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Pete Townshend Is Working On A New Rock Opera

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Pete Townshend is turning his novel ‘The Age of Anxiety’ into a “full opera”.

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The Who Roger Daltrey. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

The Who Plant Trees At The Charles Estate In Sandringham

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The Who’s Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend planted trees on the Royal Sandringham Estate to mark their Heritage Live concert.

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Pete Townshend Premieres New Song ‘Can’t Outrun The Truth’

by Paul Cashmere

The Who’s Pete Townshend has rare new music with ‘Can’t Outrun the Truth’.

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The Who Roger Daltrey. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Roger Daltrey To Go On Tour With Two Townshends

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Roger Daltrey will be joined by his The Who bandmate Pete Townshend’s brother Simon Townshend and the latter’s son Ben on his upcoming solo tour.

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Tommy

Melbourne Production of The Who’s Tommy Postponed Until 2022

by Paul Cashmere

The upcoming Melbourne production of The Who’s Tommy has been postponed until February 2022 due to Covid lockdowns.

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The Who Roger Daltrey. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Pete Townshend Suggests The Who Recording Era Is Over

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Pete Townshend isn’t sure if there’ll be another album by The Who because of the “old fashioned way that they work”.

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Victorian Opera To Present All-New Production of Pete Townshend’s ‘Tommy’ POSTPONED

by Paul Cashmere

The Victorian Opera will present Pete Townshend and The Who’s classic rock opera ‘Tommy’ in August in Melbourne.

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To celebrate the launch of a new range of collectable coins celebrating iconic British band, The Who, co-founder and lead singer of The Who Roger Daltrey visited The Royal Mint to strike one of the very first coins.

The Who Are Making Money

by Paul Cashmere

The British Royal Mint has The Who in the money. A series of coins based on The Who is about to be released in the UK.

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Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac

Peter Green To Be Immortalized In Book, DVD, CD

by Paul Cashmere

On February 25 2020 the friends of Peter Green gathered to honor the legendary Fleetwood Mac guitarist.

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The Who, Pete Townshend. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Pete Townshend Claims The Who Invented Heavy Metal

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Pete Townshend has claimed The Who’s 1970 ‘Live At Leeds’ album pioneered the genre of heavy metal and influenced the likes of Led Zeppelin while other artists have since stole their “mantle”.

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The Who Set For First Number One Album In Nearly 50 Years

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The Who could claim their first UK Number 1 album in almost half a century on this week’s Official Albums Chart.

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The Who, Roger Daltry and Pete Townshend . Photo by Ros O'Gorman

The Who Release Another Taste of Who

by Paul Cashmere

The Who have released another new song from ‘Who’, their first album in 13 years.

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The Who, Pete Townshend. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Pete Townshend Will Only Smash One More Guitar For Charity

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Pete Townshend and his band mates – comprised of Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, and drummer Keith Moon – were known for their hedonistic behaviour which included smashing their instruments and wrecking their stages, but now that he’s older, Pete has said he’ll only cause damage to another guitar if it helps to raise money for charity.

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The Who Roger Daltrey. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

The Who Plays Boston #Review

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In 2018, The Who’s singer, Roger Daltrey, toured and performed the bands’ legendary Rock-opera, “Tommy,” in its entirety with assistance from orchestras that were in the areas in which he was playing. Since there is a good amount of orchestration on the original “Tommy” album (which were all performed by the groups’ now-deceased bass player, John Entwistle), it is not surprising that the results of the shows were quite superb.

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The Who, Pete Townshend. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

The Who Debut Two New Songs At Wembley Stadium

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The Who debuted two new songs from their upcoming new album as they made their return to Wembley Stadium on Saturday (06.07.19).

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Pretty Things SF Sorrow

Fact: The Pretty Things ‘SF Sorrow’ Was The First Rock Opera, Tommy Was Second

by Paul Cashmere

Pretty Things rock opera ‘SF Sorrow’ album predates The Who’s ‘Tommy’ by six months but to this day Pete Townshend has not cited The Pretty Things classic as an inspiration.

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Pete Townshend Expands Solo Album ‘Who Came First’

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

In October 1972, Pete Townshend released his first solo album, Who Came First, a collection of demos and previously released material.

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Pete Townshend and Rachel Fuller Reveal They Are Married

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The Who rocker Pete Townshend is taking a break from music after announcing he has secretly married his longtime partner Rachel Fuller.

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The Who, Pete Townshend. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

The Who Singles and Pete Townshend Scoop Series On The Way

by Paul Cashmere

Who fans got a double dose of good new son Tuesday (August 1) with a new collection of the band singles and reissues of Pete Townshend’s three Scoop series albums.

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The Who, Pete Townshend. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Pete Townshend To Tour Classic Quadrophenia In The USA

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Pete Townshend is bringing his Classic Quadrophenia to the U.S. in September for four performances.

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Thunderclap Newman Hollywood Dream

R.I.P. Andy ‘Thunderclap’ Newman 1942-2016

by Paul Cashmere

Andy ‘Thunderclap’ Newman has died at the age of 73.

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The Who Roger Daltrey. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

The Who Back Live After Roger Daltrey’s Illness

by Paul Cashmere

The Who returned to the stage on Saturday night with the first of a long string of postponed North American shows.

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The Who Roger Daltrey. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Roger Daltrey Records Pete Townshend Solo Song

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Teen Cancer America will release an exclusive recording of Roger Daltrey performing the 1980 Pete Townshend solo classic “Let My Love Open The Door.”

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The Who Roger Daltrey. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

The Who Release Fourth and Final Singles Box

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

After releases covering their time on the Brunswick, Reaction and Track labels, the Who will bring their career spanning singles box sets series to a close with Volume 4: The Polydor Singles 1975-2015.

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The Who Roger Daltrey. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

The Who Postpone US Tour

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The Who have been forced to postpone the rest of their U.S. tour until the spring after Roger Daltrey was diagnosed with viral meningitis.

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Bruce Springsteen Presents Award To Pete Townshend And Then Performs With The Who #Video

by Paul Cashmere

Bruce Springsteen joined The Who for a couple of classics live this week.

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Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend, The Who. photo by Ros O'Gorman

Pete Townshend Preps Compilation and Symphonic Albums

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Pete Townshend will release a new solo career compilation, Truancy: The Very Best of Pete Townshend, on June 30 via a new agreement with Universal Music Enterprises.

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Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend, The Who. photo by Ros O'Gorman

Pete Townshend To Receive Stevie Ray Vaughan Award

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Pete Townshend of the Who has been selected to receive the 2015 Stevie Ray Vaughan Award from the MusiCares MAP Fund.

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Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend, The Who. photo by Ros O'Gorman

The Who Open Tour In London SETLIST

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The Who kicked off the 2015 leg of their The Who Hit 50! Tour last Sunday night (March 22) at the 02 Arena in London.

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Pete Townshend Solo Catalogue Set For Reissue

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Eleven of Pete Townshend’s solo albums are set for re-release for digital retailers.

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