The Who Seemed Born To Fail, Recalls Pete Townsend

The Who Seemed Born To Fail, Recalls Pete Townsend

Nowadays you’ll find The Who sitting at the top table in rock’s hall of fame with other musical juggernauts such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Doors, but in the early days, their chief songwriter and lead guitarist Pete Townsend believed the four-piece from Shepard’s Bush had a very limited shelf life. Getting […]

Roger Waters: The President ‘Is Your Enemy’ And Wants To ‘Keep People Dumb’

Roger Waters: The President ‘Is Your Enemy’ And Wants To ‘Keep People Dumb’

Roger Waters has never shied away from his political views, and this includes his feelings about Donald Trump. With his new album Is This The Life We Really Want? slated to be released on June 2 and his new “Us + Them” tour having just kicked off, Waters is ready once again to talk politics. […]

Roger Daltrey Of ‘The Who’ Backs Brexit, Dishes On Trump And Clinton

Roger Daltrey Of ‘The Who’ Backs Brexit, Dishes On Trump And Clinton

The Who frontman Roger Daltrey supports Brexit. Nine months after the British people voted to leave the European Union, today Prime Minister Theresa May officially invoked Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which starts the clock on a two-year divorce proceeding. In a referendum on June 23, 2016, the British electorate voted to leave or […]

Classic Cover Versions Of Classic Songs

Classic Cover Versions Of Classic Songs

Pull up a pew and relish this rip-roaring hit parade of classic songs revamped, reinvigorated and revolutionized by the unique talents of other artists. A classic song attains its legendary status because for two, three, four, five, six, or in some cases, ten plus minutes, it invokes a state of pure perfection which the listener […]

Will Mega Concert Featuring Dylan, The Stones, The Who, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, And Pink Floyd Be The Final Nail In Rock ‘N’ Roll’s Coffin?

Will Mega Concert Featuring Dylan, The Stones, The Who, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, And Pink Floyd Be The Final Nail In Rock ‘N’ Roll’s Coffin?

A mega concert rumored to feature an impressive line-up of yesterday’s men, including Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, The Who, Neil Young, and Pink Floyd, has been billed as the “greatest rock festival of all-time.” The question remains: Will this baby boomer’s bash and pensioner’s party finally finish off the frail and wasted body of rock […]

Mega Concert To Feature Stones, The Who, McCartney, Dylan

Mega Concert To Feature Stones, The Who, McCartney, Dylan

The Rolling Stones, The Who, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Roger Waters are all in final talks for a three-day mega concert of rock and roll legends set for October, the Los Angeles Times reports. Goldenvoice, the promoters who famously put on the annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, […]

Roger Daltrey Details Meningitis Struggle Ahead of The Who’s Final Farewell Tour Dates

Roger Daltrey Details Meningitis Struggle Ahead of The Who’s Final Farewell Tour Dates

Roger Daltrey has had a rollercoaster of a year, but he’s ready to take his final ride on the road. The 71-year-old Who frontman is set to kick off his iconic band’s final dates of their final world tour, The Who Hits 50!, but it wasn’t long ago that the rocker was fighting a very […]

The Who Postpones Tour After Rocker Roger Daltrey Becomes Ill: His Diagnosis & ‘Who Hits 50!’ Plans [Video]

The Who Postpones Tour After Rocker Roger Daltrey Becomes Ill: His Diagnosis & ‘Who Hits 50!’ Plans [Video]

The Who has been forced to postpone its current tour schedule. Although the nature of the illness was not at first revealed, the group is now revealing that the reason for rescheduling its “Who Hits 50!” concert dates is linked to a diagnosis of viral meningitis for rocker Roger Daltrey of The Who, reported Rolling […]

The Who Postpones North American Tour, Roger Daltrey Is Sick

The Who Postpones North American Tour, Roger Daltrey Is Sick

The Who has postponed their upcoming, “Who Hits 50!” North American tour until at least 2016 due to a virus contracted by Roger Daltrey, Rolling Stone reports. The Who postpone entire ‘Who Hits 50’ tour due to Roger Daltrey virus http://t.co/4jd2X5JaBE pic.twitter.com/dwOH2yphDr — Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) September 18, 2015 The news likely doesn’t come as […]

‘The Who’ Claim Their Set Was Sabotaged In Glastonbury Sensation

‘The Who’ Claim Their Set Was Sabotaged In Glastonbury Sensation

Veteran rockers The Who had the honor of closing the Glastonbury Festival last month. In the latest controversy to hit the iconic festival The Who have claimed that they had no intention of playing at Glastonbury this year. In sensational claims On The Who’s website, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey state that they were only […]

Adam Lambert Trashes Kanye West’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Cover At Glastonbury

