No, they're not on tour together, but according to The New York Times their performances are part of the evolution of the greatest show on earth, the Super Bowl halftime show.
"Bill Curbishley, the Who’s manager for 39 years, jumped at the chance to play. Performing at the Super Bowl, he knows, means reaching about 100 million television viewers, a great way to promote the band’s new greatest hits album, publicize a coming tour and reach fans who might know the Who only because its songs are heard on the “CSI” television shows.
“I don’t think it will sell millions and millions of albums, but it will definitely have an impact,” Curbishley said. “If you get into people’s consciousness, it helps.
The results are often immediate. In the week after Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performed at the Super Bowl two years ago, sales of the band’s greatest hits album tripled, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Their songs also climbed the charts before the Super Bowl because of commercials publicizing the halftime show during playoff games."
In an intreview with Billboard, Pete Townshend said the band would play a Who medley:
"We're kinda doing a mashup of stuff," the guitarist tells Billboard. "A bit of 'Baba O'Riley,' a bit of 'Pinball Wizard,' a bit of the close of 'Tommy,' a bit of 'Who Are You,' and a bit of 'Won't Get Fooled Again.' It works -- it's quite a saga. A lot of the stuff that we do has that kind of celebratory vibe about it -- we've always tried to make music that allows the audience to go a bit wild if they want to. Hopefully it will hit the spot."
Meanwhile, Protect Our Children is protesting The Who's appearance due to Townshend's 2003 arrest for downloading child pornography.C'mon Uncle Ernie, can you say wardrobe malfunction?
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