New Vegas March 2010 video

Montage for some reason youtube may have blocked this in Canada, let me know if this is the case.

Squeeze Box



I've also got footage from 2009 UK, but that's going to take a while.
If anybody has footage from Chasco Fiesta,Florida March 20th, please let me know.
Thanks
Barry

Last night in Florida

We played a great show last night, if I say so myself, the band was really tight.
Considering Chris hadn't played since the LA gig in January and Darren got out of the airport just an hour before the gig started and basically ran on stage minutes before showtime.
Heres the set list......

The Seeker
Substitute
Happy Jack (forgot to play this, we were supposed to :\
I’m a boy
Anyway Anyhow Anywhere
The real me
Love reign O’er me
Magic Bus
My Wife
Behind blue eyes
Who are you
Fortune teller
Tattoo
Summertime Blues
Shakin All Over…
Tommy (Christmas' was in here somwhere) ....can't remember where :\
Overture
Amazing Journey
Sparks
The Acid queen
Pinball wizard
I’m Free
We’re not gonna take it
See me/listening to you
Won’t Get Fooled Again

ENCORE
Baba O’Riley
I Can’t Explain
My generation (smashed the hell out of the guitar and gave several pieces away)

The crowd wasn't the biggest we 've played to there, but they were mega enthusiastic.
Signed tons of autographs and especially for a lot of kids age range 6-16 which was great to see a whole new generation of WHO fans.
Thanks New Port Ritchey ,we had a great time.


Up next:Germany Tuesday till Sunday.

ROCK N' ROLL !

Florida today

Don't forget we are in New Port Ritchey tonight an outdoor festival.
Mark's YES tribute goes on at 6.30-8.30 (he's on drums)
Then The Wholigans 9-11,.........WITH ONLY ONE CATCH......Darrens plane isn't scheduled into Tampa until 7 then he drives an hour to the gig and literally has to jump on stage for 30,000 !
I sure hope he makes it or we will all look like fools !

Just another day in Wholigan history........it aint no thayng !
(I've been down south too long..can you tell? ;)


Info directions here

VEGAS VIDEO'S

Video’s Las Vegas Hilton March 10th
These were put up by a fan, the first video has speed issues ,but the rest are fine.
I have better quality from the house camera but I haven’t put up any video yet..
But you get the idea.

Barry

Opening song
Baba o’riley

The Seeker

Pinball Wizard

Last song of the set before the encore
Won’t Get Fooled Again

My Generationinc smashing guitar

The Wholigans at the rock n roll hall of fame ?

Read this article from the LA Times.
We get a mention as does our west coast Agent/manager/promoter Jerry Greenberg.
I sent in a comment beneath the article.

Next gig

VEGAS Baby !!!!!

We played the LAS Vegas Hilton theatre on March 10th 2010, and have got the entire concert footage show on the 2 big screens below +a stage cam and we;ll get video up on youtube asap.
Click on the picture below to see how big it really is !
That photo was taken 1 hour before we went on.

More Vegas photo's at http://www.thewholigans.com/

photo courtesy of
Carl Dunn
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*All photo's by Carl Dunn and cannot be used withot permission.

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I just got back from Vegas earlier today & I'm too tired to blog this second,but heres a couple of photo's of the gig taken by my friend Carl Dunn who is not your average photographer, see his work here..... here ........&....... here

Update:March 17th
I've added numerous photo's from Carl on our home page at http://www.thewholigans.com/
and if you click on 'our story' (top left) then click on
ROGER
PETE
JOHN
KEITH
you'll see extra photo's of the band.

There will be upcoming seperate pages devoted entirely to Carls photo's and video from the show,and we hope to make photo's signed by Carl and the band available in the near future.

Remind me to share an Elvis story with you,he played this same stage 700 times and Barry Mannilow did for 5 years,I have story's about both......don't let me forget ;)

oh....& btw ,please join our mailing list on the top right of our homepage

Head cut off

I'm running around like a chicken with it's head cut off !
So much to do......so much .....so much.......so much
and why ?

