Post Tagged with: "Pete Townshend"

by / on March 12, 2013 at 7:41 am / in Concerts, Rock Music

‘A possibility of flying apart at any moment’: For Pete Townshend, it’s a wonder the Who is still here

Even as the Who announced the final dates of their sold-out Quadrophenia and More tour across the UK, Pete Townshend can’t help but marvel that they’re still together at all. And not just because they’ve lost two members.

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by / on February 6, 2013 at 11:39 am / in Concerts, Rock Music

‘If it’s getting a bit quiet, I just swing my arm’: Pete Townshend thrilled to be windmilling back in England

Pete Townshend says he can’t wait for the Who’s on-going Quadrophenia and More tour to return to his native UK, calling the 1973 double-album hit “a quintessentially English piece.”

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by / on November 23, 2012 at 8:20 am / in On Second Thought, Rock Music, Uncategorized

On Second Thought: The Who – Quadrophenia (1973)

Quadrophenia is getting new attention after the remaining members of the Who launched a U.S. tour this month focusing on their long-overlooked second rock opera. But how does it hold up nearly 40 years later?

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by / on November 6, 2012 at 7:20 am / in Books, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Books: Who I Am: A Memoir by Pete Townshend

In an undelivered letter “written to the gods,” Pete Townshend advised his young son on his first birthday in 1990 to “Be a pessimist. It is the safest, most pragmatic way to be.

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by / on October 14, 2012 at 3:32 pm / in Concerts, Rock Music

‘We feel the ghosts’: Pete Townshend on continuing with the Who after losses of Keith Moon, John Entwistle

As Pete Townshend prepares to retake the road with Roger Daltrey, he talked frankly about the Who’s two lost members, drummer Keith Moon and bassist John Entwistle.

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by / on July 29, 2012 at 7:09 am / in Rock Music

Something Else! Playlists: The Rock Anthem

So I was sitting at the kitchen table this morning, attempting to wipe the dust of sleep out of my droopy eyes while waiting for the five-minute coffee timer to go off.

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by / on July 18, 2012 at 2:20 pm / in Concerts, Rock Music

‘Anxious to work together before we drop dead’: Pete Townshend on latest Who reunion

Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend are set to reunite for a 36-date North American tour as the Who, presenting a concert called “Quadrophenia and More.”

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by / on March 29, 2012 at 1:52 pm / in Concerts, Rock Music

Who frontman Roger Daltrey noncommittal on another reunion tour: ‘It all depends’

Frontman Roger Daltrey was noncommittal about another reunion tour for the Who, saying “it all depends on whether it feels right.”

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by / on March 1, 2012 at 7:53 am / in On Second Thought, Rock Music, Uncategorized

On Second Thought: The Who – Endless Wire (2006)

You can argue as much as you want whether this was the Who, or — as Roger Daltrey was fond of putting it — Who2, or as some jokingly said, “The Two,” or should have been a Pete Townshend album

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by / on February 16, 2012 at 8:46 am / in Forgotten Series, Rock Music

Forgotten series: Pete Townshend – Empty Glass (1980)

OK, I didn’t really ‘forget’ it. It’s just that the attached memories were so intense and bittersweet that, at the time, I didn’t have the strength to revisit them.

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