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1971-08-20

The Who fly back to London. All except for Pete who is kicked off the plane for excessive inebriation. He gets a flight out the next day.

Keith appears in a taped performance on Viv Stanshall’s BBC Radio One program Radio Flashes. Other Keith appearances occur on the 21st and 28th.

A pre-recorded interview with Pete is broadcast on BBC Radio 1’s Scene And Heard

“Won’t Get Fooled Again” reaches its U.K. chart peak at #9, repeating the position the next week.

Pete is interviewed on WMMS-FM where he declares, “we’ve been careful not to preach and careful not to teach.”

Members of The Who attended the evening “George Harrison And Friends” concert benefitting Bangla Desh at Madison Square Gardens in New York.

Henry Mancini’s album Mancini Concert hits the U.S. charts. It features a cover of “Overture (from Tommy).” You can listen to it on YouTube here

Pete is interviewed in The Times. He discusses Mick Jagger’s fascination with The Who, his desire for a film project, and how tired he is of Tommy.

Roger marries his second wife, 24-year old American model Heather Taylor, at the Battle Registry Office in East Sussex

Keith sits in on a session with Paul McCartney’s brother’s band The Scaffold, playing drums on their song “Do The Albert.” You can listen to it here