The Who

The Who 60th Celebrated In UK With Stamp Series

Royal Mail today revealed images of a set of 12 Special Stamps being issued to celebrate one of the UK’s most innovative and influential bands of the rock and roll era, The Who.

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The Who Roger Daltrey. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Roger Daltrey Closes Princes Trust 2024 Event With Plant, Vedder, Weller

by Paul Cashmere

Closing a week of incredible shows last night was Ovation – A Celebration of 24 Years of gigs for Teenage Cancer Trust, a show featuring Roger Daltrey’s friends and fans, many of those who helped establish these gigs as a celebrated annual event: Roger himself, alongside Kelly Jones, Robert Plant with Saving Grace, Eddie Vedder and Paul Weller.

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Roger Daltrey To Do Most Acoustic Tour of UK

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Roger Daltrey has announced a “mostly acoustic” solo tour this summer.

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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 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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The Who Expand Who’s Next To Include Lifehouse

by Paul Cashmere

The Who will release a 10-disc version of ‘Who’s Next’ with the unreleased ‘Lifehouse’ added.

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You Am I To Perform The Who’s Tommy

by Paul Cashmere

You Am I will cover the classic The Who rock opera ‘Tommy’ in July and August.

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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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Watch New Performance Of Roger Daltrey Doing Leo Sayer’s ‘Giving It All Away’ in 2023

by Paul Cashmere

Roger Daltrey has been performing Leo Sayer’s ‘Giving It All Away’ in his current shows and footage has made its way online.

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The Who To Release Live Album With Orchestra

by Paul Cashmere

The Who will release a live album with a 50-piece orchestra recorded in 2019.

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The Who To Headline Nordoff Robins Christmas Show

by Paul Cashmere

The Who are headlining a special Christmas carol service over the festive season.

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Woodstock Relived ’22 is Finally Happening For Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Woodstock Relived has been rescheduled for November 26 in Melbourne.

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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.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Ben Townshend, Pete Townshend, rock, Roger Daltrey, Simon Townshend, The Who, UK

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Tenacious D Honor The Who For Charity Single

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Tenacious D have paid tribute to The Who with a medley of ‘Tommy’ hits for charity.

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The Who Play First Gig In Cincinnati Since 1979 Tragedy

by Paul Cashmere

The Who paid tribute to the victims of the 1979 tragedy during their first show back in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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The Who To Release First Two Albums As Half-Speed Masters

by Paul Cashmere

The first two albums by The Who, ‘My Generation’ (1965) and ‘A Quick One’ (1966) will be reissued as Half-Speed Masters in May.

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Final Melbourne Tommy Performance Cancelled Due To Covid

by Paul Cashmere

The final performance for Victorian Opera’s The Who’s Tommy has been cancelled due to Covid in the crew.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Amy Lehpamer, Australia, Matt Hetherington, Paul Capsis, rock, The Who, Tommy, UK, Victorian Opera

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Victorian Opera Has Delivered A Stunning New Production of ‘The Who’s Tommy’

by Paul Cashmere

After two years of pandemic delays The Victorian Opera’s production of The Who’s Tommy has premiered in Melbourne and it is stunning.

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New Dates For Victorian Opera Production of Tommy

by Paul Cashmere

Victorian Opera has rescheduled The Who’s rock opera Tommy for new dates in 2022.

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The Faces May Have 14 New Songs Set To Go

by Paul Cashmere

The Faces appear to have more than a dozen new songs set to go and could be planning a tour.

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Roger Daltrey Announces UK Solo Tour

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Roger Daltrey is set to embark on his ‘Who Was I?’ solo tour later this year.

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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 ‘Who’s Next’ Turns 50

by Paul Cashmere

‘Who’s Next’, the fifth album by The Who, turns 50 this week.

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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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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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Roger Daltrey Announces Solo US Dates

by Paul Cashmere

The Who frontman Roger Daltrey has announced a solo tour of the US.

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Roger Daltrey Lives On A Farm and Loves It

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Roger Daltrey thinks agriculture saved him from the excesses of fame.

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Tom Jones, Forum theatre Melbourne 2014, photo Ros O'Gorman

Tom Jones Heads For His First UK No 1 in Two Decades

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Sir Tom Jones is on course for his first UK Number 1 album in two decades with Surrounded By Time.

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The Who Revisit Heinz Baked Beans For 50th Anniversary

by Music-News.com

The Who have reunited with Heinz five decades after their iconic ‘The Who Sell Out’ album artwork, which featured frontman Roger Daltrey sitting in a bath full of Heinz Beanz.

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Paul McCartney Is In The Money … Quite Literally

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