Pete Townshend Archives

Drummer Zak Starkey is not parting company with The Who despite issuing a statement to the contrary.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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”.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.