The group continued to play large halls in the US , organised by tour promoter Frank Barsalona , and generally avoided festivals , but made an important exception with the Woodstock Festival on 16 August . After spending all night arguing with Barsalona , the band agreed to perform at Woodstock for $ 12,500 . The festival ran late and the Who did not take to the stage until the early morning of 17 August . During " Pinball Wizard " , Abbie Hoffman took to the stage to protest about the imprisonment of John Sinclair before being kicked offstage by Townshend , while during " See Me , Feel Me " , the sun rose , almost as if on cue . Two weeks later , the group played the second Isle of Wight Festival , using one of the largest live PAs available . Though media attention was on Bob Dylan playing his first major live concert since 1966 , the Who stole the show . Townshend later said , " We know that the stage act we had , with '' Tommy '' in it , would work under any circumstances , because it had worked many times on tour . " '' Tommy '' remained in the Who 's live set through the rest of the year and into 1970 . In October 1969 , the Who played six shows at the Fillmore East , where Leonard Bernstein praised them for their new music . The group 's show on 14 December at the Coliseum Theatre , London , was filmed for a possible future '' Tommy '' feature . Lambert was keen for '' Tommy '' to be taken seriously and wanted the Who to perform at opera houses . In June 1970 , the group performed two shows at the Metropolitan Opera House , which was the first time Townshend announced the show as being the " last '' Tommy '' ever " . The group made a second trip to the Isle of Wight , appearing at the 1970 festival on 29 August , before an audience of 600,000 . The last live performance for 1970 was at The Roundhouse , London on 20 December . Townshend said " This is the very last time we 'll play '' Tommy '' on stage " , to which Moon promptly cried , " Thank Christ for that ! " Public reaction to the Who 's concerts that included '' Tommy '' was overwhelmingly positive . The touring helped keep the album in the public eye , and cleared the band 's debts . Several live recordings of '' Tommy '' from the Who 's 1969 – 70 tours have been released . A complete performance is available on the 2002 '' Deluxe Edition '' of the live album '' Live at Leeds '' , recorded on 14 February 1970 . The second Isle of Wight performance is available on '' Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 '' , released in 1996 . The Coliseum Theatre gig is available on the 2007 video release '' At Kilburn 1977 Live at the Coliseum '' . Portions of the Woodstock performance of '' Tommy '' were released on the '' Woodstock film '' and later on '' The Kids Are Alright '' . The complete show was recorded , but has never been officially released . The Who continued to play a smaller selection of '' Tommy '' live in subsequent tours throughout the 1970s . They revived '' Tommy '' as a whole for its twentieth anniversary during their 1989 reunion tour , reinstating the previously overlooked " Cousin Kevin " and " Sensation " but still omitting " Underture " and " Welcome " . Recordings from this tour can be found on the '' Join Together '' live album and the '' Tommy and Quadrophenia Live '' DVD . The Los Angeles version of this show featured Phil Collins as Uncle Ernie , Patti LaBelle as the Acid Queen , Steve Winwood as the Hawker , Elton John as the Pinball Wizard and Billy Idol as Cousin Kevin
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Isle of Wight Festival 1969
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