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1971-07-17

    Roger discusses the possibility of playing Tommy in a film in Record Mirror

    1971-07-14

      Keith Moon holds a Who’s Next listening party for the press and friends at his home Tara, a bizarre multi-pyramid-shaped structure that he had recently purchased for £65,000. The album is blasted out while The Who lounge on the lawn and the press snap away. During the party Pete is confronted by writers for the underground paper International… Read More »1971-07-14

      1971-07-07

        The Who mime a performance of “Won’t Get Fooled Again” for Top of the Pops. It airs on the 15th

        1971-07-04

          The Who are discussing Stanley Kubrick’s film 2001: A Space Odyssey when they spy concrete “monoliths” in a slag heap. These monoliths had been placed there to keep the slagheap from shifting. The Who run out to a monolith and pretend to be apes “discovering” it while photographer Ethan Russell, who had accompanied them to… Read More »1971-07-04

          1971-07-03

            Melody Maker reports on the appearance of a new Who bootleg in the U.S., Who Unreleased. Seven of the ten tracks are British Who releases that had not yet come out in the States.

            1971-06-26

              Keith introduces Sha Na Na’s headlining set at the Reading Festival.

              1971-06-11

                Beach Boy Dennis Wilson puts his hand through a window severing tendons

                1971-06-03

                  Keith Moon is advertised to perform in the Bumpers All Star (Afro Drum) jam

                  1971-05-28

                    Glyn Johns gives “Won’t Get Fooled Again” its final mix before mastering

                    1971-05-22

                      Chris Charlesworth pens an article in Melody Maker about the stereo system in Keith’s Rolls Royce