New Royal Mail stamps celebrate 60 years of The Who
3 10 2024
We’re delighted to announce that a special set of stamps is being issued to mark the 60th anniversary of The Who. Royal Mail revealed details of 12 stamps which feature images of some of The Who’s most popular album covers […]
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The Seeker: Pete Townshend and Rachel Fuller in Conversation with Dylan Jones
24 09 2024
Wednesday 30th October 2024, 7pm. Foyles Charing Cross Road, London The Who’s Pete Townshend and writer and composer Rachel Fuller discuss their musical and literary collaboration, The Seeker, reimagining Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha in a visionary double album accompanied by a beautifully illustrated book featuring all the lyrics […]
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World Premiere of Rachel Fuller’s The Seeker
12 09 2024
Pete Townshend and Alfie Boe will join other leading musical artists for a world premiere, one-night only performance of Rachel Fuller’s The Seeker, a unique musical and graphic reinvention of Hermann Hesse’s classic novel, Siddhartha, which became a global phenomenon in the 1960s. This special event will feature […]
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HOLLYWOOD DREAM The Thunderclap Newman Story by Mark Wilkinson
30 08 2024
THE TRUE STORY OF THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN, THE BAND EVERYONE KNOWS BUT HAS FORGOTTEN, THEIR 1969 ONE-HIT WONDER ‘SOMETHING IN THE AIR’ AND THE BIRTH OF BRITISH INDIE MUSIC “I will turn to Wilkerson’s book again and again to be reminded […]
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Wild Things announce new Pete Townshend-produced album ‘Afterglow’
6 08 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 […]
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Pete and Rachel collaborate on a reinvention of Siddhartha
25 07 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 […]
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King Mod, the story of Peter Meaden, the Who and the birth of a British subculture
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 […]
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Pete Townshend’s Quadrophenia: A Mod Ballet
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 […]
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Pete Townshend 14-CD box set Live In Concert 1985-2001 out 26 July
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 […]
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The Bookshop Band album, produced by and featuring Pete Townshend
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 […]
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