The Who fans swap 1979 tickets for upcoming concert

LOS ANGELES, July 1:

  • Ten fans of English rock band The Who traded in tickets from a canceled 1979 gig in Rhode Island for entry to the group’s upcoming February show, in a rare tale of loyalty spanning the decades, the Providence Journal newspaper reported on Tuesday. Fans of The Who – formed by Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle and Keith Moon – were disappointed in December 1979 when the London rockers’ performance was canceled in the wake of a stampede at The Who concert in Ohio two weeks earlier. Eleven people were killed in the stampede.