Pete Townshend News

The Acid Queen, Pinball Wizard and Cousin Kevin are going to church. Area rock outfit Echo Park is bringing The Who's Tommy back to Boone for a Dec.

Pete Townshend was the guitarist and primary songwriter for the Who from 1964 to 1982, also participating in the group's occasional reunions after its formal breakup.

Superbowl XLIV will feature one of thew world's greatest rock and roll bands, THE WHO.

Child AbuseWatch, the national child abuse prevention organization, today published an open letter to the National Football League and CBS.

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Is Carteret in the house? Sure is, on 'The Smithereens Play Tommy.' Smithereens guitarist Jim Babjak of Manalapan and drummer Dennis Diken of Carteret step to the fore on this tribute/reinterpretation of The Who's rock opera 'Tommy.' Here, Babjak is a rock god who ciphers Pete Townshend's original guitar parts with power and precision - and ...

When the Who is on - it's really on. Maybe it hasn't always been as consistently ferocious or tuneful a live act as it once was.

For Who fans, the exciting news is that plans are afoot for the group to record new music next spring.

Ray of Light Theatre's San Francisco production of "The Who's Tommy" is perfectly timed.

Looks like even The Who's Roger Daltrey can't stand to see his solo records, but, live, he still has it.

The Who's 65-year-old frontman flourishes as a solo act in the intimate confines of the historic downtown L.A. venue.

Roger Daltrey will perform at the Commodore Ballroom and celebrate the songs of Pete Townshend, as well as some of his own.

In September of 1978 Who drummer, Keith Moon, died. The band had reached a crossroad as to either continue as the Who or call it a day.

Artist Biography: The Who By Bruce Eder & Stephen Thomas Few bands in the history of rock & roll were riddled with as many contradictions as the Who .

Rock music went to college in the 1960s. First it started pilfering from classical music and theater.

Who singer Roger Daltrey rarely tours as a solo act, but that's what he'll do with a six-week tour that begins Oct.

Mod legend Roger Daltrey will be casting his expert ear over local rock bands at this year's Hastings Musical Festival.

A Bill Schultz, Ina Meibach, Theater Royal, Plymouth presentation of a musical in two acts, based on the Who's album, with music, lyrics and concept by Pete Townshend, adapted by Jeff Young, John O'Hara and Tom Critchley.

Roger Daltrey says one of the goals of his upcoming "Use It Or Lose It" tour is to get his voice in prime shape for the start of the Who's next album later this year.

He is perhaps the best-known figurehead of the Mod movement in the 1960s. And it is clear that even in his 64th year, Pete Townshend has not lost his rebellious streak.