This poster is the second copy to appear at auction recently. The first was sold through these rooms on 29th September, 2004 for a record £20,315.
The poster documents the last show of The Who's disastrous tour of Australia and New Zealand. Bad press regarding foreign entertainers milking the Australian economy, exaggerated reports of an incident involving the band on an internal flight, and inadequate sound systems all conspired against them. At the end of the tour, the Australian Premier denounced the group as..."a mob of crummy hooligans". Pete Townshend publicly vowed never to return; he kept his word until last year when the band returned for the first time.