Pete’s The Iron Man, a musical version of Ted Hughes’ children’s book and featuring two new recordings by The Who, hits the U.S. charts. The album opens to generally favorable but not enthusiastic reviews. It peaks at #58 in Billboard. A single “A Friend Is A Friend” backed with “Man Machines” is also released but… Read More »1989-07-15
Pete answers fans’ questions for over two hours on the syndicated American radio show Rock Line
Advertising Age magazine does a feature on the involvement of Miller Brewing and Anheauser-Busch in The Who’s tour and The Who’s participation in Miller TV commercials.
The Who attend a private party at Cagney’s nightclub where Pete, Roger and John blow out the candles on a 25th Anniversary cake.
The Who attend a party in their honor at the Waldorf Astoria
Pete and Ronnie Lane’s Rough Mix is released on CD.
The book Standing in the Shadows Of Motown: The Life and Music of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson is published.
John receives his custom-made black-and-white Union Jack jacket from the Mayor of London
Roger is at the Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of Mack The Knife, which features Roger singing the title song.
Rhino Records releases the 1972 London Symphony Orchestra version of Tommy on CD