The Who To Release Recording Of East Village Concert From 1968

EAST VILLAGE, NY — The legendary rock band The Who will release a new album in April featuring a recording of their live 1968 performance at the historic Fillmore East theater in the East Village.

The Fillmore East, previously located at 105 Second Ave., was a short lived music venue where some of the most iconic rock bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s performed. Along with The Who, performers including Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers Band all made stops at the Fillmore East, known as "The Church of Rock and Roll."

The Who announced that their latest album would be released April 20. The recording comes from their two-night performance on April 5 and 6 in 1968. The second night of the performance was fully restored and mixed by Who sound engineer Bob Pridden, the band said in a statement.

The unreleased recordings of the show will be released in April to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the shows. The Who's Fillmore East shows is considered one of the band's most famous.

Image credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images. Image caption: Exterior view of the Fillmore East theater, located at 2nd Avenue and East 5th Street, New York, New York, 1970s.