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1997-06-24

    Michael Bruce of Alice Cooper releases an expanded CD of his 1975 solo album In My Own Way.

    1997-06-04

      Ronnie Lane, who collaborated with Pete on Rough Mix, dies in Trinidad, Colorado.

      1997-05-21

        thewho.network domain name was first registered and soon went live.

        The Who's "Face Dances" and "It's Hard" album covers

        1997-05-20

          Remixed and remastered CD’s of Face Dances and It’s Hard are released

          1997-05-19

            Pete Townshend records “Prelude 970519” that later appears on Scoop 3

            1997-05-18

              Pete runs into his future wife Rachel Fuller for the first time since last October. He begins his pursuit.

              1997-05-02

                Roger Daltrey runs a game-fishing tourney at his farm to raise money for Raleigh International, a youth development charity

                Back cover of the "Flipp" CD containing "My Generation"

                1997-04-15

                  Advance copies of Flipp’s new CD Flipp are released containing the cover of “My Generation” that got the band its record deal. They are pulled and another song is substituted after Pete denies permissionListen to it on YouTube here

                  Fatboy Slim's "Going Out Of My Head" CD single

                  1997-04-14

                    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 a lawsuit. You can listen to it on YouTube here

                    1997-04-14

                      Pete is interviewed about the Quadrophenia tour in the German newspaper Der Spiegel.