2006-08-15
Robbie Basho’s 1969 album Venus In Cancer is re-released on CD in the U.S. with quotes from Pete in the liner notes
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2006-08-08
The Who’s new EP “Wire and Glass” is listed at #58 in the German charts, #83 in Switzerland and #31 in Austria.
2006-08-07
thewholive.tv site that had streamed Who concerts the previous month is taken down, collapsing from a combination of server costs, music rights costs and disagreement between Pete and Roger.
2006-08-02
Keith Moon’s ex-wife, Kim Kerrigan Moon McLagen, is killed in a traffic accident in Eastern Travis County, Texas.
2006-08-02
Moon The Loon, a play written by Chas Early (who plays Keith) and Martin Keady and partially concerned about Keith and Kim’s problematic marriage, opens at the Edinburgh Festival.
2006-07-26
The Who had a show scheduled in Barcelona but it was cancelled
2006-07-24
Wire and Glass has a limited released on CD and 12-inch vinyl in Europe on Polydor. E! reviews the EP giving it a B. “Surprisingly, despite the deaths of drummer Keith Moon and bassist John Entwistle, this release sounds more like the classic Who than the group’s last album, 1982’s It’s Hard. Sure, Daltrey’s voice… Read More »2006-07-24
2006-07-17
Crosbi releases their CD single “Helayou” featuring a cover of “Substitute”. You can listen to it here
2006-07-16
The Guardian weighs in on Wire and Glass. “Clattering drums and an urgent vocal introduce the Who’s first new music in yonks, pitched somewhere between Tommy and Quadrophenia. That’s not surprising as the lyrics to ‘Sound Around’, the first of six vignettes making up this 11-minute maxi-single, were written in 1971. There is some preposterous… Read More »2006-07-16
2006-07-13
Roger and Pete hold a press conference at the Fritz Club in Berlin, Germany. Pete explains the long absence from recording with The Who: “When the Who stopped making records in 1982, I felt that I just couldn’t do it anymore. I felt that what the Who had done was triumphant, huge, innovative, groundbreaking, massive,… Read More »2006-07-13