Pat Long in the New Musical Express reviews Wire and Glass: “It’s a very familiar sounding song because it is them rediscovering the sound that made them famous in the early 70s. So I think no one will be surprised by it and a lot of people will feel very comfortable with it.”
Pete records an appearance on The Johnny Walker Show on BBC Radio 2. He performs “Let’s See Action” and “Endless Wire”
The Times (London) reviews the Who’s new mini-opera EP Wire and Glass: “It’s all faintly preposterous. But there’s something great about it too; something noble in Townshend’s belligerent insistence that there’s nothing the novel, say, can achieve that rock music can’t. The only shame is that it’s taken him so long to come up with… Read More »2006-07-07
Pete and Roger return to Leeds University for the unveiling of a Civic Trust plaque commemorating their 14 Feb. 1970 performance that became the Live at Leeds albumYou can watch footage from this event on YouTube here
6200 people watch the webcast of In The Attic showing The Who rehearsing at Bray Studios
The short-lived video service thewholive.tv is launched by Pete
BBC Radio 2 premiers “Mirror Door”, from the new Wire and Glass EP
The Gangster Rabbi releases his album Jewish Pirate
The first day of rehearsals for The Who’s new set at Bray Studios in Windsor.
Rachel’s In The Attic does a tribute to the movie The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou. Pete is shown in session recording “Trilby’s Piano” for Endless Wire and on the show playing “Here For More” and “Sheraton Gibson”. The show ends with the cast recreating the underwater “tiger shark” sequence with Pete in the Bill… Read More »2006-05-30