Pete Townshend

Pete Townshend rocks Prince's Trust Gala

Music Gossip

24 Nov 2011

Pete Townshend and Boy George topped an impressive bill at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala at the Royal Albert Hall in London last night (23.11.11). The pair were joined by veterans including Chris de Burgh, Nik Kershaw and Midge Ure and stars such as…

Pete Townshend blasts iTunes

Music Gossip

1 Nov 2011

Pete Townshend has blasted Apple's iTunes service for bleeding artists "like a digital vampire". The Who guitarist thinks the digital download service - which accounts for more than 75 per cent of all legal downloads - should employ 20 talent scouts…

Pete Townshend fears his songwriting days are over

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23 Aug 2011

The Who guitarist Pete Townshend fears he can no longer write songs. The legendary 'My Generation' songwriter doesn't feel he can push musical boundaries like he used to during his band's 70s heyday, and admits trying to write songs has become a…

Roger Daltrey unsure if The Who will tour again

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18 Jul 2011

Roger Daltrey isn't sure if he will ever tour with Pete Townshend again as The Who. The 67-year-old singer is currently performing his 'Tommy Reborn' show - which features songs from the band's acclaimed rock opera - but he doesn't know if he will…

Roger Daltrey made ill through touring

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28 Jun 2011

Roger Daltrey says touring made him "very, very seriously ill". The Who singer - who recently underwent surgery to remove a pre-cancerous growth from a vocal chord - has been plagued by health problems when on the road and was almost hospitalised…

Who has the best harmonies

Music Gossip

25 Mar 2011

Roger Daltrey reckons The Who's vocal harmonies were better than The Beach Boys'. The singer with the legendary 'My Generation' rockers performed a solo concert at London's Royal Albert Hall last night (24.03.11), where he paid tribute to the band's…

Pete Townshend wishes he didn't join The Who

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24 Mar 2011

Pete Townshend wishes he had never joined The Who. Despite the band being considered one of the greatest rock groups of all-time, the guitarist believes he could have been just as successful as a solo performer. 'My Generation' rocker Townshend is…

Pete Townshend wanted to destroy The Who

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20 Mar 2011

Pete Townshend used to think The Who should "literally destroy themselves" to make an impact on the music industry. The 65-year-old rocker - who was the guitarist and songwriter in the band -was keen to adopt a "punk" frame of mind during the early…

Quadrophenia

14 May 2009

The current economic crisis has cast many minds back to the unemployment-wracked 1970s, so it’s perhaps apt that a new stage adaptation of The Who’s Quadrophenia – one of the decade’s most celebrated albums – is touring this year. Composed by The Who…