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Pete Townshend

June 2024

  • Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey

    The Who’s Quadrophenia to be revived as a ballet

    More than 50 years on from its release, the concept album has been reimagined in a collaboration with Sadler’s Wells and will tour in 2025

October 2023

  • Each one tells a story … Johnny Marr in his studio with a small fraction of his guitar collection.

    ‘Mind-boggling’: Johnny Marr on his 53 favourite guitars – and the one Noel Gallagher smashed

    They were used to write Smiths classics like Still Ill and What Difference Does It Make? As the star publishes a coffee-table book telling the stories of his most adored guitars, he remembers the loan to Noel that made him give up booze

May 2022

  • RUN DMC and posse, Hollis, Queens, 1984 © Janette Beckman, courtesy of FaheyKlein Gallery, Los Angeles

    Rebel rebel: from Joe Strummer to Coventry ska girls, people who broke the mould – in pictures

    With images of Run-DMC or female gang members, British photographer Janette Beckman is interested in bringing out her subjects’ complex inner lives

December 2021

  • David Lasley in a 1960s publicity photo from the Detroit record label Bell Records

    David Lasley obituary

    Singer-songwriter whose four-octave vocal range made him one of the most sought after backing singers in American music

September 2021

  • The Who performing at Falkoner Centret, Denmark, September 1970.

    From the Guardian archive
    The Who on record: Who’s Next reviewed – archive, 1971

    3 September 1971: At a casual listening the album sounds exciting, but it proves insubstantial – with the exception of two tracks

October 2020

  • Photo of Pete TOWNSHEND and WHO<br>UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 13: GRANBY HALLS Photo of Pete TOWNSHEND and WHO, Pete Townshend performing live onstage, smashing guitar against amplifier (Photo by Chris Morphet/Redferns)

    Pass notes
    The U-WHO: why Pete Townshend glued together his smashed guitars

    It’s one of rock’n’roll’s defining images of excess. But breaking a guitar onstage is also expensive. Which is why the pop star came up with a clever plan to fix his instrument – and keep his reputation

February 2020

  • Mick Fleetwood at the Palladium.

    Mick Fleetwood review – rousing all-star celebration of Peter Green

    A surprise appearance by original Fleetwood Mac member Jeremy Spencer was just one of the highlights in a concert where Noel Gallagher, Steven Tyler and others paint Green’s blues

November 2019

  • The upsetters … Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey.

    Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    The Who: Who review – back and still causing a big sensation

  • Spiritual guru … Roger Daltry in the title role in Tommy.

    Tommy review – Ken Russell's mad rock opera is a fascinating time capsule

July 2019

  • Black and white image of four young white men in leather jackets and ripped jeans sitting on steps smiling one with arm round the other.

    The big picture
    The big picture: punks and skins in harmony

    The photographer who captured the spirit of punk has released a book of her most arresting portraits

March 2019

  • Elton John in concert, Newark, USA - 02 Mar 2019<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Zimmerman/REX/Shutterstock (10129205af) Sir Elton John Elton John in concert, Newark, USA - 02 Mar 2019

    What will you be reading next year? London book fair's star attractions

  • Pete Townshend’s Classic Quadrophenia. Sent from will.dop@umusic.com

    The Who's Pete Townshend announces debut novel, The Age of Anxiety

January 2019

  • (L-R) Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of the Who perform at the Desert Trip festival, California, 16 October 2016.

    The Who confirm first new studio album in 13 years

    The group will also undertake what Roger Daltrey has said could be their last tour

June 2018

  • Noel Coward Elton John Frank Ocean Mary Lambert

    From Noël Coward to Frank Ocean: the greatest LGBT songs for Pride month

    Hidden meanings and crafty metaphors have evolved into a more open exploration of sexuality, as shown from these 30 far-ranging songs

April 2017

  • Teenage Cancer Trust - Royal Albert Hall<br>The Who performing on stage at the Royal Albert Hall in London for the Teenage Cancer Trust annual concert series. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Thursday March 30th, 2017. Photo credit should read: PA Wire

    The Who review – the pinball wizard still casting his spell

    The Who’s seminal 1969 rock opera, Tommy, retains its harrowing delights

March 2017

  • Gustav Metzger<br>German performance artist Gustav Metzger, founder of the Auto-Destructive school of art, dons his gas mask in preparation for his latest work, 3rd July 1961. He is about to spray three nylon curtains with hydrochloric acid, causing them to disintegrate. The performance takes place on London's South Bank. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

    Letters: Gustav Metzger obituary

  • Pete Townshend in Union Jack jacket on stage in the 1960s.

    Owner of Wolfgang’s Vault in legal battle over streaming rights

December 2016

  • Denmark Street, London W1

    Dave Hill on London
    The future of Denmark Street: rebirth opportunity or dystopian hell?

    There are two very different views about the redevelopment of one of London’s most famous creative clusters

October 2016

  • ***BESTPIX***Desert Trip - Weekend 2 - Day 3<br>INDIO, CA - OCTOBER 16: Musicians Roger Daltrey (L) and Pete Townshend of The Who perform during Desert Trip at the Empire Polo Field on October 16, 2016 in Indio, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)***BESTPIX***

    The Who's Pete Townshend: 'I don’t really like performing'

  • Pete Townshend of the Who in 1965

    Music blog
    The Who: listen to unreleased 1965 track The Girls I Could Have Had

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