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Cover of Melody Maker magazine from January 17, 1981

1981-01-17

    Paulo Hewitt in Melody Maker reports on spending a day with The Who

    1980-12-20

      Record Mirror features a story titled “Who Play Charity Gig” about The Who’s participation in the upcoming concert to raise funds for the “Erin Pizzey’s Chiswick Family Rescue Organization”

      1980-10-25

        The Who re-release their long out-of-print first album My Generation in the U.K.

        1980-10-11

          Melody Maker prints a joint interview with Pete and Paul Weller of the Who-influenced mod band The Jam. It was the first time these two had met.

          1980-08-30

            Record Mirror carries a full page ad for McVicar

            1980-07-05

              Record Mirror carries a short article announcing The Who’s upcoming U.K. Tour

              1980-06-24

                The Daily Mirror publishes an interview with Pete by Noreen Taylor

                Cover of Melody Maker from February 23, 1980

                1980-02-23

                  Keith Altham, The Who’s press agent, defends The Who in a letter to Melody Maker.

                  Cover of the January 24, 1980 Rolling Stone magazine

                  1980-01-24

                    Chet Flippo writes a lengthy report on December’s Cincinnati tragedy for Rolling Stone . He reveals that various citizens and city officials had warned that something like this was going to happen at Riverfront Coliseum as early as three years before. In another article, promoter Larry Magid calls the tragedy a “symptom of society” that… Read More »1980-01-24

                    1980-01-16

                      Variety reports The Who have been signed to Warner Brothers Records