Pete Townshend Tickets

Flew down to LA (from San Jose) specifically to see Classic Quadrophenia. Love The Who and Pete Townshend, so this was a chance to see Pete and to hear Quadrophenia live. The classical version is wonderful. Full orchestra with Alfie Boe singing the "Roger Daltrey" parts and Billy Idol and Pete (with acoustic guitar) coming on and off stage when needed as their parts come into play. Not a rock concert, per say, but a super clean orchestral version. If you love music, you'd appreciate this version. It was wonderful to see Pete! Billy Idol was incredible; a wonderful singer & stage persona. But I've got to be honest, Alfie was the real hit of the show. Gorgeous tenor voice and he sang with passion. At the end, Pete kissed everybody as he truly appreciated how these artists interpreted his composition. If they end up doing this tour in more US cities, highly recommend it.

Alphie and billy idol ,the orchestra and the choir, along with Pete and Rachel's arrangment of the album were amazing!!!!

Lovely Chicago Orchestra and Chicago Children's Choir Eddie Vedder is great and was a treat to watch First Chair Violin needed more volume as substitute lead for Guitar Billy Idol and Alfie Boe did Quadrophenia Proud Great Venue that was graciously donated for the Charity Event

Not what I expected!!! I was disappointed. It was "Alfie Boe's" with a fantastic symphony orchestra performing the "Who"s "Quadraphina",. with quest appearance by Peter Townsend and Billy Idol I expected Townsend center stage with Electric guitar. Billy Idol as the front man taking place of Roger Daltrey.

excellent, a different twist on the album but still extremely enjoyable...

The tenor, Alfie Boe , was absolutely powerful! His singing projected so much emotion, and his body was energetic!!

Excellent venue. I had second row seats and within 10' of the performers. The show was great and all of the musicians were first rate.

The music is amazing! Excellent orchestration. The sound quality was very poor for the first 15 minutes - making the lyrics unintelligible. This is probably our last visit to The Greek Theatre. Between the poor sound and the antics of the audience - it seemed everyone around us was more into having a tailgate party than listening to the music - it's just not worth the price of the ticket.

I didn't know what to expect and yet it somehow exceeded any expectations I had. The orchestra was amazing and the singing was perfect. I did not expect to enjoy it as much as I did. So glad I went!

Excluding the nearly 30 minute intermission, there was less than 90 minutes of music. The music was fun, but Pete Townshend did very little. He was not on stage most of the time and when he was he played guitar you could barely hear in the mix or he sang one of the "characters" (bus driver, or whatever). I am just glad I paid $100 for a seat way off to the side on the floor. I would have been outraged if I had paid $1,000. It looked like seats right before the show had dropped to $250, so that would be another reason to be annoyed. I know it is for a charity, and I know Pete is over 70, but this was overpriced for what you got.

What a thrill to see Pete Townshend's Classic Quadrophenia at Chicago's nearby Rosemont Theatre! Especially since this tour only appeared in 3 other prestigious venues - NYC Met, Tanglewood near Boston, and Greek Theatre in LA. Tenor Alfie Boe stunned the audience as he brought his powerful voice and high energy to the role of Jimmy! Legends Pete Townshend, Billy Idol, and Eddie Vedder rounded out this elite group! Pete's music was beautifully orchestrated by Rachel Fuller and brilliantly conducted by Robert Ziegler! This was a phenomenal concert, once in a lifetime opportunity, and not to be missed! Who knows if Pete will ever decide to bring this rock opera back our way again! Pray he does!

This turned out to be more of a musical than a concert. This is the way Pete intended it to be, I just wasn't aware of that before the show. I had assumed there would be the rest of The Who musicians (Pino/Simon/Zak etc..) but that was not the case. In fact, there was no bass player at all, that I noticed. Those parts and the rest of the music were handled by the Chicago Pops Symphony and the Chicago Children's Choir. They were excellent, no doubt. I was disappointed at the very limited appearances by Eddie Vedder and Pete Townshend. Vocals on parts of a few songs. Pete played acoustic guitar on 'I'm One' and a small few parts in others. Overall, it was Alfie Boe's show. I have no idea what this bouncing around in a fighters stance was all about, I suppose it was part of the Quadrophenia story? No idea, but for the others, his antics seemed to make them uncomfortable or unsure what to do. Billy Idol was quite good actually. His vocals were handled well and he had a good stage presence. Kudos there. Just be aware of what you are going to see. I am glad to support Teen Cancer America and it's always good to see Pete and Eddie. But it was not a rock show by any standards...not that Pete cares (and rightfully so...).

The event was unforgettable! I brought my 17 year old daughter who doesn't know the music other then me playing it since her birth but she was speechless & loved every minute of it.

If you are a fan of the Who and know the story behind Quadrophenia, this was a once in a lifetime show not to be missed! The venue holds maybe 4,000, so there really isn't a bad seat in the house. The sound was absolutely spectacular. Kudos to Billy Idol AND Eddie Vedder for their performances. Alfie Boe has an incredible voice, but man if Roger Daltrey had been on board, this would rate among my top ten. My only wish was that it had been a longer show :(. All in all, an immensely enjoyable performance, pricey, but for a very good cause.

Saw last night at the Greek Theater in LA. Pete was only out for a few songs and phoned it in. I know that it was billed as an orchestra event featuring Pete but he was disappointingly absent!!! The orchestra was really good and Billy Idol was only out here and there just for a little bit at a time. Don't waste your money on a close-up seat like I did you can sit anywhere for this and it won't matter. Also as a general note to my concert going friends. Please try to follow Golden rule of do you want to others as you would like to have them do you want to you when you go to concerts. Number one is stop videotaping every single bit of it with your extremely bright mobile phones. If you have to video please dim the phone to its lowest possible light. It will not affect the actual recording but the people behind you have to look at that and it's very distracting and frustrating.. Number two. SHUT UP!!! It's just like a movie theater everyone can hear what's going on. And the lower the music gets the louder you have to talk to the person next to you which means that the people around you have to listen to it. It's a concert everyone wants to have a good time and people always will have a little comment or two but having conversations is really not appropriate save it until after the show damn it!! Enough is enough.

I am a fan of The Who, Billy Idol, and Eddie Vedder; but it was Alfie Boe who blew me away with his amazing performance. It was an amazing performance with the proceeds going to Teen Cancer America.

I was hoping for a fuller richer version of Quad, with a orchestra added to a band, and a singer who could do justice to the vocals. Instead, there was no guitar, bass or drums (other than the orchestral ones) and the singer, who is an opera singer, could hit the notes, but couldn't shake the formal operatic vocal approach - although I give him credit for trying to exude a tough street fighter vibe. It all sounded the same and was poorly miked with speakers rhat periodically dropped or popped. I left at intermission. Nice try, but it didn't work.

Great concert for a great cause! Alfie was very good as was the the orchestra! Eddie with Pete was great as always!

Pete's vision of how Quadrophenia should truly look as a Rock Opera was played out and it was a smash hit! Everything was tremendous, the entire orchestra, the chorus, Alfie, Eddie Veder, Billy Idol and of course, Pete! I truly didn't want it to end, I would highly recommend you see this if it comes back to Chicago! Pete Townsend is a musical genius, this composition was modern day Beethoven or Bach presented in this format.

A little different but SO beautiful. The audience didn't know if we should applaud or not - an orchestra was playing. You're not supposed to applaud during an orchestra's performance!! Allie Boe helped us out!! The man has an amazing voice. He was 90% of the show. Would have loved to see Pete perform a little more. Fun to see Billy Idol and Eddie Vedder as well. Once more - just a beautiful performance!!