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New Royal Mail stamps celebrate 60 years of The Who

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

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

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

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’

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

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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