Njengoba kumenyezelwe ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, iqembu laseBrithani The Who ukuqinisekisile kuleli sonto ukuvakasha kwamadolobha ahlukene e-United Kingdom ukugubha iminyaka engu-50 kwasungulwa leli qembu lodumo lwe-rock. Amalungu amabili odumo aleli qembu, uRoger Daltrey noPete Townshend, benze lesi simemezelo esisemthethweni ngesikhathi kunesithangami sabezindaba esihlelwe ekilabhini yomculo ye-jazz yaseLondon uRonnie Scott.
UDaltrey uveze ukuthi lolu hambo luyisiqalo sokuvalelisa okwamenyezelwa isikhathi eside. Umculi waseBrithani uthe esithangamini sabezindaba: “Ngeke siqhubeke nokudlala kuze kube phakade kodwa asazi ukuthi lolu hambo luzophela nini, isiphetho sokugcina asinqunywa. Kodwa ngokuqinisekile kuyoba khona ukuphela. Sizoqeda ukuvakasha, ngiqinisekile, ngaphambi kokuthi siyeke ukudlala njengeqembu. Njengoba u-Eric Clapton eshilo esikhathini esingeside kakhulu, kunzima ngempela ukuba sohambweni kule minyaka, kunzima kakhulu ngokomzimba ”.
Uhambo oluzobizwa ngegama lika 'The Who Hits 50 Tour' Izokwenza iretrospective yawo wonke umsebenzi waleli qembu lomlando, futhi izofaka amahithi awo aziwa kakhulu, njengokuthi 'Ungubani Wena', 'Pinball Wizard' kanye no-'Baba O'Riley'. Lolu hambo lunezinsuku eziyisishiyagalolunye ezihleliwe futhi luzoqala ngoNovemba 30 eGlasgow (eScotland), ngoDisemba 2, futhi luzodlula eLeeds, eNottingham ngomhla ka-5, eBirmingham ngomhla ka-7, eNewcastle ngomhlaka-9, naseLiverpool ngomhlaka-11. ngomhlaka-12 eManchester, mhlaka-15 eCardiff futhi izophela zingama-17 edolobheni laseLondon e-O2 Arena.