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1976-07-10

    Melody Maker prints a recent photo of Roger receiving an award from a charity organization for handicapped children

    1976-07-03

      Pete opens his Meher Baba Oceanic Centre with a week-long convention for his followers. Also at the Oceanic Centre at this time is an amateur production of Siddhartha with music by Pete. “The Ferryman” from this show is later released on Pete’s Another Scoop

      1976-05-27

        Keith arrives at Brecknock School in North London school to inspect the boys of the 51st Company of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.

        1976-05-27

          Keith and John attend the Rolling Stones’ concert at Earls Court

          1976-05-15

            Keith flies into London to rehearse with The Who before the next leg of the tour.

            1976-05-07

              The Steve Gibbons Band album Any Road Up, produced by John and Cy Langston, is released. It fails to chart

              1976-04-17

                The Patti Smith Group perform their punk version of “My Generation” on Saturday Night Live At the end the drummer tries to kick his kit over but it is nailed down and he falls off his drum stool.

                1976-03-22

                  Pete goes to a doctor to discover the cause of painful ringing keeping him up at night. He is told that there is no cure, only treatment, for his tinnitus and, if he continues to subject himself to the volumes associated with The Who, he will lose his hearing completely within a few years  … Read More »1976-03-22

                  Cover of Elton John's "Pinball Wizard" from the Netherlands

                  1976-03-20

                    A year after the release of Tommy: The Movie, Elton John’s cover of “Pinball Wizard” from the soundtrack enters the British charts. It ultimately peaks at #7

                    Program for The Who's March 19, 1976 concert

                    1976-03-19

                      The Who were scheduled to play the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado