The band first performed " The Real Me " on their 1973 tour promoting the '' Quadrophenia '' album , as a medley with the tape track " I Am the Sea " , and it was played up until the end of their next French tour the following year , this time without " I Am the Sea " . It was not played again until the 1979 tour , where it frequently used to close concerts . It remained a fixture of The Who 's concerts until 1981 , and was again played on their 1989 reunion tour . It was included in every concert of the 1996-1997 tour , on which '' Quadrophenia '' was played in its entirety . The Who continued to play the song until John Entwistle 's death in 2002 . After not performing it for several years , the band began including it in their live shows again in 2007 with the bass part , now performed by Pino Palladino , being less prominent than in the original version . The most recent performance of the song by was on the 2012-2013 " Quadrophenia and More " tour , which again featured the entire album
French tour the following year
The Who Tour 1974
The Real Me (The Who song)