Pete Townshend is used to playing in front of stadiums filled with rabid fans who know every note of The Who’s songs. He didn’t get that at the band’s Super Bowl halftime performance, but he’s OK with that too.

Townshend and bandmate Roger Daltrey performed a medley of some of their most famous songs on entertainment’s biggest stage Sunday, including “Won’t Get Fooled Again” during a 12-minute set that included a laser-lit stage and plenty of fireworks.

While the crowd was involved, and some held up their cell phones to illuminate the night as instructed by the stadium announcers, they were somewhat subdued, and was clear it was not a Who event. Read the full story

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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