The song was first performed live on The Who 's By Numbers Tour from 1975-1976 , albeit more bluesy and abbreviated while attached to " My Generation " ; it was played in this same arrangement early in the 1979 tour . It was performed once on the 1982 tour as well , tagged on to the end of " Magic Bus " . For the 1989 tour , it was brought back , this time in the same arrangement as the studio version . On 13 January 2011 , the band played this song with guests Debbie Harry , Jeff Beck and Bryan Adams as the show-closer for the Concert for Killing Cancer benefit show . It has also been played at almost every show of their The Who Hits 50 ! world tour . The band have also played the song in 2019
1979 tour
The Who Tour 1979
Join Together (song)