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Pete Townshend’s New Solo Single And The Who Live Wembley Track Released
Pete Townshend’s “Can’t Outrun The Truth,” The Who co-founder’s first solo single for 29 years, is now on release. The three-minute track is a quickly-identifiable and strong new entry into his canon...
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Roger Daltrey Thanks Fellow TCT Performers As The Who Share Lyric Video
Roger Daltrey has declared his thanks for the artists and crew who was involved in Sunday’s (26) gala event that served as the finale of this year’s Teenage Cancer Trust concerts. A Special Gala...
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Roger Daltrey On ‘Wonderful Day’ Of ‘The Who With Orchestra: Live At Wembley’
The fact that The Who’s epic July 2019 gig at Wembley Stadium took place in a time before lockdown gives it an almost other-worldly place in the collective memory. But the way the stars aligned to make...
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Queen, The Beatles, The Who, And More Feature On UK Government’s Coronation...
A playlist created by the UK government to celebrate King Charles III’s coronation has been unveiled, featuring the likes of Queen, The Beatles, and The Who. The new monarch, who took his place on the...
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Celebration Due Of Arlington Heights Club The Cellar, Home To Cream, The Who
The story of the fondly-remembered Cellar Club in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights is to be celebrated tonight and tomorrow (25/26) at one of the area’s most popular modern-day nightspots, Hey...
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‘Deep Dive’ Documentary Series To Explore Music’s Greatest Untold Stories
TIME Studios will shine a light on some of music’s greatest untold stories in the upcoming Deep Dive documentary series, which will see it exploring the depths of the Universal Music Group vaults. The...
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Pete Townshend’s ‘Rough Mix’ And ‘Empty Glass’ Return On Half-Speed Mastered...
The first in a series of half speed mastered studio albums from The Who’s Pete Townshend, Rough Mix and Empty Glass, will be released on June 23. These limited-edition black vinyl versions have been...
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Why The Who’s ‘Tommy’ Remains A Masterpiece
It’s all too easy to go, “Yeah, The Who’s Tommy is great, love it.” But just put it into perspective for a moment. This was one man’s imagination, one man’s vision and it was groundbreaking. Add into...
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The Influence Of The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’
In terms of experimentation, it may not be too far-fetched to say that much of popular music in the half-century after 1967 has come under the influence of The Beatles‘ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club...
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Best Live Albums: 50 Must-Hear Classic Records
The best live albums capture the very essence of a band’s energy in concert and manage to make a listener feel like they were actually there for what, in many cases, are historic performances. Because...
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‘As Long As I Have You’: Roger Daltrey Shows His Soul
Admirers of one of the definitive rock voices who were excited by Roger Daltrey’s return in his own name in March 2018, with the single “As Long As I Have You,” soon had a full album to savour. The Who...
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Lived Fast, Died Young: Wings, Thunderclap Newman’s Jimmy McCulloch
He may have been the epitome of the “live fast, die young” philosophy, but Jimmy McCulloch was also a prodigious guitarist who packed more into his 26 years than many people do in a much longer...
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‘Empty Glass’: How Pete Townshend Staked His Claim to Solo Fame
At the end of the 70s, when Pete Townshend started working on his proper solo debut, The Who was in a tight spot, and he was in a worse one. In the wake of Keith Moon’s tragic death in 1978, The Who...
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What Is Art Rock? A History Of Music’s Most Progressive Minds
Art rock is an evocative but nebulous term. So what exactly is it? Part of the problem is that “art rock” has all too often served as a pigeonhole into which negligent hacks have stuffed any number of...
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The Who’s Vespa Scooter Restored For Teenage Cancer Trust Fundraiser...
The 1964 Vespa GS scooter that was used as a stage prop on The Who’s 1996 Quadrophenia tour has been restored and is going on the road to raise money for Teenage Cancer Trust. Shop the best of The...
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Monterey Pop Festival: The Epitome Of The Summer of Love
The first real American rock festival was held at Mount Tamalpais in California on the weekend of June 10-11, 1967. Billed as the Fantasy Faire And Magic Mountain Music Festival, it had an eclectic mix...
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All You Need Is The Summer Of Love: How 1967 Sparked A Revolution
“The year 1967 seems rather golden,” Paul McCartney later reflected. “It always seemed to be sunny and we wore far-out clothes and far-out sunglasses. Maybe calling it the Summer Of Love was a bit too...
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Best Glastonbury Performances: 30 History-Making Festival Highlights
Chronologically, Monterey, Woodstock, and the Isle Of Wight got there first, but when it comes to music festivals, Glastonbury still casts the longest shadow. As such, the best Glastonbury performances...
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Meet The New Boss: ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ Debuts For The Who
One of The Who’s finest-ever moments, “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” appeared as a UK single on June 25, 1971. It was a preview of what became, for many, their greatest album, Who’s Next. With Roger...
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‘Under My Thumb’ Cover: When The Who Campaigned For Mick And Keith
On June 30, 1967, The Who paid tribute to their friends the Rolling Stones. They released covers of two Stones songs, fleetingly hoping to help Mick Jagger and Keith Richards make bail, after they were...
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