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Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticWho’s introspective? Pete Townshend is, in a new two-hour release from Audible that is effectively a casual audio sequel to his formal autobiography, 2012’s “Who I Am.” The part-talking, part-rocking project, “Somebody Saved Me,” which came out Friday, is an Audible Original that’s essential listening for anyone who cares about the Who, which is a demographic that has a pretty substantial overlap with people who care about rock ‘n’ roll generally.In the 27th installation of Audible’s laudable “Words + Music” series, the Who’s songwriter and guitarist goes deeper into what he calls the Who’s “middle age,” a period that’s bookended roughly by the death of drummer Keith Moon in 1978 on one end and the equally sudden passing of John Entwistle in 2002, a time frame he admits he didn’t deal with as much as he could have in his book. Townshend talks about the band’s on-again, off-again status in the wake of those tragedies and why he and singer Roger Daltrey ultimately carried on in both cases, even as the band’s main creative force has not been shy about sometimes preferring the less lucrative benefits of his solo career over dealing with the band legacy decades on.

The Who’s Pete Townshend has reflected on the death of drummer Keith Moon, saying he “tried everything” to keep him alive.Moon was the drummer for The Who between 1964 and 1978, and died from an overdose of Heminevrin, a drug used to treat and prevent symptoms of alcohol withdrawal. He was 32 years old.“I tried everything,” Townshend told People of his attempts to help his friend. “I tried giving him money, I tried starving him of money.

Roger Daltrey has said he believes that the music industry has been “stolen” from artists.During a recent interview with The Independent, the frontman of The Who claimed that the band’s 2019 album ‘WHO’ left him £10,000 out of pocket. “Musicians cannot earn a living in the record industry anymore,” Daltrey told the publication.“That is ridiculous, and they’re being robbed blind by streaming and the record companies, because the old deals with record companies that existed in the Seventies, Eighties and Nineties, they’re still working on the same percentage breaks.”He continued: “And of course, they don’t do any work.

Toyah Willcox and her husband, King Crimson founder Robert Fripp have shared a cover of The Who’s ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ – check it out below.The clip comes as the next chapter in their long-running ‘Sunday Lunch’ series which was launched in 2020 due to Fripp missing live performance as a result of lockdown.The series has so far seen the couple share renditions of songs by Ramones, Nirvana, David Bowie, Metallica, Billy Idol, The Rolling Stones, Judas Priest, The Prodigy, Guns N’ Roses, Alice Cooper and many more through Willcox’s YouTube channel.In recent weeks, they’ve covered ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’ by the Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘Can’t Stop’ and Kaiser Chiefs‘ ‘I Predict A Riot’. Last week’s cover saw the pair deliver their take on Michael Jackson’s ‘Give In To Me’ with Fripp dressed up like Slash from Guns N’ Roses.This week though (April 24) the pair have taken on The Who classic, ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ complete with wind machine and outtake compilation.

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The Who are set to begin a two-part North American tour next week, and have appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform an orchestral version of ‘Behind Blue Eyes’.On Friday night (April 15), the band were the musical guests on the show and ran through a grand version of their 1971 track, backed by a full orchestra.The performance, which you can watch in full below, came in support of the Teen Cancer America organisation, and was recorded during the band’s annual Teenage Cancer Trust gigs at the Royal Albert Hall in London last month, which featured Yungblud, Liam Gallagher, Ed Sheeran, The Who themselves and more.Watch the Colbert performance of ‘Behind Blue Eyes’ below.The band’s forthcoming tour – dubbed ‘The Who Hits Back!’ – will begin next week (April 22) in Florida, with the first leg running until the end of May.The band will then return to the States in October for another run of dates, which take them through until November.Speaking of the tour, Roger Daltrey said: “Pete and I said we’d be back, but we didn’t think we’d have to wait for two years for the privilege. This is making the chance to perform feel even more special this time around.“So many livelihoods have been impacted due to COVID, so we are thrilled to get everyone back together – the band, the crew and the fans.

