1965 – The Who play the 1965 Cheltenham Festival at the Athletic Grounds in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire 1966 – The Who play the Civic Hall in Barnsley, Yorkshire 1966 – Billboard reports on the release of “The Kids Are Alright”/”A Legal Matter” in the U.S. The single will peak at #85 in Cash Box and #106… Read More »Today in Whostory: 7/16/2025
1965 – The Who play the 1965 Cheltenham Festival at the Athletic Grounds in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire 1966 – The Who play the Civic Hall in Barnsley, Yorkshire 1966 – Billboard reports on the release of “The Kids Are Alright”/”A Legal Matter” in the U.S. The single will peak at #85 in Cash Box and #106… Read More »Today in Whostory: 7/16/2025
Keith Moon holds a Who’s Next listening party for the press and friends at his home Tara, a bizarre multi-pyramid-shaped structure that he had recently purchased for £65,000. The album is blasted out while The Who lounge on the lawn and the press snap away. During the party Pete is confronted by writers for the underground paper International… Read More »On July 14, 1971:
Keith Moon holds a Who’s Next listening party for the press and friends at his home Tara, a bizarre multi-pyramid-shaped structure that he had recently purchased for £65,000. The album is blasted out while The Who lounge on the lawn and the press snap away. During the party Pete is confronted by writers for the underground paper International… Read More »On July 14, 1971:
1963 – The Detours play the White Hart Hotel in Acton 1964 – The High Numbers play the Railway Hotel in Wealdstone. Kit Lambert, a posh young man looking quite out of place in a Saville Row suit, watches The High Numbers noisily bash away at their songs between bouts of arguing between themselves. He… Read More »Today in Whostory: 7/14/2025
1963 – The Detours play the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford. 1964 – The Who play the Trade Union Hall in Watford 1964 – The High Numbers get one of their first national articles in Record Mirror under the headline “How High Will These Numbers Go?” 1964 – The Aberdeen Evening Express carries a review of… Read More »Today in Whostory: 7/11/2025
1965 – The Who play the Locarno Ballroom in Basildon, Essex 1966 – The Who play the Technical College in Westminster, London. The show is filmed by the CBC and snippets of four songs and backstage interviews are later broadcast on their show Take 30 From London. This program still exists but has not yet… Read More »Today in Whostory: 7/09/2025
Rolling Stone magazine features an article titled “‘Tommy’ Does Not Vindicate Them” about The Who’s performances at the Metropolitan Opera House. They also carry a review of Live At Leeds. Transcript: The Who is a group that was nurtured in gimmickry. I remember five years ago Brian Jones calling me up on the trans-Atlantic… Read More »On July 9, 1970:
Rolling Stone magazine features an article titled “‘Tommy’ Does Not Vindicate Them” about The Who’s performances at the Metropolitan Opera House. They also carry a review of Live At Leeds. Transcript: The Who is a group that was nurtured in gimmickry. I remember five years ago Brian Jones calling me up on the trans-Atlantic… Read More »On July 9, 1970:
Pete posts on his website (referring to the previous days interview with Michael Moore): “I have never hidden the fact that at the beginning of the war in Iraq I was a supporter. But now, like millions of others, I am less sure we did the right thing…I have nothing against Michael Moore personally, and… Read More »On July 7, 2004: