1966 – 15 year-old Stevie Wonder plays at the Scotch of St. James club. In the March 2002 edition of Q magazine Pete lists this show as his favorite concert of all time. Reportedly Paul McCartney is also at the show and is photographed with Stevie backstage. 1969 – The Who begin another five days… Read More »Today in Whostory: 2/03/2021
1964 – The Detours play St. Mary’s Hall in Putney opening for Dave Berry and The Cruisers. 1965 – The Who play The Marquee Club in London. They were listed as “The Who London 1965” for the next few months. 1967 – The Who play the Locarno Ballroom in Coventry, Warwickshire 1968 – Go magazine… Read More »Today in Whostory: 2/02/2021
1964 – John tunes in to Thank Your Lucky Stars and sees another band called The Detours. This band, hailing from Liverpool, had formerly been known as Lee Curtis and The Detours, but became simply The Detours after Curtis left. Now they are riding a short-lived wave supplied to all the Mersey Beat groups by… Read More »Today in Whostory: 2/01/2021
1964 – The Detours play the Glenlyn Ballroom in Forest Hill, opening for the Big Three. 1965 – The Who appear by on Radio Luxembourg’s Ready Steady Radio! which was pre-recorded on the 22nd. 1966 – The Who play the Coed Eva Community College in Cwmbran, Monmouthshire with Pieces Of Mind opening 1967 – The… Read More »Today in Whostory: 1/31/2021
1968 – The Who play Centennial Hall in Adelaide 1968 – Fabulous magazine features a story titled “We Meet Pete” 1968 – Intro magazine features an article titled “The Big Rock Revival” featuring a photo of Pete and Roger 1969 – The Who begin five days of rehearsals at the Whitehall Theatre working on a… Read More »Today in Whostory: 1/27/2021
1964 – The Detours play at St. Mary’s Hall, Putney 1965 – Another tuesday at the Marquee 1966 – The Who play the Locarno Ballroom in Stevenage 1967 – The Who play at The Locarno Ballroom in Bristol. The Who have their biggest sell-out ever at this venue. Locked-out fans trash cars in the parking… Read More »Today in Whostory: 1/26/2021
1964 – The Detours play the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford 1967 – The Who are at the Kingsway Theatre in Hadleigh, Essex supported by The Roulettes, Sound Around, the She Trinity, and the Sovereigns. Here’s their set for the show: “I Can’t Explain,” “So Sad About Us,” “Barbara Ann,” “Run Run Run,” “Don’t Look Away,”… Read More »Today in Whostory: 1/25/2021
1964 – The Detours play the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford. 1965 – The Who play the Corn Exchange in Chelmsford. 1965 – The Who play Club Noreik in Tottenham. Opening for The Who at the all-night rave is The Muleskinners featuring future Small Faces’ keyboardist and second husband to the future Mrs. Moon, Ian McLagan.… Read More »Today in Whostory: 1/23/2021
From http://twitter.com/BrianInAtlanta 17 Jan 1986 Managing Director of publishers Faber & Faber writes to poet Ted Hughes: "As you know Peter Townshend works at Faber and is also a friend. I had lunch with Pete yesterday and he told me that he would like to have a shot at turning The Iron Man into a… Read More »Today’s News – January 17, 2021 at 11:50AM
1965 – The Who play the New Theatre in Oxford opening for P.J. Proby with the Mike Cotton Sound, Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers, and Sandra Barry and the Boys. Thirty-two years later Proby would play “The Godfather” during the 1997 Quadrophenia shows. 1967 – The Who record a new group of performances live… Read More »Today in Whostory: 1/17/2021