2000-05-25
Roger and John are interviewed by Gary Graff for MusicDirect.com. John says he hopes the new Who album will be “a lot more up-tempo, up-front. I’ve said that before , and I usually end up with the only rock ‘n’ roll songs on the album.”
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2000-05-24
Pete has an online chat through barnesandnoble.com
2000-05-23
Redline Entertainment releases the CD Lifehouse Elements at Best Buy stores
2000-05-23
Sherie Rene Scott releases her CD Men I’ve Had featuring covers of The Who and Pete Townshend
2000-05-23
The Dropkick Murphy’s Mob Mentality is released with a cover of “The Kids Are Alright”. Listen to it on YouTube here
2000-05-19
Justin Kreutzmann begins shooting a documentary about John at his house.
2000-05-10
Pete opens an online auction to benefit Mozambique. The jewel of the auction is a 1957 Fender Stratocaster owned by Eric Clapton. Before the auction is over, the guitar is bought by Pete, Mick Jagger and David Bowie, who send it to Prime Minister Tony Blair as a gift. Blair returns it and the guitar… Read More »2000-05-10
2000-05-06
John Entwistle plays a benefit show for the Stow Surgery in his hometown of Stow-In-The-Wold, Gloucesterchire, England, with a bunch of other mid-50’s rockers under the name “The Stowaways”. You can watch a news report on the Stowaways on YouTube here
2000-05-01
The world premiere of the football biopic Best at Waterfront Hall in Belfast. Roger co-stars as rowdy footballer Rodney Marsh and sings “House of the Rising Sun”.
2000-04-28
Pete’s VH1 Storytellers episode premiers in the U.K.