| The primary lineup consisted of Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle and Keith Moon.The Who rose to fame in the United Kingdom with a pioneering instrument destruction stage show, as well as a series of top ten hit singles (including the celebrated "My Generation") and top five albums, beginning in 1965 with "I Can't Explain".They first hit the top ten in the USA in 1967 with "I Can See for Miles".They reformed on several occasions to perform at special events such as Live Aid and for reunion tours such as their 25th anniversary tour (1989) and the Quadrophenia revival tours of 1996 and 1997.Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey continue to perform as The Who.Early days
The first band that could be considered a parent of The Who was a "trad jazz" band started by Pete Townshend and John Entwistle called The Confederates.Townshend played the banjo and Entwistle the French horn (which he would continue to use in The Who and in his solo career).Roger Daltrey, founder of the Detours, met John Entwistle in the street (with his bass slung over his arm) and asked him to join his band.In their early days the band was known as The Detours.Daltrey was initially the lead guitarist, but he soon moved to lead vocals and Townshend became sole guitarist.I'm The Face", a single designed to appeal to their mostly mod fans.When it failed to chart, the band fired Meaden and quickly reverted to The Who.In September 1964, at the Railway Tavern in Harrow and Wealdstone, England, Pete Townshend smashed his first guitar.Playing on a high stage, Townshend's physical style of performance resulted in him accidentally breaking off the head of his guitar when it broke through the ceiling.Angered by snickers from the audience, he proceeded to smash the instrument to pieces on the stage.Instrument destruction became a staple of The Who's live shows for the next several years.The incident at the Railway Tavern is one of Rolling Stone magazine's "50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock 'n' Roll".The band would soon crystallise around Townshend as the primary songwriter and creative force.Moon and Daltrey contributed a handful of songs in the 60s and 70s.Singles band
The Who's first release, and first hit, was January 1965's "I Can't Explain", influenced by the early Kinks hits (with whom they shared American producer Shel Talmy).This was also the place where Keith Moon allegedly drove a Cadillac into a hotel pool during his 21st birthday.Their debut album My Generation (The Who Sings My Generation in the U.The album included such mod anthems as "The Kids Are Alright" and the title track "My Generation".Subsequent hits, such as the 1966 singles "Substitute", about a young man who feels like a fraud, "I'm a Boy" about a young boy dressed as a young girl, "Happy Jack" about a mentally disturbed young man, and 1967's "Pictures of Lily", a tribute to masturbation, all show Townshend's growing use of stories of sexual tension and teenage angst.More hits followed, including "I Can See for Miles" and the 1968 single "Magic Bus".Conceptual work
Although they had success as a singles band, Townshend had more ambitious goals.He wanted to treat The Who's albums as unified works, rather than collections of unconnected songs.Although Townshend later said that the song "I'm A Boy" was from a projected opus, the first sign of this ambition came in their 1966 album A Quick One, which included the storytelling medley "A Quick One While He's Away", which they later referred to as a "mini opera," and which has been called the first prog epic.Quick One was followed by The Who Sell Out in 1967, a concept album which played like an offshore radio station, complete with humorous jingles and commercials, and which also included a mini rock opera, called "Rael" (whose closing theme ended up on "Tommy"), as well as The Who's biggest USA single, "I Can See for Miles".The Who famously destroyed their equipment onstage at the Monterey Pop Festival that year and subsequently repeated the routine on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour with literally explosive results as Keith Moon detonated his drum kit.In 1968 The Who were the headliner of the first Schaefer Music Festival in New York City's Central Park.Also that year, Pete Townshend became the subject of the first Rolling Stone interview.Live at Leeds
Around this time the spiritual teachings of India's Meher Baba began to influence Townshend's songwriting, an influence that continued for many years.Melody Maker declaring, "Surely The Who are now the band against which all others are to be judged."The Who performed much of Tommy at the Woodstock Music and Art Festival later that year.That performance, and the ensuing film, catapulted The Who to superstar status in the USA.In February 1970 The Who recorded Live at Leeds, which is thought by many to be the best live rock album of all time.The Leeds University gig was part of the Tommy tour, which not only included gigs in European opera houses, but also saw The Who become the first rock act to perform at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.Who's Next
