The Who

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

Music Gossip

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…

Review - Roger Daltrey, Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, Wed 6 Jul

Daltrey flies the Who flag, with compelling results

8 Jul 2011

The truly distinctive thing about The Who was that each of the four members appeared to believe he was the band’s lead guitarist, even if guitar wasn’t the instrument he played. Each brought an exhibitionist’s swagger to his role; the whirling mania of…

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…

The Who and Debbie Harry sign up for KILLING Cancer

Music Gossip

12 Nov 2010

The Who and Blondie's Debbie Harry will play at a KILLING Cancer charity show next year. The event will also see guitarist Jeff Beck and former The Verve singer Richard Ashcroft take to the stage to raise money for the charity, which funds research…

Bryan Adams joins KILLING Cancer concert

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12 Nov 2010

Bryan Adams has joined the bill of the KILLING Cancer charity show. The Canadian rocker joins The Who, Jeff Beck, The Verve's Richard Ashcroft and Blondie legend Debbie Harry for the concert which is being held at London's HMV Hammersmith Apollo on…

The Who will tour Quadrophenia

Music Gossip

8 Jul 2010

The Who are to tour in 2011 and will incorporate their famous rock opera 'Quadrophenia' into their set. Despite suggestions the group may stop performing, singer Roger Daltrey insists he and bandmate Pete Townshend want to keep going until they are…

Quadrophenia

28 May 2009

The stage musical adaptation of the film of the landmark album by The Who, about a bloody Bank Holiday weekend battle between the Mods and the Rockers in Brighton at the height of their 1960s rivalry, is told from the point of view of teenage rebel…

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…