New York ? Despite the sudden death of bassist John Entwistle, the two surviving members of The Who decided Friday to resume their scheduled three-month U.S. tour.

“The band decided to recommence the tour beginning at the Hollywood Bowl (a Monday night show),” according to a message posted on guitarist Pete Townshend’s Web site. “News will be added as and when it becomes available.”

It was unclear who might replace Entwistle, a co-founder of the band when he was a London teen. And there was no word on whether the band would play all the scheduled dates on the tour.

The band’s name will be the same, but it won’t be the same Who.

Whenever the band took the stage, Roger Daltrey provided the sound and Townshend the fury. Off to the side, frozen except for the fingers flying across his fretboard, stood “The Ox” Entwistle.

Entwistle, a player of restraint in a band of excess, died Thursday of an apparent heart attack at a Las Vegas hotel. An autopsy was scheduled in Las Vegas to determine the exact cause of death.

Entwistle, who was on medication for a heart condition, was 57. Thirty-eight of those years were spent with The Who.

Entwistle’s death came one day before the band was scheduled to open its tour in Las Vegas. That show was canceled, along with a second show set for tonight in Irvine, Calif.

The only other word from surviving bandmates Townshend and Daltrey was a two-sentence statement on the guitarist’s Web site: “The Ox has left the building we’ve lost another great friend. Thanks for your support and love.”

The Who regrouped once before, after the 1978 death of drummer Keith Moon, adding Kenney Jones before calling it quits four years later. All three surviving members later expressed regrets, saying the band had died along with Moon.