2000-08-21
A letter from Roger concerning the football team Arsenal appears in the Evening Standard.
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2000-08-21
Ron & The Splinters release the mini-album Go Ron Go featuring a cover of the rare Pete song “Things Have Changed.”
2000-08-19
The cult sci-fi cable show Farscape runs an episode entitled “Won’t Get Fooled Again.”
2000-08-17
In an interview with the website Wall Of Sound, John says the new Who album will be recorded at his home studio. Pete meanwhile says Roger is planning to record it at his home studio
2000-08-15
The movie Chasing Destiny is released straight to video on DVD in Europe. Roger plays a hippie bass player in this romantic comedy originally titled “Romantic Moritz”. Future teen star Drake Bell also stars
2000-08-06
The Sunday Mirror reports that Robbie Williams is considering playing Keith Moon in Roger’s planned biopic of the late Who drummer
2000-08-02
Pete attends the wedding of The Who’s manager, Bill Curbishley. Pete says he spends a long time talking to fellow Curbishley-managed act, Jimmy Page.
2000-07-22
Elena Powell & The Glitter Folk release their CD Left Of The Moon with an acoustic cover of “Tattoo.” You can listen to it on YouTube here
2000-07-19
Shel Talmy surprises everyone by putting the original three-track tapes he produced with The Who in 1965 on auction at ebay.com. The opening bid is $500,000 with a reserve price of $1 million. It fails to get any bids but begins the process that ultimately leads to the release of My Generation: Deluxe Edition, mixed… Read More »2000-07-19
2000-07-17
Thunder releases their live CD They Think It’s All Over…It Is Now containing a live cover of “Pinball Wizard” You can see Thunder perform Pinball Wizard on Youtube here and here