The Who make their second appearance at the Isle Of Wight Festival, with one of the greatest ever line-ups including performances by Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix. The promoters envision it as a British version of Woodstock. However an attempt to raise money to pay for the festival by keeping out non-paying attendees with fences… Read More »On August 29, 1970:
The Who make their second appearance at the Isle Of Wight Festival, with one of the greatest ever line-ups including performances by Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix. The promoters envision it as a British version of Woodstock. However an attempt to raise money to pay for the festival by keeping out non-paying attendees with fences… Read More »On August 29, 1970:
1963 – The Detours play the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford 1965 – The Who play The King Mojo Club in Sheffield, Yorkshire 1967 – The Who play the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium in Atlanta, Georgia 1968 – The Who play the Earl Warren Showgrounds Arena in Santa Barbara, California 1969 – The Who play the Pavilion… Read More »Today in Whostory: 8/29/2025
Frog Records releases Frog Records Story Vol. 2: Long Island Artists featuring a circa 1968 cover of “Pictures of Lily” by Kyds at Play
Frog Records releases Frog Records Story Vol. 2: Long Island Artists featuring a circa 1968 cover of “Pictures of Lily” by Kyds at Play
1963 – The Detours play the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford 1964 – The Hammersmith & Shepherds Bush Gazette carries a story titled “The names for fame” mentioning the Detours changing to The Who and then to The High Numbers. 1965 – The Who play Rang-A-Tang Club in The Carnival Hall in Basingstoke, Hampshire. “It coincided… Read More »Today in Whostory: 8/27/2025
The avant-garde artist Gustav Metzger releases his third Auto-Destructive Art manifesto “Auto-Destructive Art Machine Art Auto Creative Art” “The immediate objective is the creation, with the aid of computers, of works of art whose movements are programmed and include ‘self-regulation’. The spectator, by means of electronic devices can have a direct bearing on the action… Read More »On August 23, 1961:
The avant-garde artist Gustav Metzger releases his third Auto-Destructive Art manifesto “Auto-Destructive Art Machine Art Auto Creative Art” “The immediate objective is the creation, with the aid of computers, of works of art whose movements are programmed and include ‘self-regulation’. The spectator, by means of electronic devices can have a direct bearing on the action… Read More »On August 23, 1961:
1946 – Keith John Moon was born to Alfred Charles and Kathleen Winifred Moon at Central Middlesex Hospital in London 1961 – The avant-garde artist Gustav Metzger releases his third Auto-Destructive Art manifesto “Auto-Destructive Art Machine Art Auto Creative Art” “The immediate objective is the creation, with the aid of computers, of works of art… Read More »Today in Whostory: 8/23/2025
Pete writes a long blog on a variety of subjects. His big announcement is that he has finalized the release version of his memoirs: “I hope to tell some of the more dodgy stories that my publisher’s legal department have removed from the book. One thousand pages cut to five-hundred. There are a lot of… Read More »On August 21, 2012: