Townshend, angry that someone took the stage, yelled: " Fuck off! Fuck off my fucking stage!", hit him with his guitar and sent him off stage again. Hoffman was protesting against the imprisonment of John Sinclair (leader of the White Panther Party and manager of the left-wing hard-rock band MC5) who had been convicted and sentenced to nine years of prison because of marijuana possession. He said: " I think this is a pile of shit! While John Sinclair rots in prison.". Abbie Hoffman was able to get on stage and grab a microphone while Pete Townshend tuned his guitar. The Abbie Hoffman Incident was an incident that happened during The Who's set right after the song "Pinball Wizard". There were only a few sleepless people in the audience left who finally witnessed the ritual guitar smashing of Pete Townshend pointing out that the gig has really come to an end.
The Who closed with "My Generation", an old hit dating back to the year 1965, and "Naked Eye".
The dawn was coming up and the first daylight hit the stage. Nevertheless the presentation of the chosen songs was impressive and the magic and spirit of the music grew as Tommy reached its grande final with "See Me, Feel Me". For instance they didn't play "A Quick One While He's Away", "Magic Bus" or a longer medley around "My Generation" which sometimes reached a length of 15 minutes. The setlist is a pretty standard example of their 1969 tour program, just a little shortened at times. Songs not played from the album are: "Overture", "Cousin Kevin", "Underture", "Tommy, Can You Hear Me?", "Miracle Cure", "Sensation", "Sally Simpson", "Welcome". The Woodstock performance is not as long as others during this period but powerful and insane given the time The Who were performing. The Who were touring in support of their rock opera album Tommy which was released the same year.
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