6 Aug 2024
Jem Aswad writes in the current edition of Variety . . . “Rising U.K. rockers the Wild Things have announced Afterglow, a new concept album that, fittingly enough, is co-produced by The Who’s Pete Townshend. The ambitious album “tells the […]
25 Jul 2024
Musical greats including Sir Elton John and Pete Townshend have joined up with other big musical names to collaborate on a new ’literary and musical reinvention’ of Hermann Hesse’s classic novel Siddhartha. Pete Townshend and Rachel Fuller Musicians and actors will […]
29 Jun 2024
Here is the review by Chris Charlesworth of Steve Turner‘s most excellent book, King Mod, the story of Peter Meaden, The Who and the birth of a British subculture. In July of 1963 Peter Meaden returned to the UK from […]
25 Jun 2024
MEET THE NEW GENERATION . . . In 1973, guitar-smashing rock genius Pete Townshend wrote the epic album QUADROPHENIA. Recorded by The Who – it quickly became an iconic and multi-million selling album. Quadrophenia defined a generation and in […]
6 Jun 2024
14-CD / DIGITAL BOX SET FEATURING SEVEN LONG-OUT-OF-PRINT LIVE SHOWS PLUS A 28-PAGE BOOKLET WITH SLEEVE NOTES BY PETE TOWNSHEND AND WHO ARCHIVIST MATT KENT RELEASED BY UMR ON 26th JULY 2024 AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW https://petetownshend.lnk.to/LiveInConcert “When Pete […]
20 May 2024
“Not just good but achingly good” ~ The New York Times “Really fabulous new music . . . just delightful.” ~ BBC Radio 2 The Bookshop Band came to life as an artistic collaboration with their local bookshop Mr B’s […]
