concert without John.

 

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