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The Who have announced that their full support bill for their British Summer Time Hyde Park show will feature Gaz Coombes, Sleaford Mods and The Rifles.
For the final date on the band's huge Who Hits 50 tour, Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend will be joined by former Supergrass frontman Gaz Coombes, Weller-approved mod throwbacks The Rifles and the endlessly quoatable duo Sleaford Mods.
They join the previously announced acts including Paul Weller himself, Kaiser Chiefs and Johnny Marr. Note to organisers: it's probably worth keeping Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn as far away from each Weller as possible, particularly after this comment from the Modfather.
Barclaycard presents British Summer Time takes place on Friday 26th June. Gaz Coombes will appear at the Great Oak Stage ,Sleaford Mods will headline the Summer Stage and the Rifles will play the Barclaycard Outdoor Theatre. Also set to appear are Californian blues band Vintage Trouble, who have supported The Who in the past.
Roger Daltrey has previously described the show as “the beginning of the long goodbye". This will be the fourth time the band have played Hyde Park (three times as headliners and once as part of Live 8). "It's always a good gig," Daltrey has said of the central London setting. "It's got nice grass, beautiful trees."
He added: "I remember doing it with an eye patch holding my eye in when we did Quadrophenia, that was a nightmare. We had a quarter of a million people coming the next day and I've got a fractured cheekbone. How we did that show I'll never know."
For tickets see below.
