December 31st
Happy New Year
and thanks to everyone who has popped by over the past few months. Wishing everyone a healthy and happy 2012. Matt
December 30th
Roger takes Tommy to Japan
UDO promotions in Japan have announced that Roger will take his Tommy tour to Japan. No dates have been finalised yet, although it can be expected that they will be around the Australian dates already announced. I'll post the dates as soon as they are confirmed (Thanks to Yumi for the news)
UPDATE: Just spoken to Roger and the Japan dates will be after the Australian ones, dates to follow.
December 29th
Into '12
When I looked after Pete's websites we launched WHO TV, an internet channel that looped DVDs when we weren't streaming live material. I made the DVDs up mainly from my own collection and thought the following might be of interest. It's a clip of the band performing 'I Don't Even Know Myself' for the BBC show 'Into 71', a new years eve show recorded 41 years ago tomorrow! I've also included the following clip of 'Won't Get Fooled Again' on Top of the Pops which was broadcast the following July. I see on YouTube that there's some discussion about whether 'the Into 71' footage exists in its entirity (Don't Know Myself and Naked Eye). I can confirm that it does, however not in the bands archive.
December 24th
Method Music to be released.
Laurence Ball, who helped Pete on the Lifehouse Method project is to release a two CD set of music - 'Imaginary Sitters' and 'Imaginary Galaxies' on Jan 31st 2012. Read more about it here and here.
The Guardian
Has an article on super duper expensive box sets with comment by Pete here.
December 23rd
Happy (w)Holidays.
As the year draws to a close I just want to say a big thank you to everyone who has supported the site.
December 22nd
It all looks fine...
to the Naked Eye.
Tommy stage show to hit Germany, Austria and Belgium,
Tommy, the stage musical, will tour Europe beginning next April. A full list of dates is available here.
December 21st
A seasonal clip...
Whilst on the subject of the Tommy movie, the published interviews I did with Pete and Roger for the DVD reissue are up on nme.com if anyone wishes to view them:.
Pete part 1
Pete part 2
Pete part 3
Pete part 4 (Youtube)
Roger
December 20th
5.15 film winner announced.
May be old news, not sure, but the winner of the 'Film for The Who' competition has been announced. You can view a selection of the films here but congratulations to winner Jeff Rodenberg for his amazing entry, which can be seen below:
Copyright Jeff Rodenberg and UMG
December 14th
Pete and Stevie Wonder talk synths.
Listen to Pete talk about the
Malcolm Cecil Tonto synstem on a recent BBC 4 Show.
Pete talks 2012
B102.7 have posted a small audio sample of Pete talking about the US and mentions plans for Quadrophenia. Listen to it here
People magazine online post video of Roger
There's a short video on the people online website which shows Roger talking about teen cancer and the recent UCLA initiative. You can watch it here.
Quadrophenia Demos Vol 1
For anyone who missed out on the special 10" vinyl version of the Quadrophenia Demos (particularly in the UK) Amazon now have a few for sale here. The tracklisting is: The Real Me, Cut My Hair, Punk and Godfather, Dirty Jobs, Is It In My Head?, Any More.
December 10th
Chimes of Freedom.
The 4 CD Bob Dylan covers album Chimes of Freedom is released today in streaming format ahead of its scheduled full release. As reported last month Pete has recorded a version of Corrina Corrina and Rolling Stone has some exclusive behind the scenes video, including Pete talking about Dylan's influence here. The full tracklisting for the album can be found on Amnesty's site here. The video is shown below, copyright Rolling Stone.
December 9th
Pete interview
Thanks to everyone who emailed about the Pete interview posted last month. A very big thank to to Rie Tsubouchi who has taken the time to translate the interview into Japanese. You can read the translated text here.
December 8th
Rare Detours photographs up for auction.
Bonham's auction house in London is holding an auction on December 15 which includes some rare Detours photographs. The lot comprises of seven
negatives and prints and is being sold with copyright.
To view the lot click here.
December 7th
(sugar) Substitute
Early next year I'm arranging an event (local to me) for the charity Diabetes UK. It's till taking shape but both Roger and Pete have agreed to donate items to it - Roger a signed microphone from his Tommy tour and Pete is going to sign half a dozen prints (also signed by me) of a photo I took of him (shown below). Obviously I'd like to give Who fans a chance to get their hands on these and raise money for a really good charity. I'll post something nearer the time showing how to bid on these.
Roger announces more Tommy dates
Roger has annouced four dates in Australia as part of his 2012 Tommy tour.
The shows will take place in April and follow on from his recently announced shows in Italy and France.
The dates are:
April 9 - Byron Bay, Bluesfest, Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm
April 12 - Sydney, Enmore Theatre
15th April - Canberra, Royal Theatre
16th April - Melbourne, Plenary Hall.
Pete's Schecter raises £34,850 !
Pete recently donated the Schecter guitar he played at Live Aid to a charity auction at Christie's. The auction took place on November 15th and fetched £34,850 ($55,412). Pete also provided a letter of provenance stating 'After heavy pressure from Bob Geldof, The Who agreed to reform for a one-off appearance at Live Aid.... Our set was 20 minutes... I used my Black Schecter Telecaster on the last two numbers... It was a great day and I'm glad I was part of it. I think The Who are one of the few acts who appeared at Live Aid and Live 8 twenty years later '. The money raised all goes to the Band Aid Trust.
December 2nd
Pete interviewed for new book on The Action
Pete has contributed to a new book on 60's Mod band The Action. The book, which is due to be published next Spring will be the first major book on the band and will be released in both a hardcover edition and a limited slipcase edition, which will be limited to 400 individually numbered pieces. You can read more about the book here.
Roger takes Tommy to Europe
Roger has announced 9 new dates for his Tommy tour (8 in Italy and 1 in France) in March 2012. He'll be accompanied by the same band that performed to critical acclaim
in the UK and USA this year.
The dates are:
March 9 Italy -Padova Teatro Geox
March 11 Italy - Genova Teatro Carlo Felice
March 12 Italy - Torino Teatro Colosseo
March 15 France - Paris L'Olympia Gerard Drouot
March 18 Italy - Trieste Teatro Rossetti
March 20 Italy - Firenze Teatro Comunale
March 21 Italy -Rome Auditorium Della Concilazone
March 22 Italy - Rome Auditorium Della Concilazone
March 24 Italy - Milan Teatro Smeraldo
Tickets are available now
Italy
France