The Who performed Pete Townshend‘s solo track ‘Let My Love Open The Door’ for the first time in 33 years during a recent show in London.The group played a special concert at the Royal Albert Hall last Friday night (March 25) in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust. Frontman Roger Daltrey is a patron of the charity and launched the TCT gig series back in 2000.As Stereogum reports, The Who delivered a stripped-back acoustic set that included a sprinkling of deep cuts and rarities from across the band’s catalogue.

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The Cure, Johnny Marr, Blossoms are more have all contributed to a new book that aims to raise money for Teenage Cancer Trust.Artist Pete McKee and Teenage Cancer Trust have co-produced the book that features 19 song lyrics performed on stage for the charity over the past 20 years. It includes handwritten lyrics from artists including Paul Weller, Noel Gallagher, Amy MacDonald, Suede and more.The book will be released on 21st March and will retail at £25, with all profits going to support Teenage Cancer Trust.

Ed Sheeran and The Who are on the lineup for the returning Teenage Cancer Trust concert series, which has been on hiatus for two years due to the coronavirus pandemic. The music and comedy event will be held at the Royal Albert Hall in London between 21-27 March. Liam Gallagher, Yungblud, Madness and Don Broco are among the other musical guests booked to perform.

The Teenage Cancer Trust has announced details of its 2022 season of shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall, the charity’s first run of fundraising concerts since 2019, after COVID-19 caused the cancellation of its 2020 and 2021 programmes. They will run from 21-27 Mar.On the line-up this year are Don Broco, Yungblud, Madness, Liam Gallagher and Ed Sheeran, plus there’s an acoustic show from the band who played the charity’s first ever Albert Hall fundraiser back in 2000, that being The Who.

Yungblud, Liam Gallagher and Ed Sheeran are among the line-up for Teenage Cancer Trust’s annual gig series at London’s Royal Albert Hall next month.A host of acts, also including Don Broco, Madness, The Who and a line-up of comedy, will play the iconic venue next month.“I’m so excited to be playin’ the Albert Hall for such an incredible and important cause,” Yungblud said of the March 23 gig in a statement.“It’s gonna be the most mental show the Albert Hall has seen in 150 years, if you think you disagree – come and find out for yourself, I dare ya!”Tickets for the shows go on sale on Friday (February 25) at 9am GMT here. See the full schedule below.MARCH 202221 – Don Broco22 – An Evening of Comedy hosted by Joel Dommett with special guests Tom Allen, Rob Beckett, Rosie Jones, Romesh Ranganathan, Suzi Ruffell and Seann Walsh23 – Yungblud24 – Madness25 – The Who (acoustic)26 – Liam Gallagher27 – Ed SheeranThe gigs will be the first Teenage Cancer Trust shows in three years, after the 2020 edition was due to fall on the first day of the UK’s very first COVID lockdown, and 2021’s edition also fell foul to continued pandemic restrictions.Speaking of the series’ return, TCT Honorary Patron and gig mastermind Roger Daltrey said: “Live music has been hit hard by the pandemic and it has been particularly frustrating for me that we haven’t been able to get artists on stage to raise money for this vitally important cause.“But we haven’t given up.

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CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP) — British rock band The Who will play their first concert in the Cincinnati area in over four decades, after 11 people died in a pre-show stampede in 1979. The Who will take the stage at the TQL Stadium on May 15, WCPO-TV reported Monday.The band’s return was originally planned for April 2020 at the BB&T Arena in Kentucky, but had to be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

CINCINNATI, Ohio -- British rock band The Who will play their first concert in the Cincinnati area in over four decades, after 11 people died in a pre-show stampede in 1979.The Who will take the stage at the TQL Stadium on May 15, WCPO-TV reported Monday. The band’s return was originally planned for April 2020 at the BB&T Arena in Kentucky, but had to be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.Long haunted by the tragedy, The Who has for years supported a memorial scholarship effort in a Cincinnati suburb where three of the victims went to school.“We’re now playing in an even larger venue, which obviously will raise more revenue," for the scholarship, lead singer Roger Daltrey told the station.

