1964 – The Who play the Glenlyn Ballroom in Forest Hill opening for The Rolling Stones. Pete, who has incorporated an arm-swinging move he saw Keith Richards perform as his own signature guitar move, apologizes for the appropriation to Richards. Richards says he doesn’t know what Pete’s talking about as it turns out he was… Read More »Today in Whostory: 1/03/2026
1964 – The Detours play the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford 1965 – The Who play The Ealing Club in Ealing 1966 – The Who play the Ultra Club at The Downs Hotel in Hassocks, Sussex 1970 – Keith spends the day with his old group The Beachcombers, then takes them out to the Speakeasy. (… Read More »Today in Whostory: 1/02/2026
1964 – The Who play The Ealing Club in Ealing 1969 – Rolling Stone carried a full page ad entitled “What Pete Townshend Thinks About King Crimson” 1975 – Cashbox carried a full page ad for Squeeze Box and “By Numbers” 1975 – Billboard featured its annual “Talent in Action” section featuring their “Number One”… Read More »Today in Whostory: 12/27/2025
1964 – The Who play The Florida Rooms in Brighton (ad may not be for this specific show) 1965 – The Who play the Guildhall in Plymouth, Devonshire 1966 – The single “Happy Jack” backed with “I’ve Been Away” is released in the U.K. For promotional ads, The Who hire illustrator Ralph Steadman who… Read More »Today in Whostory: 12/09/2025
1957 – Pete gets a little brother as Paul Townshend is born 1963 – The Detours perform at the Glenyln Ballroom in Forest Hill. This date is listed in “Anyway Anyhow Anywhere” so I believe it’s correct, but this flyer indicates Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rouseers played. Perhaps The Detours were the opening act… Read More »Today in Whostory: 12/06/2025
1963 – The Detours perform at the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford 1965 – The Who play The White Lion Hotel in Edgware, London 1967 – Keith and his wife Kim attend the opening of The Beatles’ clothing store The Apple Shop in London. 1969 – The Who play the Palace Theatre in Manchester 1970 –… Read More »Today in Whostory: 12/05/2025
1963 – The Detours play at the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford 1964 – The Who play the Corn Exchange in Chelmsford, Essex 1965 – The Who play the Oasis Club in Manchester 1970 – The Who play Lanchester Polytechnic in Coventry. The Who plan to leave on a high note but after cutting down Tommy… Read More »Today in Whostory: 11/28/2025
1965 – Pete gets a call from ex-art-schoolmate Karen Astley. “We had a long, funny conversation and decided to start seeing each other”. (Photo not from this date) 1965 – The Newcastle Evening Chronicle carries a story on Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp titled “Kit found the Who in a tavern” 1965 – “My Generation”… Read More »Today in Whostory: 11/27/2025
1963 – The Detours play at the Town Hall in Acton 1965 – The Who appear on the cover of “Western Scene” 1965 – The Who play the Wimbledon Palais, in Wimbledon, London 1966 – Disc & Music Echo has the headline “Who refuse new disc TV plugs”. The Who say they will not be… Read More »Today in Whostory: 11/26/2025
1964 – The Who play the Florida Room in Brighton to play the first of four Wednesdays. 1967 – I Can See For Miles reaches #13 in the New Musical Express Top 30 1967 – The Who play the first of two nights at The Village Theatre in New York City. The Vagrants, with guitarist… Read More »Today in Whostory: 11/25/2025