Also in 1970, The Who began work on a studio album that was never released.Lifehouse, distracting him and the band from work on the album in progress.Lifehouse was never completed in its intended form.Sods and Townshend's 1972 solo album Who Came First."Won't Get Fooled Again", the organ's output was processed through the filters of a VCS3 synthesiser).However, synthesisers can be found elsewhere on the album, playing a prominent role in "Bargain", "Going Mobile", and "The Song is Over".The supporting US tour featured a legendary November 20, 1973 San Francisco, California concert where drummer Keith Moon passed out twice during the show and was replaced by a member of the audience.Tommy was released that year.In 1976 The Who played a concert at Charlton Athletic Football Ground which was listed for over a decade in the Guinness Book of World Records as the loudest concert ever.Two ironies about the last album include the cover, which shows Moon sitting in a chair with the words "not to be taken away," and the song "Music Must Change", which has no drum track.Rainbow Theatre in London, at the Cannes Film Festival in France and at Madison Square Garden in New York City.Sadly, this tour was marred by tragedy: on December 3, 1979 in Cincinnati, Ohio, a crush at Riverfront Coliseum before The Who's concert resulted in the deaths of eleven fans.The band was not told of the deaths until after the show because civic authorities feared more crowd control problems would arise if the concert was canceled.The band members were reportedly devastated by this event.Also in 1979, The Who released a documentary film called The Kids Are Alright and a film version of Quadrophenia, the latter becoming a huge box office hit in the UK and the former capturing many of the band's most scintillating moments on stage over the years.In December, The Who became only the third band, after the Beatles and The Band, to be featured on the cover of Time Magazine.The accompanying article, written by Jay Cocks, was overwhelmingly positive with respect to The Who, their members, and their place in rock music, saying that The Who had "outpaced, outlasted, outlived and outclassed" all of their rock band contemporaries.Decline and breakup
The band released two more studio albums with Jones as their drummer, Face Dances (1981) and It's Hard (1982).Rolling Stone, many fans were not receptive to the band's new sound.Records from the contract they signed in 1980.By the end of 1983, however, Townshend had declared himself unable to generate material which he felt was appropriate for The Who and he issued a public statement in December, 1983, wherein he announced his decision to leave The Who.With Townshend formally ending The Who as an entity producing new music, Townshend focused on solo projects such as White City: A Novel, The Iron Man (which did feature appearances from Daltrey and Entwistle and two songs on the album credited to "The Who"), and Psychoderelict, a forerunner to the eventual release of the radio work Lifehouse.Although the BBC's equipment blew a fuse at the beginning of "My Generation", the band kept playing, so most of "My Generation" was missed by the rest of the world.The Who played a short set at the award ceremony (which is the last time Kenney Jones has worked with The Who to date).Long time Townshend collaborator Simon Phillips played drums during the tour.Demand for tickets was phenomenal, inspiring Newsweek to say, "The Who tour is special because, after the Beatles and the Stones, they're IT."In all, over two million tickets were sold.Partial reunions
In 1990, their first year of eligibility, The Who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by U2, with Bono saying, "More than any other band, The Who are our role models."The Who's display at the Rock Hall describes them as prime contenders for the title of "World's Greatest Rock Band".In 1991 The Who recorded a cover version of Elton John's "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting" for a tribute album.This was the last time that they released any studio work with John Entwistle.On one night of the tour John Entwistle guested for several songs at the end of the show.These performances included guest spots by both John Entwistle and Pete Townshend.Although all the surviving original members of The Who were in attendance, they did not appear on stage together except for the finale, "Join Together," along with all the other guest stars at the end of each show.The band consisted of John "Rabbit" Bundrick