2003-01-28
Sotheby’s announces that John Entwistle’s entire collection of guitars and memorabilia will be sold at auction. You can view the catalog online here
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2003-01-28
Presier Records releases the classical music CD Famous Opera Melodies: Woodwinds Sing Opera featuring a 7-minute Tommy medley performed by Davide Formisano and Phillip Moll.
2003-01-22
“Living Famously – Keith Moon” is first aired
2003-01-20
A radio ad begins airing in the U.K. with Roger urging pensioners to help young people. It uses a few seconds of “My Generation.”
2003-01-14
“.com for Murder”, a thriller with Roger Daltrey as an architect, is released straight to video.
2003-01-11
The Daily Mail reports that “Operation Ore,” a U.S.-led investigation of a website that provided child pornography images in addition to adult pornographic images, has given police a list of over seven thousand names of credit card holders whose cards had made payments to the operators of the website. This list, forwarded to Scotland Yard… Read More »2003-01-11
2003-01-03
Pete Townshend is nominated for the Songwriters Hall Of Fame
2003-01-03
Playboy (February issue) publishes a fictional short story about The Who by Jim Shepard. It is “told” by John Entwistle and concerns the history of The Who. The story is later published in his Shepard’s collection Love and Hydrogen
2002-12-28
Billboard magazine reports that The Who were the 12th top grossing act in the U.S. in 2002 making $28.6 million
2002-12-27
Acme Rock Group releases their CD Star featuring a cover of “Odorono”. Listen to it on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wpxQevwHrA