Pete attends the funeral for The Beatles’ former road manager and business advisor Neil Aspinall. At the service held at St Mary-the-Virgin Church in Twickenham, Pete performs two of Aspinall’s favorite songs, “Mr. Tambourine Man” and “My Sweet Lord.”
Roger performs at the Childline Rocks benefit concert at the IndigO2 in London. Following Marillion and Fish, Roger and backing band Thunder perform “Two Thousand Years,” “The Kids Are Alright” and “Behind Blue Eyes.”
The compilation CD The Who: The Ultimate Collection is awarded Platinum status by the RIAA
The DVD TCT at the Royal Albert Hall is released at the Teenage Cancer Trust website. The disc features Who performances of “The Seeker,” “Baba O’Riley” and “Tea & Theatre” plus Roger with Razorlight doing “Summertime Blues.” The general public release isn’t until 14 April.
The compilation CD 20th Century Masters: The Who is awarded Platinum status by the RIAA.
Pete writes his diary entry after having been “asked by our webmaster to communicate with the outside world.” He chats about celebrities and how much he never wants to leave his home studio
Roger, on his 64th birthday, gives in to TheWho.com and sends a message to fans Welcome to The Who’s first online home. I feel about as useful as a pork chop in a synagogue with all this Internet bollocks. I suppose it keeps millions of people in virtual conversation, which saves them getting too burned… Read More »2008-03-01
Virgin Radio in the U.K. makes headlines by banning The Beatles’ music from the station after listeners vote them off. Consulted for comment, Roger Daltrey says “I didn’t like all their music. I can understand that everything has its sell-by date.”
The CD Corner Stone Cues Presents: “Eton Path” is released featuring an orchestral cover of “Underture”
U.S. State Department spokesman Tom Casey speaks on Cuba’s transfer of power from Fidel Castro to his brother Raul: “I used the analogy … from a Who song, ‘Meet the new boss, he’s the same as the old boss.’”