on keyboards, Zak Starkey on drums and Simon Townshend filling in for his absent brother.Pete Townshend had given Daltrey his consent to call this band The Who, but Daltrey declined.Overall, the Daltrey Sings Townshend tour was not a major commercial success.Also, Jon Carin was added as an additional keyboard player, a horn section was added alongside backing vocalists and several special guests would join to play characters from the album.The whole performance was narrated by Phil Daniels who played Jimmy the Mod in the film.Despite a few technical difficulties the show was a huge success and many considered this to be the best act of the day above headliner Eric Clapton.These shows were not billed as The Who.The show was originally billed under the band members names but was eventually billed as The Who to aid ticket sales.After the success of Quadrophenia The Who disbanded once again.Pete Townshend went on to perform many acoustic shows, John Entwistle mounted several shows with his own band The John Entwistle Band and Roger Daltrey toured with the British Rock Symphony performing The Who and other classic rock songs with an orchestra.With the numerous rave reviews of the shows in the press all three members of The Who began to discuss the possibility of a new album.The band's appearance at The Concert for New York City in October 2001, was the most fervently cheered of any act by the audience of New York police officers, firefighters and rescue workers.The Who were also honoured with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award that year.Just before the onset of a tour in the summer of 2002, John Entwistle was found dead in his room at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.After a brief delay, the tour commenced with bassist Pino Palladino.In September, Q magazine named The Who as one of the "50 Bands to See Before You Die".Again, all shows were released on CD, as part of Encore Series 2004.The Who then announced that the spring of 2005 would see the release of their first new studio album in 23 years (tentatively titled WHO2).Who album, and later a full opera which Townshend presented at Vassar College.The Who performed "Who Are You" and "Won't Get Fooled Again" on the London stage of the Live 8 concert in July 2005.Also that year, The Who were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame.In 2006, The Who were the first recipients of the Freddie Mercury Lifetime Achievement Award in Live Music at the Vodaphone music awards.Endless Wire was released on 30 October 2006 (31 October in the USA).It was their first full studio album of new material since 1982's It's Hard."Rael" on 1967's The Who Sell Out.July 17 exclusively on iTunes, and was released on CD and limited edition 12" vinyl in the UK on 24 July.European tour followed by the rest of the world.These are their first shows since their 2004 world tour and brief performance at Live 8 in 2005.Members of the latest lineup remain, including keyboardist John "Rabbit" Bundrick, bassist Pino Palladino, drummer Zak Starkey and guitarist Simon Townshend, who is also acting as the supporting act for The Who with his band The Casbah Club.Other opening acts on the tour include The Pretenders and Rose Hill Drive.Zak Starkey was invited to become a full member of Oasis in April 2006, and, in November 2006 of The Who, but he declined, preferring to split his time between the two bands.On 24 June 2007, The Who topped the bill at the Glastonbury Festival.Amazing Journey
On 6 November 2007, a new documentary on The Who went on sale, titled Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who.David Wild, a contributing editor of Rolling Stone, says it's "Brilliant.The documentary includes a lot of footage not seen in earlier Who documentaries, including film from their acclaimed 1970 Leeds University appearance and a 1964 performance at the Railway Hotel when they were known as the High Numbers.On October 30, 2007, Roger Daltrey announced plans for The Who to return to touring in 2008 for a set of shows in Japan and Australia."We don't want to stop..."We don't want those long hiatuses that we used to have....You should at least keep the ball rolling."During this announcement, Daltrey also implied that Pete Townshend was working on new material for the group.Whether this means that another new album from The Who is on the way has yet to be confirmed.Influence
