They fleshed out the band with a ton of musicians, and brought in Gary Glitter for "The Punk and the Godfather." This was one year before the glitter-rock icon was arrested for possessing child pornography, but bringing him on board still proved to be a horrific mistake. Reforming the Who was far from Townshend's mind in 1996 and he originally planned on playing Quadrophenia by himself in Hyde Park, but nerves got the best of him and he rang up Roger Daltrey and Who bassist John Entwistle, who were more than happy to sign on. The Who issuing 'Quadrophenia: Live in London" concert film Attendance was so dismal in some markets, they were reduced to giving away free T-shirts to boost ticket sales. The Who hadn't played in seven years at that point, and two years earlier Daltery and John Entwistle launched an American tour where they performed mostly Who classics. Roger Daltrey couldn't have been more excited when Pete Townshend decided to reform the Who in 1996 for a grandiose production of Quadrophenia in London's Hyde Park.
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