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Des McAnuff brings Tommy back
6 May 2013
The Who’s Pete Townshend, right, performs with Des McAnuff at the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards 20th Anniversary Gala last May in Ottawa. McAnuff is bringing Townshend’s Tommy to Stratford. Photograph by: David Kawai, Ottawa Citizen […]
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R.I.P. Richie Havens
23 Apr 2013
Photo by William Snyder Bye Richie! Your shining inner light will be missed. Love, Pete
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A Tommy for the 21st Century!
5 Apr 2013
The Who’s Tommy is coming back 20 years after its Broadway premiere – in an electrifying production at Canada’s Stratford Festival by the original Tony-winning director, Des McAnuff, who created the show with Pete Townshend. In 1993, […]
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Original P. Townshend Sketch being Auctioned in aid of ‘War Child’
3 Apr 2013
An original sketch by Pete Townshend is one of many pieces of rare music memorabilia being auctioned in support of War Child and the British Music Experience, Britain’s Museum of Popular Music based at The O2. […]
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“Full Moon” Rising: Wilkerson on Butler on Moon…..
30 Mar 2013
Mark Wilkerson on Keith Moon and Keith’s friend and personal assistant, Peter ‘Dougal’ Butler The first Who book I ever read as a young fan in the UK was ‘Moon the Loon’, (known as ‘Full Moon’ in the […]
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Teenage Cancer Trust week at the Royal Albert Hall in full swing
21 Mar 2013
Noel Gallagher’s done a great job caretaking this week’s stellar line up for this year’s Teenage Cancer Trust week of shows in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall. There are still a few more shows, including […]
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