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Monday, April 29, 1963
The Detours play at the White Hart Hotel in Acton
Friday, April 29, 1966
The Who play the Tiles Club in Soho, London
Saturday, April 29, 1967
Disc reports that The Who will play the Monterey International Pop Festival. This issue also features an article titled "Violent? Not me! says Who's Keith" and a mention of Pete's plan to attend the "14-Hour… More »
Saturday, April 29, 1967
Pete is a special guest at the "14-Hour Technicolour Dream," a benefit for the underground newspaper International Times, at the Ally Pally (Alexandra Palace) in London. Pete films and records this acid-drenched musical spectacular scouting… More »
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Saturday, April 29, 1967
Billboard magazine carries a short review of The Who's "Happy Jack" album
Saturday, April 29, 1967
Melody Maker features an article titled "Pictures of the Who" by Nick Jones. "Pop Think in with Carl Wayne" also mentions The Who Transcript (not reviewed) Pictures of the WHO By NICK JONES “We’ve forgotten… More »
Saturday, April 29, 1967
Record Mirror features a photo of The Who on the cover. Strangely, the issue doesn't appear to have an article on the band.
Saturday, April 29, 1967
New Musical Express reports on The WHo's upcoming tour with Herman's Hermits and also that they will play the Monterey International Pop Festival. "Pictures of Lily" makes its debut in the "Top 30" at number…
Monday, April 29, 1968
The Who play the Top Rank Suite in Watford, Hertfordshire
Monday, April 29, 1974
Three more days of filming begin on the "Cousin Kevin" sequence at Harefield Grove
Tuesday, April 29, 1975
Keith and his steady girlfriend Annette arrive in London from Los Angeles
Photo by PA Images via Getty Images
Friday, April 29, 1977
Pete plays "Layla" and "Crossroads" with Eric Clapton at The Rainbow in Finsbury Park, London.
Sunday, April 29, 1979
Kenney is interviewed in Melody Maker. He says being picked to fill Keith's chair has made him nervous
Tuesday, April 29, 1980
The Who play the Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa
Wednesday, April 29, 1981
Kit Lambert is cremated and his ashes taken to Golders Green where Keith Moon's ashes had been interred two and a half years before
Thursday, April 29, 1982
The Who is honored for its Outstanding Contribution To British Music at the 27th annual Ivor Novello Awards held at London's Grosvenor House Hotel
Photo by Richard Young
Monday, April 29, 1985
The Mirror reports that The Who are considering reuniting for a one-off show for Ethiopian relief due to the urgings of Bob Geldof. Pete: "Yes, I have talked to the others about it...At the moment… More »
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Saturday, April 29, 1989
Pete records a promotional interview at Atlantic Studios in New York City concerning his forthcoming album The Iron Man. The interview is later released as a promo LP called An Eye For An I.
Friday, April 29, 1994
Roger Daltrey and Pete's brother Simon Townshend perform "Baba O'Riley" and "Summertime Blues" at a memorial concert for Mick Ronson and the Hammersmith Odeon in London
Photo by Mick Hutson/Redferns
Monday, April 29, 1996
Pete performs two shows accompanied by pianist Jon Carin at The House Of Blues in Los Angeles
Photo by Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Tuesday, April 29, 1997
The Who play Deutschlandhalle in Berlin, Germany
Sunday, April 29, 2001
The "Off The Mark" cartoon by Mark Parisi includes a reference to Pete Townshend. You can see the comic here
Thursday, April 29, 2004
The press reports that Roger recently told a Radio Academy audience that he listens primarily to BBC Radio 4, adding that Woman's Hour was one of his favourite shows. "But they f***ed up. Radio 4… More »
Thursday, April 29, 2004
Kevin Russell comes out with the CD My Generation featuring a jazz instrumental cover of "My Generation".
You can listen to it on YouTube here
You can listen to it on YouTube here
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Pete writes a piece on photographer Colin Jones for The Times. You can read it here
Photo: Colin Jones / Topfoto
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
The Who play the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas
Courtesy of Lauren J. Hammer
Friday, April 29, 2016
The Who play the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri
Photo by Alan Tipping