The Who are one of the most influential groups in rock music.England's music scene was one that set the stage for other bands ranging from Led Zeppelin to the Clash.Part of the foundation of punk rock lies in The Who's onstage aggression, violence and snotty attitude.The Stooges, MC5, Ramones, Sex Pistols, the Clash, Generation X, Green Day and many other punk rock and protopunk rock bands, point to The Who as a major influence.The group has been credited with devising the "rock opera" and it made one of the first notable concept albums.Following in the footsteps of Tommy were David Bowie's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by Genesis, Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick and Pink Floyd's The Wall, among others.Recently, the idea was adopted by The Flaming Lips with Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and Green Day with American Idiot.In 1967 Pete Townshend coined the phrase "power pop" to describe The Who's sixties singles sound.The guiding lights of the seventies power pop movement, from the The Raspberries to Cheap Trick, take much of their inspiration from The Who.Who's Next featuring the instrument prominently and the single "Won't Get Fooled Again" becoming the first hit single to be driven by a synthesiser track.Oasis used it as their set closer during their 2005 world tour.David Bowie covered "I Can't Explain", "Pictures of Lily" and "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere".Pearl Jam performed "Baba O'Riley" and "The Kids Are Alright" during their tours in the 1990s and 2000s.Grey", "Love, Reign O'er Me" and "Naked Eye".Van Halen covered "Won't Get Fooled Again" on their 1993 live album Live: Right Here, Right Now, explicitly describing it as "a tribute to The Who" and in 1995, Phish covered Quadrophenia for their second annual Halloween concert tradition of performing another band's album in its entirety, which was later released as Live Phish Volume 14.The Grateful Dead also covered "Baba O'Riley" in the early 1990s, as did Nirvana.Limp Bizkit also did a cover of "Behind Blue Eyes" in their 2004 album Results May Vary."I'll Be Ok", and played the song live in their 2005 tour.Fish (ex Marillion) covered "The Seeker" during his Songs from the Mirror period.Many other artists, ranging from Buddy Rich to Richard Thompson to U2 to Petra Haden (who covered The Who Sell Out in its entirety), have covered Who songs.The music of The Who is still performed in public by many tribute bands, such as (in alphabetical order): Bargain, The Ohm, The Relay, The Whodlums (UK), The Wholigans, Who's Next USA, Who's Next UK, Who's Who UK.All three versions of the American forensic drama CSI (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, and CSI: NY) feature songs written and performed by The Who as their theme songs, "Who Are You", "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "Baba O'Riley" respectively.Freddie Mercury Lifetime Achievement in Live Music Award in 2006.The Who at progarchives.The Independent (June 7, 2006).THE WHO: Live at Leeds.January 29, 2003)
* The Who: Live at Leeds.Rolling Stone Magazine (November 1, 2003).The Who Concerts Guide 1982.The Who Concerts Guide Newspaper Review.Before I Get Old: The Story of The Who.External links
The Who.This page was last modified 21:59, 8 January 2008.See Copyrights for details.For the Ian Fleming novel, see The Spy Who Loved Me.The Spy Who Loved Me, released in 1977, is the 10th film in the James Bond series and the third to star Roger Moore as MI6 agent James Bond.The film takes its title from the tenth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series.Following a request by Ian Fleming when he sold the rights to the series that only the title of the novel be used, it is the first Bond film to be written with a wholly original plot line in its screenplay.The soundtrack, composed by Marvin Hamlisch also met tremendous success.The film was nominated for three Academy Awards amidst many other nominations and subsequently novelised in 1977 by Christopher Wood as James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me.Plot
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Ballistic missile submarines from the Royal Navy and the Soviet fleet are stolen in an attempt to launch their nuclear weapons at targets around the globe.Elsewhere in Austria, Bond escapes an ambush by Soviet agents, killing one of them in a downhill ski race that concludes when he skis off a cliff and falls only to open a Union Jack parachute.Bond then travels to Egypt, where he is supposed to contact the prospective seller near the pyramids.They identify the person behind all the thefts as Karl Stromberg, a shipping tycoon.Posing as a marine biologist and his wife, they visit Stromberg's base and discover that he has a mysterious new supertanker, the Liparus.Jaws retreats once again while Naomi and her other allies are killed.Some time later, Amasova learns Bond had killed her lover in Austria.Assisted by American submarines, Bond and Amasova examine Stromberg's Atlantis base and confirm that he is operating the tracking system.This would trigger a global nuclear war, which Stromberg would outlive in his underwater hideout Atlantis, and subsequently a new civilisation would