November 21, 2012
TOUR DIARY – November 21st, 2012
I have been spreading rumours that Rachel and I would be premiering our orchestral version of Quadrophenia at the Royal Albert Hall Teenage Cancer concert in March 2013. Now we have decided that because the Who tour extends into March and probably beyond into April in the UK that it would be too much for me personally. Rachel’s score sounds wonderful, and will certainly be premiered some time in 2013 or 2014. More on this later.
Meanwhile The Who are now in Canada. Montreal was great. Ottawa tonight. Looking forward to it.
- Pete Townshend, November 21st 2012
For thewho.com
27 Responses to TOUR DIARY – November 21st, 2012
Good read Pete. What a time to live. I have always wondered how your creative process ticked. Thanks for the insight on substance struggles.
Keep enjoying the Tour Pete.
The Orchestral Quadrophenia from you and Rachel, will be well worth the wait when it happens, and the tidbit I heard, indeed, it sounds wonderful.
I still await your arrival to my hometown.:)
xoLyndaGrace
Pete,
Back in the early 90s I saw you walking down 6th avenue and all I could say was…”whoa.” I’ve been a Who fan since 1970 and a Pete fanatic sine the first time I heard Empty Glass. Little did I know that over 13 years later I would use the first verse of “Just a Little is Enough” to propose to my wife of now 19 years. (WE invited you to the wedding but never did receive a response)I saw Tommy on Broadway, read Horse’s Neck, saw the Who at least 10 times and finally you at the Supper Club in NYC in 1996. Reading “Who I Am” has been like traveling through my own life and times. I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for great music and great times. Thank you for saying in music what I was feeling at 13, and again at 29, and 40. I am lucky enough to have people in my life who are sending me to Mohegan Sun on December 9th to once again see The Who in Ct for what I can’t believe is now my 50th birthday. I can’t think of a better gift. God bless the Ox, the wild man who I never got to see in person, and both you and Roger. The Who is the music, the spirit, and the crowd. That can never grow old. Your fan, Craig R.
yeah, I’m not alone in goofing Who I Am for Who Am I.
more yeah for the U.K…. the Who performing Quadrophenia and then…then!!!!….the beautiful into 2014.
Thanks for the great show in Greenville, SC. Just bought Rough Mix (what the hell had I been waiting for all these years?) It is a gem of a CD. You should re-release My Baby and put it on I Tunes. Get a whole new generation Pete.
Rough Mix, the greatest with the late, great Ronnie Lane.
Did you get the special re-release Dual Disc with video?
Very good.
That’s our Russell Schlagbaum!
If you liked that, you’ll love :
“The Passing Show — The Life and Music of Ronnie Lane” documentary.
Full disclosure: I did P.R. for that documentary.
Pete doesn’t mind my giving recommendations on his blog.
Thanks Pete!
(“You’ve been posting comments on Pete’s blog again, Barbara!”)