Love your excellent site, however you are still missing one of the Who's gigs for 1966 - 31st January. Some references, such as 'The Who Concert File' by Joe McMichael and Irish Jack mistakenly list the Who as playing at the 'Youth Centre' in Newport. This place never existed!! Maurice White the promoter, sadly now passed away, booked the Who to play at a Youth Centre near Newport. The correct location was the Coed Eva Community College, Cwmbran, Gwent (or Monmouthsire as it was then), Wales. The recently released book, the Complete Chronicle of the Who captures this correct information on page 77. How do I know this? I was the lead guitarist for the Welsh group Pieces of Mind, who were the supporting act.

The Who arrived late, as they often did, arriving just as we had the cheek to play My Generation. Always remember Roger and Pete looking at us from the side of the stage. When they came on, they blew us away with their set, consisting mainly of their My Generation album. Our bass player was very good, however, John's solo break was amazing.

I couldn't get over the amount of gear they had even then. I played through a Marshall 100w top and 8x10 stack as well a a Carlsboro 100w top and two 4x12 cabinets. Pete and John seemed to have numerous Marshall tops and cabinets, filled the stage. They also had many spares in their van. Wonderful night.