1963 – The Detours play in Bayswater at Douglas House
1965 – The Who play the Dacorum College of Further Education in Hemel, Hempstead, Hertfordshire.
Haven’t located any other information about this show. If anyone was there, or lives near and could search local library, would be greatly appreciated!
1966 – The Who tele-record an appearance miming “Substitute” for Top of the Pops
1967 – Mono mixes of “Pictures of Lily” and “Doctor, Doctor” were completed at Ryemuse Sound
1967 – Roger is interviewed for the BBCs German Service show “Hit ’67”
1967 – The Who, minus a tardy Keith, fly to Essen, Germany with their Track Records’ up-and-coming act John’s Children (featuring Marc Bolan on guitar) to serve as opening act. Also accompanying them are Pete’s friends Richard Stanley and Chris Morphet, hired to shoot promotional footage of the German tour.
(Photo is from the Germany tour, but likely not this day – as Keith missed the flight)
1968 – The Who play the CNE Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are supported by The Troggs, MC5 and Raja
1975 – Pete demos “Girl in a Suitcase” which is rejected for the next Who album. The demo later surfaces on Pete’s 1987 LP Another Scoop. Other demos recorded around this time which don’t make it to the new Who album are “To Barney Kessell” and “Brrr”, later released on Pete’s 1985 album Scoop, “Ordinary Fella”, “Fight Until You’re Mine”, and an unnamed 12-bar boogie track.
1979 – John holds the first recording session for a new solo album that will emerge over two years later as Too Late The Hero
1981 – Kit Lambert dies at the age of 45, nine days short of reaching exactly the same age his father, composer Constant Lambert, reached before he died.
1984 – The Who fanzine The Relay publishes an interview with Roger about the end of The Who. Roger says Pete “made a very big mistake” breaking up The Who and adds “you can only take so much of being treated like a turd.” He says he hates Dave Marsh’s Who book Before I Get Old, describing it as “a great, fat book as big as a Bible mostly comprised of lies.” He also says Richard Barnes’ book The Who: Maximum R&B is “dreadful.” Dave Marsh is interviewed in the same issue and calls the It’s Hard song “I’ve Known No War” a “despicable piece of s***.”
1985 – You magazine in The Mail on Sunday reports that Pete is currently writing “a book about working in sheds.”
2002 – The Sunday Times Home section has Roger on the cover in front of his own home
2004 – Roger receives a lifetime achievement award for The Who at the Capitol Radio Awards in London
2004 – The group Recliner releases their CD Make a Friend featuring a cover of “The Kids Are Alright”You can listen to it on youtube here
2005 – An exhibit called “Tommy: The Amazing Journey” opens at the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Pete supplies materials.
2008 – Pete attends the funeral for The Beatles’ former road manager and business advisor Neil Aspinall. At the service held at St Mary-the-Virgin Church in Twickenham, Pete performs two of Aspinall’s favorite songs, “Mr. Tambourine Man” and “My Sweet Lord.”
2009 – Best Buy releases the exclusive 2CD-1DVD set Rachel Fuller Presents In The Attic with Pete Townshend and Friends.
2009 – The press report that Pete and Karen are divorcing, ending their 40-year marriage.
2017 – The Who play The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Lanarkshire