Pete is interviewed on the programme Night Waves on the U.K.’s classical music station BBC Radio 3. A major topic is the influence of auto-destructive artist Gustav Metger who currently has a retrospective of his six-decade artistic career in London
Heinz Rudolf Kunze releases his live album Räuberzivil featuring a cover of “My Generation”. You can listen to it on YouTube here
Pete drops by the Theatre Royal in Plymouth to meet the cast of the musical Quadrophenia. “To hear my songs sung by new young people is a thrill. I enjoy working in music theatre and feel at ease. It is humbling and exciting at the same time.” Read more about the musical at our friends… Read More »2009-09-10
The FX series Sons of Anarchy starts its second season with a special performance of “Slip Kid” by the heavy metal group Anvil. You can watch it on YouTube here
The Daily Mail prints paparazzi photos of Pete riding a 50cc Vespa around his neighborhood, then parking it in his home. See the article online here
Roger Daltrey in interviewed on BBC Radio 5. He says The Who would have failed if they had competed on The X Factor.
Pete pens an entry at thewho.com announcing that he is working on a new musical to be called Floss. The story is: “Walter, a straight-cut pub rock musician, is able to retire when one of his songs becomes the TV anthem of a big car company. He becomes a house-husband while his wife Floss devotes… Read More »2009-08-24
Rhino Records releases the CD boxset Woodstock – 40 Years On: Back To Yasgur’s Farm. It contains the first official releases of “Amazing Journey” and the complete “We’re Not Gonna Take It” from that performance.
Pete Townshend writes a love letter to the people at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth in their quarterly journal, praising them for their work on the stage version of Quadrophenia. “All the time I have been working there I have had the pleasure of seeing young people rolling in and out on educational programmes, all… Read More »2009-08-11
Roger Daltrey is interviewed in Billboard. He announces that he will soon be touring with a new solo band made up of keyboardist Loren Gold, bassist Jon Button, drummer Scott Devours and guitarist and musical director Frank Simes. The tour, in reference to Roger’s voice, will be called the Use It Or Lose It tour.… Read More »2009-08-03