1969-11-09
The Who were scheduled to play the Kinetic Playground in Chicago, but the venue was destroyed by a fire two nights earlier
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1969-10-26
The classical music reviewer for The New York Times, Clive Barnes, discusses The Who and rock operas in an article
1968-10-21
The Who are at IBC Studios
1969-10-01
The Who’s Concertgebouw show is broadcast on AVRO radio.
1969-09-05
Keith and John attend a screening of Richard Stanley’s student movie Lone Ranger at the International Film Festival in Edinburgh. Pete appears in the film and provides music for the soundtrack.
1969-08-28
Who manager Kit Lambert phones Ronald Foulk who is putting on the upcoming 2nd Isle of Wight Festival. Having heard that Bob Dylan is getting £35,000 to perform, Lambert ups The Who’s fee from £450 to £5000. A compromise is reached at £900 with £200 expenses.
1969-08-26
The Who travel to Hamburg, Germany for two days of recording a Beat Club television special about the new rock opera, miming to the record over chroma-keyed pinball tables and stills from the Tommy booklet. Pete is also interviewed in English at some depth about the meaning of Tommy.
1969-08-26
A pre-recorded interview with Pete airs on the Nederland 1 programme Televizer.
1969-08-23
The Who were to have played at the Grays Festival Marquee in the Brentwood Road, Grays, Essex but they show up only to apologize for having to cancel because of Keith’s busted foot.
1969-08-23
“I’m Free” hits its peak on the Billboard charts at #23, holding that position the next week