be established.The captured Naval personal annihilates Stromberg's henchmen and then sinks the Liparus.Bond then insists on a final confrontation with Stromberg and the rescue of Amasova before the navy has to follow its orders and destroy Atlantis.He shoots Stromberg from beneath the table, but soon encounters Jaws.After a tough fight, Bond lifts Jaws using an electromagnet (which attracts Jaws' metal teeth) and then leaves him to be eaten by the shark.Bond then reunites with Amasova and they step into an escape pod as Atlantis is sunk.She admits having forgiven him and then, the two make love passionately.Barbara Bach as Anya Amasova (Agent Triple X): A Soviet army officer also investigating the theft.Bernard Lee as M: The head of MI6.Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny: M's secretary.He supplies Bond with unique vehicles and gadgets, most notably the Lotus Esprit that converts into a submarine.Geoffrey Keen as Fredrick Gray: The British Minister of Defence.Production
The Spy Who Loved Me in many ways was a pivotal film for the Bond franchise, and was plagued since its conception by many problems.The first was the departure of Bond producer Harry Saltzman, who was forced to sell his half of the Bond film franchise in 1975 for twenty million pounds.Saltzman had branched out into several other ventures of dubious promise and consequently was struggling through personal financial reversals unrelated to Bond.The producers approached Steven Spielberg, who was in post production of Jaws, but ultimately decided to wait to see 'how the fish picture turns out'.The first director attached to the film was Guy Hamilton who directed the previous three Bond films as well as Goldfinger, but he left after being offered the opportunity to direct the 1978 film Superman (he was ultimately passed up for Richard Donner).EON Productions would later turn to Lewis Gilbert, who had directed the earlier Bond film You Only Live Twice.The initial villain of the film was Ernst Stavro Blofeld; however Kevin McClory who owned the film rights to Thunderball forced an injunction on EON Productions against using the character of Blofeld, or his international criminal organization, SPECTRE, which delayed production of the film further.The villain would later be changed from Blofeld to Karl Stromberg so that the injunction would not interfere with the production.In the second volume of his autobiography, Burgess claims to have worked on an early treatment for the movie.Eventually, Richard Maibaum provided the screenplay and at first, he tried to incorporate ideas from all of the other writers into his script.However, this was shelved.Meanwhile, Guy Hamilton who had overseen the previous three Bond films who was originally assigned to direct The Spy Who Loved Me, decided he wanted to direct Superman (1978).Wood's proposed changes to Maibaum's draft script were agreed by Broccoli but before he could set to work there were more legal complications.In the years since Thunderball (1965), Kevin McClory had set up two film companies and was trying to make a new Bond film in collaboration with Sean Connery and novelist Len Deighton.McClory got wind of Broccoli's plans to use SPECTRE, an organisation that had first been created by Fleming while working with McClory and Jack Whittingham on the very first attempt to film Thunderball, back even before it was a novel, in the late 1950s.Not wishing to extend the already ongoing legal dispute that could have delayed the production of The Spy Who Loved Me, Broccoli requested Wood to remove all references to Blofeld and SPECTRE from the script.In the film, Stromberg's scheme to destroy civilization by capturing Soviet and British nuclear submarines and have them fire intercontinental ballistic missiles at two major cities is actually a recycled plot from a previous Bond film, You Only Live Twice, which was similar in that by stealing space capsules it would start a war between the Soviets and the Americans.The scheme in which the villain wishes to destroy mankind to create a new race or new civilization was also used in Moonraker, the next film after The Spy Who Loved Me.The film Moonraker was also written by Christopher Wood.Anderson Museum), Malta, Scotland, Okinawa, Switzerland and Mount Asgard on Baffin Island.To complement this stage, EON also paid for the building a water tank in capable of storing approximately 1,200,000 gallons.While in Sardinia, Moore drove the first of two Lotus Esprits that were to feature in the film.The second specially modified model was unveiled by Ken Adam and Derek Meddings in October when the second unit, travelled to Nassau to film the underwater sequences.The car seen entering the sea was a shell, propelled off the jetty by a compressed air cannon.Only two cars of the type were available, and so the production had to requisition the Esprit from Colin Chapman, the head of the Lotus Company."The production team returned briefly to the UK to shoot at the Faslane submarine base before setting off to Spain, Portugal and the Bay of Biscay where the super tanker exteriors were filmed.The theme song "Nobody Does it Better" composed by Marvin Hamlisch, written by Carole Bayer Sager, and performed by Carly Simon.The song met immediate success and is featured in numerous movies including Mr.In addition, Hamlisch incorporated into his score several pieces of classical music.He then plays the opening string section of the second movement, Andante, of Mozart's Piano Concerto No.Release and reception
