1979-06-14
The movie The Kids Are Alright has its U.S. premiere in New York. John and Kenney Jones fly over to attend the showing
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1979-06-09
The Who attend the Scotland premiere of The Kids Are Alright at the La Scala cinema in Glasgow
1979-06-06
Roger and Pete are interviewed on the ITV music programme ‘Alright Now.’ (Tyne Tees Television)
1979-06-01
The May 16th Who performance is broadcast in its entirety on French Radio.
1979-05-09
In Variety, Pete says he wants to put out videodisc albums with visuals that would go along with the music. They also report that Roger is now working on the film McVicar.
1979-04-29
Kenney is interviewed in Melody Maker. He says being picked to fill Keith’s chair has made him nervous
1979-04-09
The Who, now with John “Rabbit” Bundrick on keyboards and Kenney Jones on drums, begin rehearsing their stage act. Over the next two-and-a-half weeks they rehearse for a total of six days. The rehearsals are filmed by the BBC as part of a feature on the programme Nationwide and footage of The Who rehearsing “Who… Read More »1979-04-09
1979-02-12
The press reports that Pete is starting another record label to be called Propeller Records and has signed three groups.
1979-02-10
The Fabulous Poodles’ LP Mirror Stars hits the U.S. charts where it peaks at #61. “Work Shy”, “Mr. Mike”, “Roll Your Own” and “Cherchez la Femme” were recorded in June 1977 and were produced by John Entwistle. John also plays bass on “Mr. Mike” and “Cherchez la Femme” You can listen to them on youtube… Read More »1979-02-10
1979-02-06
Tommy opens as a musical in London’s West End with Pete in attendance. The script is based on the screenplay to the film written by Pete and Ken Russell. Allan Love stars as the afflicted hero and Paul Tomlinson and John Hole direct. Chris Welch in Melody Maker gives it a positive review although he… Read More »1979-02-06