The Who plan to present a medley of their classics at halftime of the Super Bowl. (Bradley Kanaris / Getty Images)

Pete Townshend, longtime guitarist for The Who, told Billboard magazine about the “compact medley” the band will be playing at Super Bowl XXIV at Sun Life Stadium.

The set was conceived by lead singer Roger Daltrey, along with Pete’s brother and longtime Who collaborator Simon Townshend, executive producer Ricky Kirschner and director Hamish Hamilton.
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Eric Clapton will play Sunrise's BankAtlantic Center in March 2010. (Ethan Miller / Getty Images)

Eric Clapton, who received two more Grammy nominations this year for another milestone in his incredible career, will head to BankAtlantic Center on March 11, 2010 as part of an 11-city U.S. tour.

Clapton, who was honored for his live collaboration with Steve Winwood, will be going it alone on this tour, although The Who’s lead singer, Roger Daltrey, will be the guitar hero’s opening act.

Tickets will go on sale for Clapton’s show on Dec. 19. For more information, click at LiveNation.com.

Leonard Cohen and Who lead singer Roger Daltrey both have shows schedule for Broward venues. (AP)

Tickets for shows featuring two major players in music for the last five decades go on sale this weekend.

Leonard Cohen, the man behind classic songs like “Hallelujah”, “Everybody Knows” and “We’ll Take Manhattan”, will play Sunrise’s BankAtlantic Center on Oct. 17, while Roger Daltrey, the lead singer of The Who, plays a solo show at Hard Rock Live on Nov. 29.

Tickets for Cohen’s show go on sale Monday, while Daltrey’s tickets are on sale Saturday.
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The artist: The Smithereens

The disc: The Smithereens Play Tommy (Koch)

The spin: Let’s start with the obvious question: Why? Why record 13 songs from The Who’s groundbreaking rock opera? What can a band of ’80s pop heroes offer that the Who’s original masterwork doesn’t? The answer is nothing. But The Smithereens Play Tommy does prove two things: How durable Pete Townshend’s music is and how talented a rock band the Smithereens are. It’s interesting to hear the group recreate Keith Moon’s rolling drums, Townshend’s and John Entwhistle’s ferocious guitars and the Who’s underrated harmonies, although Smithereens frontman Pat DiNizio can’t quite match Roger Daltrey’s Olympian yelp. By choosing only 13 songs from Tommy, the Smithereens wisely ignore the muddled storyline and simply rock. This may not be as quirky as Petra Haden’s a capella recreation of The Who Sell Out from a few years back, but it’s a lot of fun to listen to. The Smithereens sure play a mean pinball.

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The grade: A-

Listen to “I’m Free”:

Im Free – The Smithereens