The Spy Who Loved Me opened with a Royal Premiere, attended by Princess Anne, at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on 7 July 1977.The film was received positively by most critics and is considered by some the best James Bond film to star Roger Moore.Marvin Hamlisch was nominated for several awards such as the Academy Award for Best Song, Original Music Score, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score,Grammy Award for Best Score for a Motion Picture and the BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music ("Nobody Does It Better") in 1978.Broccoli, he gave permission only for the title The Spy Who Loved Me to be used.Since the screenplay for the film had nothing to do with Fleming's original novel, Glidrose Publications, for the first time, authorised that a novelization be written based upon the script.This would also be the first regular Bond novel published since Colonel Sun nearly a decade earlier.James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me.The novelisation and the screenplay, although both written by Wood, are somewhat different.The appearance of SMERSH conflicts with a number of Bond stories, including the film The Living Daylights (1987), in which a character remarks that SMERSH has been defunct for over 20 years.It also differs from the latter half of Fleming's Bond novels in which SMERSH is mentioned to have been put out of operation.General Niktin, a character from Fleming's novel From Russia with Love who has since become the head of SMERSH.See Also
007: Nightfire, a 2002 video game featuring the Atlantis setting from this film.Further reading
Wood, Christopher (2006).Twenty First Century Publishers.This page was last modified 00:13, 7 January 2008.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.See Copyrights for details.During the past decade, health has achieved unprecedented prominence as a key driver of socioeconomic progress, and more resources than ever are being invested in health.Commitment to this principle ensures that WHO activities aimed at health development give priority to health outcomes in poor, disadvantaged or vulnerable groups.Areas being addressed include the provision of adequate numbers of appropriately trained staff, sufficient financing, suitable systems for collecting vital statistics, and access to appropriate technology including essential drugs.Harnessing research, information and evidence
Evidence provides the foundation for setting priorities, defining strategies, and measuring results.WHO carries out its work with the support and collaboration of many partners, including UN agencies and other international organizations, donors, civil society and the private sector.Sorry, the page you're trying to reach is unavailable or the page may no longer exist.Click your browser's Back button to return to the previous page."The Who on MSN Music";s.Roger describes the experience.Seventies hard rock, the Who reigned across the decades as one of the greatest rock and roll bands of all time.Pete Townshend provided the slashing guitar work and much of the material.Bassist John Entwistle anchored the band with his stoic demeanor and expert musicianship.Keith Moon, one of the greatest of all rock and roll drummers, embodied their explosive energy and anarchic wit.The Who evolved in 1964 from a group called the High Numbers, which included Daltrey, Townshend and Entwistle.British surf group called the Beachcombers.By the late Sixties, Townshend and the Who had turned their attention from singles to their antithesis.An excerpt from Tommy provided a concert highlight of the Woodstock festival and its subsequent film documentary.Next, a flawless album of discreet numbers that helped define the sound and sensibility of rock in the Seventies.Next stands as a virtual rock primer.At all stages of its career, the Who has been a dynamic live act.TIMELINE
