Pete attends the final performance of a play about The Four Seasons, Jersey Boys, at the La Jolla, California Playhouse. Also present at the event are Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio of the Four Seasons. The show raises $40,000 for victims of the recent Asian tsunami.
Pete and Rachel are photographed at Kennedy Airport in New York City.
Christie’s auctions five pieces of one of Keith Moon’s silver Premiere kits to an American collector for £120,000. Meanwhile a 1963 white Gibson SG Special played by Pete during the U.K. 1973 tour is won with a bid of £85,000
CBS-TV premieres their third CSI series, CSI: New York, this time using “Baba O’Riley” as the theme song
Roger reviews Brian Wilson’s finally completed album Smile for the Observer on Sunday. He says it gives him “musical courage.”
The Who: Live in Boston DVD is released in the U.S. on DVD by Rhino
In an interview at the website Jewsweek.com, actor Jeremy Piven, also a drummer, expresses interest in portraying Keith Moon in a biopic
Pete writes the poem “Homage to Picasso.”
A new DVD edition of The Who Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970 is released featuring a 5.1 sound mix and a Pete Townshend interview on the show. It is also shown at select theaters across the U.S.
Rachel Fuller’s CD Cigarettes & Housework is released. Pete plays acoustic and electric guitar on the CD and one song co-written by Townshend and Fuller, “Jigsaw,” is included as a bonus on CD’s sold at Barnes & Noble bookstores