The Who will play Cincinnati, 42 years after concert tragedy

CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP)– British rock band The That will certainly play their very first performance in the Cincinnati location in over 4 years, after 11 people died in a pre-show charge in 1979.

The That will certainly take the phase at the TQL Arena on May 15, WCPO-TV reported Monday. The band’s return was originally planned for April 2020 at the BB&T Sector in Kentucky, however needed to be held off due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Lengthy haunted by the catastrophe, The That has for years sustained a memorial scholarship initiative in a Cincinnati suburban area where 3 of the targets mosted likely to institution.

” We’re currently playing in an also bigger place, which clearly will increase even more earnings,” for the scholarship, diva Roger Daltrey informed the terminal. “I’m really delighted concerning the truth that we leave a heritage for Cincinnati.”

In the terminal’s 2019 docudrama “The That: The Evening that Transformed Rock,” the band stated determining to play in Cincinnati once more “would certainly be such a wonderful event for us and also such a recovery point.”

One more 2 loads individuals were harmed at Riverfront Colosseum on Dec. 3, 1979, amidst complication and also absence of prep work for countless followers aligned for hrs for first-come seats.