The Who got to hone their rock and roll chops in Detroit. Playing 5 plus incredible shows. The Grande Ballroom is a historic live music venue located at 8952 Grand River Avenue in the Petosky-Otsego neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan.
In the late 1960s, Detroit pulsed with talent. Factories roared by day, and by night the city’s music scene lit up in a haze of amplifiers, swirling lights, and restless youth. At the center of it all stood the legendary Grande Ballroom, a once-elegant dance hall on Grand River Avenue that had been reborn as one of America’s most explosive rock venues.
Its beginnings, however, were anything but certain…