Wednesday, January 13th, 1971

The Who and the Young Vic's manager Frank Dunlop hold a press conference at the Young Vic to explain their aims with their as-yet-unnamed project. The Who plan to perform three times in February in the theatre combining rock music with new electronic sounds. Twenty new Who songs are planned for premiere at these shows. The shows are to be recorded in quadraphonic sound and filmed. Pete speaks again of "audience-participation rock" and describes their aim as "total music." He also says that a staging of Tommy at the Young Vic is in the works.

"We shall not be giving the usual kind of Who rock show. The audience will be completely involved in the music, which is designed to reflect people's personalities. We shall try to induce mental and spiritual harmony through the medium of rock music...I'll act as a computer and everything will be fed into me and processed, then put back out again. The effect is something that will come from everyone and the aim is that each person will get a better understanding of themselves. It will be the best music we've ever produced."