All in the name of Rock n Roll

Living the dream I tell ya ;)

*Living the dream.



*sarcasm

Most popular

I went on Eventful today and it said that the Jonas Brothers
(at 224,770 people)
are more popular than The Wholigans.

How can that be ?
;)


Grrrrrr

Guess I'm too old :(
*sniff*

Everybody keeps asking....

When are you going to play around Florida !
It seems we are always galavanting off to the UK or EU or Vegas or LA .
...anywhere but Florida !
Last time we played FL was a year ago at this same venue, so they must have liked us as we've been invited back. (God knows why? ;)

Well we had an offer the other day, and everything worked out, so we are playing March 20th ...just a scant 2 days before we head off to Germany.

So FLORIDA be careful what you wish for................we are playing an outdoor festival called Chasco Fiesta at Simms Park in New Port Ritchey, 30,000 showed up last time and we are expecting the same this time :0
I believe it's free entry thanks to sponsors ....(but don't quote me)

Band lineup...
Barry,Mark,Chris & Darren 'A' on drums.

Also a surprise opening act + more info click here
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Don't Forget................. MARCH 10th LAS VEGAS HILTON

Mortality

Woke up this morning to the news of a guitar player friend of mine died on stage (good place to go ;) ,the funeral is today for Ricky 'Big Man' Vance......a benefit will surely follow as he leaves behind a wife of 21 years and 14 and 19 year old children.
Sign Rick's Guest book

Then I open up to read my very first email , a letter from a Wholigan fan from Hamilton who I know quite well, and her father a WHO fan had passed on as well.

I found it very very heavy that a Wholigan fan would share that *moment with me.

'We really are one big WHO family'

The Band .........

Lineup for The Las Vegas Hilton March 10th will be.............
cue *drum roll*

Bill Canell on guitar ,long time Wholigan and friend on loan from NYC Who tribute Who’sNext
See Bill with The Wholigans here
WGFA ......................http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmEbZG9rLtA

Summertime Blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpcC1rY70ek

Baba O'Riley............ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwCdeMOIWBs



Darren Atkinson on Drums .......(Who else ?)
Watch here

Mark Tinker (Bass)
Who Are You
Heaven & Hell
My Generation

And of course yours truly shouting into and swinging the mic !
Barry





































This is a one night only event, it's a massive theatre and a great gig, and the Hilton has great deals on the rooms right now so get your Wholigan bums out there!!!!!!! :)

Book here

No WHO at all.....

I just found this video 3 years too late and it has zero WHO content but it's amazing just Who is in this video !
'Smoke on the water' w/Bruce Dickinson,Paul Rodgers,Brian May,Roger Taylor,Tony Iommi etc etc etc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYsBvI2-Igg

To those who don't know, I'm a big 60's/70's metal fan (some 80's)
from Black Sabbath to Thin Lizzy,Budgie,Quo,Iron Maiden,Dio,Nutz, AC/DC,Judas Priest etc etc etc


METALLLLLLLLLLLLL !!!!!!!



This is just plain funny "metal" Bruce Dickinson sings Tom Jones 'Delilah'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP9GWmyz5xI


We now resume regular scheduled Wholigan programming. ;)

THE WHO at the super bowl

NOW That's a half time show !
Nuff said.

See here

UK in May

We confirmed another UK date this morning.
The Arc in Stockton May 4th.

The Who

I'm sure I'm not telling you something you don't already know,but I've never seen so much news about The Who in a long long time ,see their website here
It's really a major testimony to their popularity/longevity after all these years.
I don't know how many others can make such a claim.

I never thought I'd say this but,the owners and editors of The Who's site are doing a great job which is something that The Who have been lacking for many a year imo in the publicity dept.
Who fans seem to have more news now than ever before, I tip my hat to The Who and to the site for a job well done.