The Who have announced details of a huge two-part North American tour for 2022 – see the full list of dates and ticket details below.The tour – dubbed ‘The Who Hits Back!’ – will begin in late April, with the first leg running until the end of May.The band will then return to the States in October for another run of dates, which take them through until November.Speaking of the tour, Roger Daltrey said: “Pete and I said we’d be back, but we didn’t think we’d have to wait for two years for the privilege. This is making the chance to perform feel even more special this time around.“So many livelihoods have been impacted due to COVID, so we are thrilled to get everyone back together – the band, the crew and the fans.

The Who drummer Keith Moon is set to begin shooting this summer, according to reports.Moon was the drummer for The Who between 1964 and 1978 when he died from an overdose of Heminevrin, a drug used to treat and prevent symptoms of alcohol withdrawal.The new film project, which is provisionally called The Real Me after the ‘Quadrophenia’ song, will be executive produced by The Who’s Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend.According to Variety, Paul Whittington (The Crown) is set to direct, while the script has been penned by British screenwriter Jeff Pope.The production company behind George Harrison: Living in the Material World and Ron Howard’s Beatles documentary Eight Days a Week: The Touring Years is helming the production of the project.It’s still undetermined who will play Moon, although Daltrey has previously said the casting will need to be very specific – and will need to be based on the actor’s eyes.“I’ve got to find a Keith Moon,” the star told BBC 6Music’s Matt Everitt back in 2018. “It’s going to be very, very dependent on the actor and the actor’s eyes.

Manori Ravindran International EditorA long-gestating movie about The Who’s late drummer Keith Moon is finally moving ahead, with plans in place to shoot in Britain this summer, Variety can reveal.The project, which is tentatively titled “The Real Me” (the title of a song on Who album “Quadrophenia”), has Moon’s former band members Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend on board as executive producers. The pic is directed by Paul Whittington (“The Crown,” “White House Farm”) with a script from prolific British screenwriter Jeff Pope, who was Oscar-nominated for “Philomena.”Los Angeles-based White Horse Pictures is producing.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorSome things just don’t change. CBS and Carnegie Hall go together during TV’s upfront week like Roger Daltrey singing the refrain to a Who song, which he once performed at one of CBS’ glitzy events.While some media companies are shaking up the way they approach the kickoff to TV’s annual ad-sales market, ViacomCBS is not. The company intends to hold its presentation at the storied New York venue on May 18, charting a return to some semblance of TV operations as they were conducted before the advance of the coronavirus pandemic.

Sir Paul McCartney made headlines a few weeks back when he dismissed The Rolling Stones as “a blues cover band,” and now a fellow British rocker is offering a similar assessment of the legendary group.

The Who frontman Roger Daltrey has criticised The Rolling Stones, calling them “a mediocre pub band”.In a new interview with the Coda Collection, Daltrey reflected on The Who’s history, and was asked about their contemporaries, including the Stones and Led Zeppelin.When discussing the Stones, Daltrey first took the opportunity to praise frontman Mick Jagger, saying: “You’ve got to take your hat off to him.

Roger Daltrey has announced a new set of solo UK tour dates for November and December.The Who frontman’s latest live show will consist of “a unique mix of music and conversation that is built around Roger’s musical journey”.Daltrey is set to perform a selection of tracks from across his nine solo albums on each night of the tour, alongside cuts from his 2014 album with Wilko Johnson and reinterpretations of Who classics and rarities.“The truth is singers need to sing,” Daltrey said in a

Roger Daltrey contracted pneumonia after sitting in a tub of baked beans for a photoshoot. The Who frontman “drew the short straw” when it came to creating the artwork for the group’s 1967 album ‘The Who Sell Out’ – which featured the band posing with giant props for spoof advertisements – and ended up “very sick”.

