The Bristol Evening Post runs a story about Jean O’Brien, a mother who still carries a scar on her face after Pete popped a guitar string onstage at the Locarno Ballroom in July 1966. Brave lass she is as she has plans to see The Who again at their upcoming show in Bristol.
Pete lists everyone who commented on The Boy Who Heard Music designating them “sitters”, i.e., candidates for inclusion in The Method, a revival of ideas he first proposed during the Lifehouse project 35 years before.
A special on the year’s Rock ‘n Roll Fantasy Camp airs on The Learning Channel
Roger attends a dress rehearsal for “Quad” a special one night only musical staging of the Who’s Quadrophenia scheduled for March 10.
Roger performs at The House of Blues in Los Angeles as part of that year’s Rock ‘n Roll Fantasy Camp. He plays “Real Good Looking Boy”, a long Johnny Cash medley on acoustic guitar and “Summertime Blues” with Cheap Trick. Accompanying on one of the songs is Joaquin Phoenix.
Pete Townshend posts the last chapter of The Boy Who Heard Music
Richard Thompson releases his 5-CD boxset RT: The Life and Music of Richard Thompson containing a live medley of “My Generation”, “I Can’t Explain” and “Substitute”. You can listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__Q6t59LQaU
Pete Townshend posts one of the last chapters of his blog novella The Boy Who Heard Music.
Mark Wilkerson publishes his previously online only biography Amazing Journey: The Life of Pete Townshend. It will be republished later by Omnibus Press as Who Are You: The Life of Pete Townshend
Roger Daltrey’s tour with the orchestral show “A Night at the Proms” continues in Oberhausen, Germany