News of the World Tour The Houston concert is considered one of their best bootlegs. In the book "The Show I'll Never Forget: 50 Writers Relive Their Most Memorable Concertgoing Experience", novelist Tracy Chevalier recalls attending one of this tour's concerts at the age of 15: Robert Hilburn of the "Los Angeles Times" called this concert tour the band's "most spectacularly staged and finely honed show yet". "We arrived in Las Vegas on Monday," recalled "Old Grey Whistle Test" presenter Bob Harris, who was travelling with the band for a filmed piece, "and the band weren't playing until Thursday, so we had three days to
The Who sun rose almost as if on cue; Entwistle later said, "God was our lighting man". At the end, Townshend threw his guitar into the audience. The set was professionally recorded and filmed, and portions appear on the "Woodstock" film, "The Old Grey Whistle Test" and "The Kids Are Alright". Woodstock has been regarded as culturally significant, but the Who were critical of the event. Roadie John "Wiggie" Wolff, who arranged the band's payment, described it as "a shambles". Daltrey declared it as "the worst gig ever played" and Townshend said, "I thought the whole of America had gone mad." A