1963 – The Detours play the White Hart Hotel in Acton 1965 – The Who were booked as last-minute replacements in the “Tip For The Top” slot on “Top of The Pops” on BBC1. The groups were flown to Manchester record at the corporation’s studio, a converted church in Dickenson Road, Rusholme. The group mimed… Read More »Today in Whostory: 3/11/2019
1964 – The Who play at the Oldfield Hotel In Greenford 1967 – Who return to London and head to De Lane Lea Music studio and to the Saville Theatre for rehearsals. A German film crew was on-hand for their arrival at the airport and attended the rehearsals. Footage would be used in a German… Read More »Today in Whostory: 2/27/2019
1965 – The Who play The Marquee Club in London where they are filmed for French television performing “Heatwave”, “Tell Me More”, “Shout and Shimmy” and “Smokestack Lightning”. The footage is later broadcast on the ORTF TV 2 program Seize Millions De Jeunes March 18. Pete and manager Kit Lambert are both interviewed, the latter… Read More »Today in Whostory: 2/16/2019
1966 – The Who play the Astoria Cinema in Finsbury Park, North London. The supporting acts are Screamin’ Lord Sutch & the Savages, the Merseys, the Fortunes and the Graham Bond Organization. 1967 – John now has his chance to do blind ratings of singles in Melody Maker. Without knowing the artists he rates new… Read More »Today in Whostory: 2/04/2019
Pete Townshend – No Face, No Name, No Number @ Tribute Concert For Jim Capaldi, The Roundhouse, London, UK, 21 January 2007. http://www.artistdirect.com/video/pete-townshend-no-face-no-name-no-number/47785
1996-1998 At the beginning of 1996, a planned staging of Quadrophenia in Italy for Vespa led Pete to approach Roger about the idea. Roger had disapproved of the style of the Tommy musical and thought it would be better to play it as a stage piece with a live rock band. On June 29 at… Read More »1996-Present
1965 "I Can’t Explain" was released in the U.K. January 15 but took three months of heavy lifting by The Who and their management before it reached its #8 peak in the charts. Meanwhile all of trendy London trekked to the Marquee on Tuesdays, leaving drenched in sweat and shouting to each other over the… Read More »A History of The Who 1965-1967
The Who perform their iconic 1973 album QUADROPHENIA in its entirety, along with a selection of classics hits. Please watch in HD! (more) ARTIST: The Who SONG: Baba O’Riley VENUE: The Honda Center, Anaheim, CA DATE: Jan. 28, 2013 CAMERA: Sony Nex-5N
The Who perform their iconic 1973 album QUADROPHENIA in its entirety, along with a selection of classics. Please watch in HD! ARTIST: The Who SONG: Who Are You VENUE: The Honda Center, Anaheim, CA DATE: Jan. 28, 2013 CAMERA: Sony Nex-5N
Artists: Joe Elliot (Def Leppard) • Rick Wakeman (Yes) • Huw Lloyd-Langton (Hawkwind) • Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge) Title: Love Reign O’er Me Album: Who Are You — An All-Star Tribute To The Who Buy Now On: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/who-are-you-all-star-tribute/id562268248 Cleopatra Records: https://goo.gl/LYkYvQ (CD) Connect with Cleopatra Records Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CleopatraRecords/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CleopatraRecord Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cleopatrarecords/ Website: http://cleorecs.com/… Read More »Who Are You – An All-Star Tribute To The Who – Love Reign O’er Me