As he entered a suite at the Carlyle hotel in Manhattan, Pete Townshend mentioned that an afternoon meeting had been canceled. “So, ” he added, “we have lots of time to talk. ” Townshend is one of roc...
03.23.2024 Nytimes.com and 2 sitesOn December 17, 1982, Pete Townshend stood on the stage of Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, and said, “This is it. ” By “it, ” he meant “the very last show the Who will ever perform. ” It wasn’...
03.25.2024 Newsbreak.com and 5 sitesLysistrata, Veil (Vicious Circle) We were able to taste the songs of this young French trio on two promising albums, released in 2017 and 2019. With Veil, a new record just released, the musicians are...
03.23.2024 Newsrnd.comBack in 1990, Guitarist magazine caught up with The Who guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend, who was characteristically frank and revealing. Here, we look back at this classic interview. What orig...
03.25.2024 Musicradar.comIn 1997, 10 years before David Lee Roth rejoined Van Halen , the singer recalled in his autobiography Crazy From The Heat a nasty little episode that occurred some time around the early 80s, when he overheard a conversation between Eddie Van Halen, his brother Alex and an unnamed music-business figure. Roth wrote of this in the bluntest of terms: “I once heard somebody say to the Van Halens: ‘You guys play the music; the Jew sells it. ’ Well, you’re fucking right. ” Those words spoke volumes abo...
03.29.2024 Loudersound.com and 1 sitesAs he entered a suite at the Carlyle hotel in Manhattan, Pete Townshend mentioned that an afternoon meeting had been canceled. “So, ” he added, “we have lots of time to talk. ” Townshend is one of roc...
03.23.2024 Dnyuz.com and 1 sitesWe were unable to prevent the headstock from trying to kiss the floor. As well as having huge pose potential, the Epiphone Thunderbird '64 is a real pleasure to play. It’s difficult to overstate just ...
03.24.2024 Guitarworld.comThe other night I was watching the movie, Woodstock: The Director’s Cut . What memories. Almost from the very start there were people on screen who are no longer with us. Festival organizer Michael La...
03.25.2024 Lapostexaminer.comDoes Jimmy live or die? That is the big question raised after listening to The Who‘s 1973 album Quadrophenia. The main character, Jimmy, is a composite based on many people, including Who band members...
03.24.2024 Americansongwriter.com--> With The Who’s Tommy musical returning to Broadway, Pete Townshend joined the cast of the new production last night (March 26, 2024) on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon to perform a medley of songs from the show. (Watch his interview and the pe...
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