The Who to release Greatest Hits and perform at Superbowl XLIV

The Who are releasing ‘The Who: Greatest HITS / Greatest Hits Live’ to coincide with their performance during the halftime show of the 2010 Superbowl XLIV.

The band will take to the stage on Sunday, 7th February to perform a twelve-minute medley of their hits during the halftime show. Halftime at The Super Bowl is always a hugely anticipated event and, this year, will be broadcast worldwide in more than 230 countries and territories with The Who being seen by one of the largest television audiences in history.

The band will be performing classic songs from the forthcoming ‘Greatest Hits / Greatest Hits Live’ album during the halftime entertainment beginning with their first single ‘My Generation’ and concluding with a track from the most recent album ‘Endless Wire’; this spans the group’s entire recording career from 1964 to date.

The Greatest Hits CD/download also includes classics such as, ‘My Generation’, ‘I Can’t Explain’, ‘The Kids Are Alright’, ‘Pinball Wizard’, ‘I Can See For Miles’, ‘Substitute’ as well as featuring the three theme songs to the CSI series – ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’, ‘Who Are You’ and ‘Baba O’Riley’.

The album will be available from Monday 8th February 2010.