1965 – The Who play the Matrix Club in Coventry, Warwiskshire. The Beat Preachers and The Autocrats opened 1965 – Melody Maker runs an article called “The Price Of Pop Art” detailing The Who’s insane level of expenditures. The article also claims Pete has amassed 9 guitars while living on the dole. The numbers in… Read More »Today in Whostory: 8/28/2025
Pete pens an entry at thewho.com announcing that he is working on a new musical to be called Floss. The story is: “Walter, a straight-cut pub rock musician, is able to retire when one of his songs becomes the TV anthem of a big car company. He becomes a house-husband while his wife Floss devotes… Read More »On August 24, 2009:
Pete pens an entry at thewho.com announcing that he is working on a new musical to be called Floss. The story is: “Walter, a straight-cut pub rock musician, is able to retire when one of his songs becomes the TV anthem of a big car company. He becomes a house-husband while his wife Floss devotes… Read More »On August 24, 2009:
The Who play the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, California. Elton John plays the Pinball Wizard, Phil Collins is Uncle Ernie, Billy Idol is Cousin Kevin, Steve Winwood is the Hawker and Patti Labelle is the Acid Queen. Front row seats go for a ticket price of $1500. All but $50 of that (all but… Read More »On August 24, 1989:
The Who play the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, California. Elton John plays the Pinball Wizard, Phil Collins is Uncle Ernie, Billy Idol is Cousin Kevin, Steve Winwood is the Hawker and Patti Labelle is the Acid Queen. Front row seats go for a ticket price of $1500. All but $50 of that (all but… Read More »On August 24, 1989:
1964 – BBC-2’s The Beat Room is broadcast featuring The High Numbers recorded on the 20th 1965 – The Who play the Town Hall in High Wycombe 1966 – The Who play the Orchid Ballroom in Purley, Surrey 1967 – The Who play the Convention Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1968 – The Who play the… Read More »Today in Whostory: 8/24/2025
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
Melody Maker inaugurates “The Pete Townshend Page.” The first column written by Pete is called “Don’t hold me responsible for what I do or say!” and concerns rock music’s relation to social action. Transcription: I’m beginning my first page of this bulky Journal in particularly strange surroundings. On holiday I am, far away from… Read More »On August 22, 1970: