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John Entwistle's death on June 27, 2002, could have ended the Who. Instead, it launched the band's next era.

John Entwistle's death on June 27, 2002, could have ended the Who. Instead, it launched the band's next era.

John Entwistle's death on June 27, 2002, could have ended the Who. Instead, it launched the band's next era.

Happy Birthday to Pete Townshend, who turns 77 today (May 19th)!!! Townshend, who is the primary creative force behind the Who, wrote nearly all of the band's music and has been responsible for crafting the stories and themes behind such rock classics as Tommy, Who's Next, and Quadrophenia. Out now is Pete Townshend's new two-hour Audible Original mini-biography, titled Somebody Saved Me. The Townshend confessional is named after his 1982 solo favorite featured on All The Beat Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes. Townshend is currently out on the road with the Who and plays on Friday (May...

The Who, led by Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, played their first show together since the pandemic, scaling things back on Friday night (March 25th) to perform an acoustic set at London's Royal Albert Hall in support of their patron charity, the Teenage Cancer Trust. The pair was backed by Pete's younger brother and longtime Who touring guitarist Simon Townshend, Phil Spalding, Jody Linscott, Billy Nicholls, Geraint Watkins, Charlie Hart, and Andy Cutting. The acoustic band set up is definitely still a work in progress, with Townshend joking the group had only rehearsed two hours ...