1971-02-20
Keith is the guest MC at a “Viv Stanshall, Neil Innes and Freaks” show
Other
1971-02-10
Pete Townshend and Frank Dunlop, the Young Vic’s artistic director, are reportedly photographed by the Evening Standard
1971-02-08
The Who are billed as session guests on BBC Radio One’s The Johnnie Walker Show.
1971-01-29
Frank Zappa’s videotape movie 200 Motels begins shooting and concludes on the 29th.
1971-01-24
Pete and Keith are drinking at the Speakeasy when Frank Zappa asks them if they want to be in his new movie
1971-01-13
The Who hold a press conference at the Young Vic
1970-12-14
Keith is photographed dressed as Scrooge for Disc and Music Echo magazine Christmas edition. He is standing outside ‘The Old Curiosity Shop’ in Portsmouth Street, Westminster, which is believed to have been the inspiration for the antique shop in the Dickens novel of that name
1970-12-11
Viv Stanshall releases his solo single “Suspicion,” credited to Vivian Stanshall & Gargantuan Chums. It is produced by Keith with Moon on drums and John on brass and bass. It is sent out by Track Records offshoot Fly. It fails to make the charts.
1970-11-26
The Who fail to play the Fillmore North in Newcastle after Roger gets fogged in on the motorway.
1970-11-13
Thunderclap Newman’s “Wild Country” backed with “Hollywood Dream” is released in the U.K.