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Play The Who back through the city

Enter The Who through five places that carry its atmosphere, from Soho to Hammersmith, without confusing story geography with production fact.

Read in this order, then plan travel between the public locations. Historical references and private properties are not visitor stops. This is a story sequence, not a timed walking itinerary.

Place and area markers · not exact camera positions

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Selected: Marquee Club former site
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    Side A · Origin

    Begin at Marquee Club former site, where The Who declares its relationship with the city.

    ORIGIN / CULTURAL SITE

    Marquee Club former site

    Marquee Club former site location context
    Image credits
    Spudgun67 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped location photograph

    The Who’s Tuesday residency helped crystallise the Maximum R&B identity.

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    ORIGIN / CULTURAL SITE

    Goldhawk Social Club

    Goldhawk Social Club location context
    Image credits
    Sunil060902 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cropped location photograph

    Early performances connected the band to the west-London Mod audience.

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  3. 03
    Side B · Making the sound

    Move through Ealing Art College, where the World’s geography and emotional rhythm shift.

    STUDIO / SCENE

    Ealing Art College

    Ealing Art College location context
    Image credits
    Roger Green · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Cropped location photograph

    Pete Townshend studied here, where art-school ideas fed the band’s visual and destructive vocabulary.

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    STUDIO / SCENE

    Battersea Power Station

    Battersea Power Station location context
    Image credits
    Gaetan Lee from London, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Cropped location photograph

    The monumental industrial landmark appears in the Quadrophenia-era London imagination and later Who iconography.

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    Encore · The living archive

    End at Hammersmith Apollo, where production history, memory or fan pilgrimage continues.

    LIVE / LEGACY

    Hammersmith Apollo

    Hammersmith Apollo location context
    Image credits
    Alex.muller · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cropped location photograph

    A home-city concert hall for the band’s large-scale live afterlife.

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PACK FOR THE JOURNEY

Take The Who with you.

Original posters, records, books, physical editions and licensed merchandise for this route.

The Who - Odds & Sods original poster
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The Who - Odds & Sods

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The Who - Oakland Stadium original poster
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The Who - Oakland Stadium

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The Who - Live at Cow Palace original poster
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The Who - Live at Cow Palace

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