The SAS Band (Spike’s All Star SAS Band) featuring Chris Tompson, Tony Hadley, Paul Young, Leo Sayer, Arthur Brown, Fish, Mark Shaw, Tom Robinson, Richard O’Brien, Roy Wood and Roger Taylor release The SAS Band live DVD. It contains a cover of “My Generation” with vocals by Leo Sayer and lead guitar by Formula 1… Read More »2004-04-04
An Australian promoter papers Sydney and Melbourne with posters saying Who’s Touring? hinting at a Who tour of Australia
Roger greets Queen Elizabeth at the Royal Albert Hall with supporters of Teenage Cancer Trust. “I asked her to speak up because I’m in a rock ‘n’ roll band. She did speak up, she was very gracious.” Roger performs that night with Paul Weller, James Dean Bradfield and Kelly Jones doing “The Kids Are Alright”… Read More »2004-03-30
Cartoon Network’s late-night version, Adult Swim, shows the episode “Temporary Blindness” from the series Home Movies containing “Timmy,” a parody of Tommy: The Movie.
H.E.A.R. releases the Who’s tribute CD Who’s Not Forgotten: FDR’s Tribute to The Who. You can listen to it on youtube here
Compendia Records releases a truncated CD of Pete Townshend Live: A Benefit for Maryville Academy as Magic Bus: Live From Chicago
Mario Martin Zelaya releases his CD Sorcery and Beer with an acoustic guitar cover of “I Can See For Miles”
The Who begin rehearsals for their upcoming live shows. Video and audio are streamed live over Pete’s website
Roger and his wife Heather attend a party celebrating Paul McKenna’s book Change Your Life in 7 Days staying at the top of the book sales chart.
Sarah Dempster in The Guardian pens an article called “Why I Love…Roger Daltrey”: “Loveable Laurel to Pete Townshend’s truculent Hardy, Roger Daltrey was – and, indeed, still is – the Who’s anchor, a graceless yet relentlessly honest reminder of his band’s working-class roots and a necessarily earthy foil for the enormously nosed guitarist’s artier excesses.”