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Sunday, April 14, 1963
The Detours play in Bayswater at Douglas House
The Douglas House in Bayswater as it looks today
Wednesday, April 14, 1965
The Who play the Il Rondo Ballroom in Leicester
Thursday, April 14, 1966
The Who play Gaumont Cinema in Southampton. They are the last act after Paul Dean & The Soul Savages, The Sound System, Hamilton, Jimmy Cliff, The Fruit Eating Bears, The Merseys and The Spencer Davis… More »
Friday, April 14, 1967
The Who play Halle Münsterland in Münster
Sunday, April 14, 1974
Pete performs live for the first time as a solo act at The Roundhouse in London as part of a charity concert to raise funds to buy a coach for the Camden Square Community. At… More »
Sunday, April 14, 1974
Keith and Ringo appear on The Flo And Eddie Show live on KROQ-FM in Pasadena. Keith plays Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and surf music records
Monday, April 14, 1980
Pete's first totally solo album, Empty Glass, is released in the U.K. The U.S. release follows on the 21st. Reviews are raves with Sounds magazine giving the album its highest rating and Paul Morley in… More »
Cover of Pete Townshend's "Empty Glass" album
Monday, April 14, 1980
The Who play the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada You can listen to it on YouTube here
Saturday, April 14, 1984
Roger's single "Walking in My Sleep" enters the Dutch charts where it will peak at #35
Roger Daltrey's "Walking in My Sleep" single
Courtesy of discogs.com
Sunday, April 14, 1985
Pete holds the first concert organized by the Anti-Heroin campaign at St. James Church in London. Siouxsie and the Banshees perform and at the end Siouxsie presents Pete with a check for £5000. Afterwards they… More »
Monday, April 14, 1997
Fatboy Slim releases the single "Going Out Of My Head" which samples Yvonne Elliman's cover of "I Can't Explain." On the first issues, Pete is not credited as co-author, a problem corrected after Pete threatens… More »
Fatboy Slim's "Going Out Of My Head" CD single
Monday, April 14, 1997
Pete is interviewed about the Quadrophenia tour in the German newspaper Der Spiegel.
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
A Japanese website called "Rock Odyssey" hints of Who shows in Japan, a country where The Who had never before toured
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
The Evening Standard prints a pic of Pete and his partner Rachel Fuller out and about after she lands a recording contract with Universal Records
Pete Townshend and Rachel Fuller photo from the Evening Standard on April 14, 2004
Image courtesy www.thewhothismonth.com
Monday, April 14, 2008
The DVD TCT Concerts For Teenage Cancer Trust At The Royal Albert Hall is released
Cover of the "TCT Royal Albert Hall" DVD