The Who‘s Pete Townshend has said he’s reluctant to make a new album with the band, because of the “old fashioned way that [the band] work”.The guitarist’s new comments come after frontman Roger Daltrey said he’s reluctant to make another album with The Who because “there’s no record market any more”.Speaking to Guitar Player magazine (via Contact Music), Townshend said: “As far as a new record, it does take quite a lot of time to put together the 20 or 30 songs that are needed for both Roger

The Who.The ‘Pinball Wizard’ icons are the fourth act to be honoured by the Royal Mint’s music legends series, and follow coins which have been minted in honour of David Bowie, Queen and Elton John.The band’s co-founder and lead singer, Roger Daltrey personally visited the Mint to strike one of the first coins.Images of the new coin reveals that they are printed with recognisable symbols from the band’s career, including a Mod logo, a Union flog and a Rickenbacker guitar which is smashing a

Celebrities such as Brian May, Beyoncé, Noel Gallagher and Sir Cliff Richard have donated items to be auctioned off for the Teenage Cancer Trust. Queen guitarist Brian May has donated a signed amplifier for the auction, alongside a bag handed over and signed by Beyoncé and the rest of Destiny's Child.

Line of Duty's Vicky McClure, 37, has given the only dress ever worn by her character Kate Fleming to the charity auction. Other items up for grabs include a bag singed by Beyonce, 39, and her Destiny's Child bandmates as well as an amp boasting Queen guitarist Brian May's signature.

The Who have partnered with Heinz for a new charity venture to celebrate the upcoming reissue of the band’s 1967 concept album ‘The Who Sell Out’.The record’s original artwork featured frontman Roger Daltrey sitting in a bathtub filled with Heinz beans, while the second track on the LP was titled ‘Heinz Baked Beans’.With an expanded, super deluxe edition of ‘The Who Sell Out’ set for release on April 23, The Who have partnered with Heinz to launch a new collaborative and limited edition set of

Kylie Jenner has donated $500,000 to help create a new hospital lounge for teenage cancer patients. The ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ star gave the generous sum of money to fund the state-of-the-art ‘Hey, I’m Here For You Teen Lounge’ at the Monroe Carell Jr.

Kylie Jenner is giving back to help teens undergoing cancer treatment.

The Who‘s Roger Daltrey has admitted that he is reluctant to record another album with the band, because there isn’t a “record market anymore”.The British band returned in 2019 with ‘Who’, their first record in 13 years, but Daltrey says he’s not sure that a follow-up will materialise.He told Uncut: “Will there be another Who album? I don’t know. There’s no record market any more.

The Who have cancelled their UK and Ireland tour that was scheduled for next month.The 10-date jaunt, which was due to kick off in Dublin on March 5 and end in Manchester on March 29, will no longer go ahead due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis.In a statement, The Who’s Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend said: “We are very sorry that we have to cancel our planned March 2021 UK and Ireland shows.“Please excuse the delay but we wanted to wait as long as possible to see if we could indeed play them.

evolution in talking about Sparks’ early music, we’ll see one or two seconds of a butterfly coming out of a cocoon, and if we’re told that their second album was more experimental than their first, here’s a shot of a car driving off a cliff.The obvious questions aren’t addressed in the slightest.

The Who’s Roger Daltrey has responded to the criticism he has received this week after he signed a letter to the UK government calling for action on the various issues facing British musicians when touring in the EU post-Brexit. Daltrey, an outspoken supporter of the Brexit adventure, previously dismissed warnings that leaving the EU would make touring more difficult.In an interview with Sky News in 2019, Daltrey reacted angrily to a question about how Brexit might affect musicians.

The Who frontman Roger Daltrey’s decision to sign a letter supporting visa-free travel for musicians has caused a stir online, after the singer previously spoke out in support of Brexit and claimed that it wouldn’t have any impact on music.Daltrey joined the likes of Liam Gallagher, Ed Sheeran, and Elton John as over 100 artists signed an open letter slamming the UK Government for having “shamefully failed” the music industry in Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal.The letter called on the government to

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