Supporting the Who
updated 14 July 2008 - added New York Post Review
updated August 2022 added comments
updated June 2024 added tickets, reviews
Audio 1
not quite pro sound tho v. good - Sound 4 - 48min - low? - tracks 14
Audio to follow
BBCR6 - Don Letts & Mick Jones
on Clash at Shea Stadium. Interview/broadcast Oct 2008
Audio sound quality
upgraded version
An upgraded version has a reasonably good sound. It has a pro sound, well mixed, good range but is held back due to lack of pro fiddelity and some feint distortion. Both maybe due to copying, however it has a very good sound.
previous audience tape
There is a second source, an audience recording of average (or slightly better) quality. This one, from a good source, is a nice upgrade on an older much copied audience tape, but not as good as the board(?) tape. All run 48 minutes.
older versions
The older version was ok. The vocals were most clear as the outside sound swirls a bit and dampens the lead guitar which is very clear. The drums were reasonably clear, the bass least identifiable. It also has a touch of echo though during the more subtle tracks such as Guns/White Man the sound improves a touch.
From Here to Eternity
Career Opportunities, which was used for the official live album, From Here to Eternity, and the seperate video, Should I Stay or Should I Go, were taken from the following night at the Shea Stadium.
Video
Joe Strummer & Paul Simonon interviewed on CBS New York News 1982 with a clip outside Shea Stadium
WNEW which sponsored The Clash
WNEW which sponsored The Clash opening up for The Who in Shea stadium. David Johanson aka Buster Poindexter went on first then the Clash.
The Who's last tour is a remarkable musical feat
82 10 15 Messenger Inquirer Fri (Shea prev)
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Big bucks keep wheels gerased for last Who Tour
82 10 15 South Florida Sun Sentinel Fri (Shea Prev)
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Shea Stadium, New York NY
New York Post Remembers Shea Stadium
SHEA STADIUM
Oct. 12-13, 1982: The Who and The Clash concerts
Shea Stadium has been the site of some legendary concerts and this two-night stint by two major bands makes the list. The concerts were part of The Who's first "farewell" tour, and it was the first concert in six years at Shea. The shows sold out in hours and the crowds were estimated around 70,000 because there was festival seating on the infield for the first time at Shea.
For The Clash, this was the peak of its career. The concerts occurred while the band was at the height of its popularity. The album "Combat Rock" was selling rapidly and by some accounts, Shea had as many Clash fans on those nights as Who fans. The band was selected by The Who as an opener because it was viewed as the future, but the band disintegrated in the two years following these concerts.
"It was one of their farewell tours," Clash member Mick Jones said years later. "It was a great honor for us to be asked to do it. It was brilliant, actually. We were very excited about it. It helped us immensely."
The Who went into the shows saying this tour was its last. In a video shot by the BBC (now on YouTube) before one of the Shea concerts, Who guitarist Pete Townshend talks with disdain for playing big baseball stadiums like Shea and seems fed up with playing 20-year-old songs.
Even so, the band did not disappoint the crowd and played most of its hits during the two shows.
In an interview two months after the shows, Townshend sounded like he had mixed emotions about the shows.
"It was the archetypal out-of-hand monstrous show, but it had all the people-energy you could want," he said. "I think it will be a historical one, but I wouldn't want to see (Bruce) Springsteen, or The Clash, or for that matter The Who there myself."
There were reports of violence at the shows with people getting trampled and some suffering injuries from firecrackers that were set off in the crowd.
The Who would reunite just three years later and launch a reunion tour four years after that. There have been several more tours since then.
Who pleases old and new fans in solid back-to-basics show
82 10 15 South Florida Sun Sentinel Fri (Shea Prev)
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The Clash at Shea
82 10 21 Messenger Press Thu (Shea Pier)
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WHO CLASH AMID ROAR OF CROWDS
82 10 23 The Los Angeles Times Sat (Shea Review, San Diego, LA Prev)
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They were great as usual
jaygo - I was there this night or the next. I don't save ticket stubs. I rushed the stage to within 200 feet. They were great as usual. Came for The Clash and saw The Who too.
JosephA361 - Amazing. First time seeing the Clash and instantly became a fan!
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