March 1, 1944: Roger Daltrey was born.August 23, 1946: Keith Moon was born.Eric Clapton, John Lennon, Jethro Tull and the Who.Bethel, in upstate New York.An estimated crowd of 450,000 attended the event, which featured everyone from Jimi Hendrix and Joe Cocker, to Arlo Guthrie, the Jefferson Airplane, the Who, Janis Joplin, Sly and the Family Stone, Ravi Shankar and Country Joe McDonald.September 7, 1978: Keith Moon of the Who dies of an overdose of the drug prescribed to control his alcoholism.The Who are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.June 27, 2002: John Entwistle of the Who dies of a heart attack in Las Vegas, NV.Former Pink Floyd principal Roger Waters and Texas are the first acts set for night one, while the Who and Razorlight are early confirmations for the closing evening.One lucky fan will win a trip to every show on the tour; the contest can be entered via HardRock.The Who have confirmed details of a full European tour this summer and announced tentative plans for their first new album in over twenty years.Speaking recently, he commented: "I know I've cried wolf a few times, but this time I have committed because I have about enough music for a new CD, and I'm still producing."The current dates on The Who's tour are as follows.Pete Townshend promised us a Who tour this year, and the details are starting to come out now.Townshend previously said that North American dates would start in September and run into December, with shows in South America, Japan, and Australia coming next year.The Who have promised to release a new CD this year, probably in early summer.The last time theWho did a North American tour was in 2002, right after the death of original bassist John Entwistle.The Who are to return to Leeds for the first time since they recorded the famous Live at Leeds album in 1970.Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend will headline a northern version of the Wireless Festival at Harewood House.Super Furry Animals and The Flaming Lips will appear alongside The Who on 25 June in Leeds.The headliner to play Leeds on June 24 has still to be announced but Goldfrapp, Pharrell Williams and DJ Shadow will feature on the bill.The Who, legendary 60's rock band, play Oxegen 2006 on Saturday, the 8th of July.The Who bring their canon of classic rock songs and explosive live reputation to the Oxegen Festival, bringing down the curtain down on the festival on Saturday night.The Who burst on to the British music scene in the mid '60s as one of the most exciting bands on the emerging Mod scene with their debut hit single, "I Can't Explain".The Who were an innovative band from the start with Pete Townsend holding down the rhythm on guitar, John Entwistle practically playing lead on bass, Keith Moon causing a riot behind the drum kit and Roger Daltrey fronting the musical affray with his powerful, souful voice.At a show at the Marquee Club, Townsend smashed his guitar out of frustration with the sound system and The Who collectively smashing their instruments became the penultimate climax of the band's live shows.With wonderful singles like "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere", "Substitute" and "The Kids Are Alright", The Who explored new sonic territories while creating anthems for their audience.The Who's manifesto reached its apex with one of the defining songs of the '60s, "My Generation" while the band explored song structures with critically acclaimed albums like A Quick One and The Who Sell Out.With blistering performances at the Monterey and Woodstock Festivals, The Who became on the biggest live groups in the US and their popularity was sealed with the massive success of the rock opera, Tommy.Throughout the '70s, The Who negotiated Townsend's art rock experiments with Daltrey, Entwistle and Moon's penchant for hard rock with an array of hit albums like Who's Next, Quadrophenia and Who Are You.Tragedy hit The Who in 1978 when the band's notorious drummer, Keith Moon died of a drug overdose and although the band continued with a new drummer they were never the same again.Another original member, John Entwistle while touring the US in 2004, leaving Daltrey and Townsend the two remaining members of The Who.As can be seen from the band's performance at Live 8 last summer, The Who remain an incendiary live group with an incredible collection of rock anthems and cult favourites to choose from.The Who play Oxegen on Saturday, the 8th of July.To share this media with a friend, you must have AIM installed.Embarassing Onstage Antics: No.DVD authorized documentary of the legendary British foursome, picks up and expands where 1979's acclaimed 'The Kids Are Alright' left off.The new anthology uses interviews as well as..."There's no point in me seeing it ...Roger Daltrey
The Who singer told Billboard about his trepidation for the November 6 release of the upcoming Who documentary, 'Amazing Journey.Want More The Who?Highlights: A smokin version of her hit single Tambourine and a killer verse from Party Like a Rockstar.Get behind the scenes footage from other Sessions alums. |