Adam Lambert Trashes Kanye West’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Cover At Glastonbury

Kanye West played the Glastonbury music festival during the weekend. Although he didn’t get booed off stage or have urine thrown at him, Mr. West definitely divided opinion. Metro reported on Kanye’s performance. “The rapper got off to a strong start with his set, which featured Golddigger, N***as In Paris and New Slaves, but critics […]

The Who’s Pete Townshend Disses Kanye West At Glastonbury: ‘Oh Yeah, Who’s The Biggest Rock Star In The World?’ [Video]

The Who’s Pete Townshend Disses Kanye West At Glastonbury: ‘Oh Yeah, Who’s The Biggest Rock Star In The World?’ [Video]

After Kanye declared himself “the greatest living rock star on the planet” on a British stage, festival headliners Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey of The Who took issue with the bold statement. The iconic 60’s band headlined the Pyramid Stage on the final night of Glastonbury 2015, and used that stage to send Kanye a […]

Kanye West Publicity Machine Was Glastonbury’s Biggest Success Story

Kanye West Publicity Machine Was Glastonbury’s Biggest Success Story

Kanye West divides opinion. From the moment that Glastonbury Festival curator Emily Eavis announced that West would headline the famous pyramid stage at this year’s festival, controversy raged. West’s detractors lamented the fact that the controversial rapper was appearing at the festival. Others, including Eavis, hailed the booking of Kanye as a coup for the […]

The Who Played ‘My Generation’ And ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ Joined By Springsteen

The Who Played ‘My Generation’ And ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ Joined By Springsteen

The Who have played “My Generation” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again” numerous times, but never with The Boss onstage. According to NJ, Bruce Springsteen came on stage at 9:22 p.m. at the Best Buy Theatre in New York City during the MusiCares special benefit concert. Springsteen was there to present The Who guitarist Pete Townsend […]

Stephen Hawking Set To Appear At Glastonbury Music Festival

Stephen Hawking Set To Appear At Glastonbury Music Festival

Physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking is set to appear at the 2015 Glastonbury music festival, mixing with rock stars like The Who, Kanye West, and the Foo Fighters, all of whom will be headline acts at this year’s festivities. Hawking will appear on Glastonbury’s Kidz Field, according to Rolling Stone. Though it is unclear what […]

The Who Ditch Paris Show To Bring ‘Mod’ Revival To Glastonbury Festival

The Who Ditch Paris Show To Bring ‘Mod’ Revival To Glastonbury Festival

British rock legends The Who are celebrating 50 years in the music business and they are set to conclude their golden anniversary celebrations in style by headlining the Sunday evening on Glastonbury’s pyramid stage. The Who last performed at Glastonbury in 2007 in the same slot. Roger Daltry of The Who has promised that they […]

The Who’s Roger Daltrey Pleads With Justin Bieber To Seek Help: ‘He’s Going To End Up Like Keith Moon’

The Who’s Roger Daltrey Pleads With Justin Bieber To Seek Help: ‘He’s Going To End Up Like Keith Moon’

In a recent interview, The Who’s frontman Roger Daltrey reached out to troubled troubadour Justin Bieber and pleaded with the young hit-maker to give him a call because “the boy needs help.” Just to clarify, the “help” that Daltrey speaks of, is not an offer from the legendary Who, or what’s left of them, to […]

Roger Daltrey Gives Impromptu Performance At Fan’s Wedding

Roger Daltrey Gives Impromptu Performance At Fan’s Wedding

When Roger Daltrey found out that fans of his legendary band, The Who, were celebrating their wedding at the hotel in which he was staying, the singer didn’t hesitate to accept a request that he give an impromptu performance that the groom described as “legendary.” As the Daily Mail reports, Daltrey was staying at Marr […]

Roger Daltrey Of ‘The Who’ Blasts UK Immigration Policy

Roger Daltrey Of ‘The Who’ Blasts UK Immigration Policy

Roger Daltrey apparently “won’t get fooled again” by the Labor Party in the United Kingdom. A former UK Labor Party supporter, the lead singer of The Who registered his disapproval of large-scale immigration from Eastern Europe that occurred under Labor Party rule. The UK is now governed by a parliamentary coalition of Conservatives (aka Tories) […]

Roger Daltrey Sings To Congress: ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ [Video]

Roger Daltrey Sings To Congress: ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ [Video]

Roger Daltrey, of The Who, performed for the US Congress at the Capitol building on Wednesday, singing “Won’t Get Fooled Again” and “Stand By Me”. Daltrey was invited to perform in a ceremony to unveil a bust honoring former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, one of the United States’ staunchest allies and instrumental in defeating […]

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