29 06 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 06 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 06 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 05 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 […]
13 05 2024
TEENAGE WASTELAND: THE WHO AT WINTERLAND 1968 and 1976 by Edoardo Genzolini with foreword by Joel Selvin Reviewed by IRISH JACK PETE TOWNSHEND takes a giant leap across the stage and the audience is going wild. He is at Winterland […]
9 05 2024
Roger Daltrey – legendary rock icon and co-founder of one of music’s most inspirational and influential forces, The Who has added some more dates to his 2024 US Summer Tour. He will be appearing with his band at the Keswick […]
20 04 2024
It’s Record Store Day and The Who are participating with the reissue of 1976’s The Story Of The Who, sometimes regarded as the most complete Who ‘best of’ album. The gatefold sleeve includes a replica of the original 8-page booklet […]
28 03 2024
Richard Houghton, the author of This Guitar Has Seconds To Live, recently published by Spenwood Books, will take part in a Q&A evening at the Sound Lounge in Sutton, southwest London, on Thursday, April 18th. The book, the latest in […]
28 03 2024
Royal Albert Hall, London We still have that family-reunion feeling, but it’s not complete: A few more core members of our team are not here tonight, primarily our personal video crew and Mark Sidgwick (one of our stage guitar techs). […]
27 03 2024
THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF NEW LIMITED EDITION HALF SPEED MASTERED ALBUMS ALL THE BEST COWBOYS HAVE CHINESE EYES AND WHITE CITY (A NOVEL) MASTERED BY JON ASTLEY AT CLOSE TO THE EDGE AND CUT FOR VINYL BY MILES […]