Barry

PS: Speaking of The Who, watch the NFL.com conference/performance Thursday here & the interview

VEGAS TICKET LINK

Tickets (2 choices Hilton or Ticketmaster)
http://thewholigans.com/calendarix/admin/cal_event.php?op=view&id=289

Worlwide Wholigans

I must say I'm absolutely blown away by how far and wide The ''Wholigans' that read this blog are, just take a look !



Huntsville, AL, United States
Carrboro, NC, United States
Singapore, Singapore
Kristiansand, Norway
Ranchi, India
Umeå, Sweden
Hägersten, Sweden
Norristown, PA, United States
La Canada Flintridge, CA, United States
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Logan, UT, United States
Omsk, Russian Federation
Mountain View, CA, United States
Orlando, FL, United States
Gettysburg, PA, United States
Bangor, ME, United States
Pompano Beach, FL, United States
Falls Village, CT, United States
Saint Paul, MN, United States
Dublin, Ireland
Campo Grande, Brazil
, Guatemala
Mount Gravatt, Australia
Evanston, IL, United States
Fair Lawn, NJ, United States
Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Tunkhannock, PA, United States
Rome, Italy
Tallinn, Estonia
Northridge, CA, United States
, , United States
San Antonio, TX, United States
Singapore, Singapore
Philadelphia, PA, United States
Palm Harbor, FL, United States
Saint Albert, AB, Canada
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Toronto, ON, Canada
San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Masnou, Spain
Vitry-sur-seine, France
Ipatinga, Brazil
, United Kingdom
Calama, Chile
, United Kingdom
Florence, SC, United States
Anápolis, Brazil
, United Kingdom
Toronto, ON, Canada
Plant City, FL, United States
Alphen, Netherlands

That is just in the past 24 hours !!

Amazing.:)

Feb 3rd....same thing again

Huntsville, AL, United States
Inca, Spain
Angarsk, Russian Federation
El Sobrante, CA, United States
South Melbourne, Australia
Atlanta, GA, United States
, Bangladesh
Kingston Upon Hull, United Kingdom
, Brazil
Florissant, MO, United States
Alvaro, Portugal
Atlanta, GA, United States
Warlingham, United Kingdom
Leicester, United Kingdom
Casper, WY, United States
Budapest, Hungary
Gorman, TX, United States
Van Nuys, CA, United States
Coventry, United Kingdom
Post Falls, ID, United States
Sydney, Australia
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Köln, Germany
Erfurt, Germany
Pskov, Russian Federation
State College, PA, United States
Coihaique, Chile
Naperville, IL, United States
Denver, CO, United States
Franklin, MA, United States
Oslo, Norway
Mesa, AZ, United States
Langenhagen, Germany
Huntsville, AL, United States
Istanbul, Turkey
Calcutta, India
, Saudi Arabia
Alexandria, VA, United States
Mexico, Mexico
Perrigny-sur-l'ognon,
New Delhi, India
Montevideo, Uruguay
Grangemouth, United Kingdom
Huntsville, AL, United States
Taipei, Taiwan
Beirut, Lebanon
Inca, Spain
Angarsk, Russian Federation
El Sobrante, CA,
South Melbourne, Australia



YOU GUYS ARE FREAKIN ME OUT !!!!!!!

WOW!

2010 WHO convention

Rumour has it that a 2010 WHO convention is in the works.
2010 Convention on Facebook


New to youtube as of Jan 21st
2006 WHO convention video of the days events featuring Roger,Irish Jack and assorted other Wholigans.

Part 2 up here

Part 3 (Roger singing) here

The Wholigans with Simon Townshend and the winner of our flag we auctioned off (signed by us,Irish Jack,Simon)
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Next gig
Las Vegas Hilton
March 10th
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WHO ARE THE WHOLIGANS
http://www.thewholigans.com/

LA Jan 16th photo's

I'm just having a coffee,so for now heres a few shots from Saturday.

Tales to follow (good ones:)