Watch The Who play ‘This Song Is Over’ live for first time as band close TCT gigs with Bill Murray in crowd

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The Who performed ‘This Song Is Over’ live for the first time at the 2025 edition of the Teenage Cancer Trust gig series. Check out footage from the set below.The gig took place last night (March 30) at the Royal Albert Hall in London, as the last of the scheduled gigs planned for this year’s concert series.The event kicked off last week with a show from Sex Pistols and Frank Carter, and was followed up with a night of comedy starring Micky Flanagan, Romesh Ranganathan, Katherine Ryan, a set from James Arthur, a line-up curated by the founder of the East London label Erased Tapes and a show from The Corrs.Roger Daltrey and co.

were set to play two shows, with the first one held on Thursday (March 27), which saw their first performance of ‘Love Ain’t For Keepin” in over two decades.The second took place last night and saw them close out the gig by performing ‘This Song Is Over’ live for the first time.

The song featured on their classic 1971 album ‘Who’s Next’ and has never been played in the 54 years since, until last night.Among those in the crowd were Bill Murray, Sadie Frost, Paul McKenna and Tracy-Ann Oberman, and other highlights of the set came as the band broke out renditions of classics like ‘Baba O’Riley’, ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’, ‘My Generation’, ‘The Seeker’ and more.“Many of you will know this is not my chosen career – I would have preferred to have been a dustman, to be honest,” guitarist Pete Townshend joked during the gig. “But it’s glorious to be here with people like you tonight.

Thank you so much.”Singer and bassist Mark King added: “Thank you for coming along and supporting this incredible charity, Teenage Cancer Trust… look at the money you’re raising for these guys, thank you so much.