Page updated March 1, 2025. This is a highly abridged version of all the things that happened to and around The Who in March. Click for access to the full history.
March 1944
New music releases: "San Fernando Valley" - Bing Crosby; "It's Love-Love-Love" - Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians; "MacNamara's Band" - Geraldo and His Orchestra; "Cow Cow Boogie" - Joe Loss and His Orchestra
On the 1st, Roger Harry Daltrey is born at Hammersmith Hospital in West London. His mother, in labor, walks to the hospital from the Shepherd's Bush underground train station during a World War II Nazi aerial bombardment.
March 1959
New music releases: "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I" - Elvis Presley; Still More! Sing Along with Mitch - Mitch Miller & The Gang; "Quiet Village" - Martin Denny; "A Teenager in Love" - Dion and the Belmonts
Around this time, Acton County Grammar School officials write to the parents of Roger suggesting they take the fifteen year-old out of school because he refuses to wear his school uniform. Roger leaves, ultimately gets a day job as a sheet-metal worker, and spends his nights putting a band together he calls The Detours.
March 1961
New music releases: My Favorite Things - John Coltrane; "Running Scared" - Roy Orbison; "You're Driving Me Crazy" - The Temperance Seven; "Daddy's Home" - Shep and the Limelites
Fourteen-year old Keith Moon decides he has had enough of school before school decides it has had enough of Keith Moon.
March 1963
New records: Please Please Me - The Beatles; Surfin' U.S.A. - The Beach Boys; "Surfin' U.S.A." - The Beach Boys; "How Do You Do It?" - Gerry & The Pacemakers
The Detours, with either Roger or "Gabby" Connolly on lead vocals, enjoy several steady bookings.
March 1964
New music releases: "Twist and Shout" - The Beatles; "Can't Buy Me Love" - The Beatles; "Do You Want to Know a Secret?" - The Beatles; "The Pink Panther Theme" - Henry Mancini
On the 14th, Melody Maker cites The Who in an article about the burgeoning R&B scene. It is the first national press mention of The Who. The same issue also has an ad for Marshall Amps citing The Who as clients.
March 1965
New music releases: The Sound of Music - Original Soundtrack; Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan; The Early Beatles - The Beatles; "Wooly Bully" - Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs
On the 15th comes another TV performance, this one on BBC2's Gadzooks! It's All Happening! as they play live "I Can't Explain" and "Shout and Shimmy." Meanwhile, a promo film assembled by Who managers and budding filmmakers Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp appears on the TV programme That's For Me. Footage of The High Numbers performing (and Mods dancing) at the Railway Hotel the previous August are edited together with a recent studio shoot of "I Can't Explain." It is later released on the Who's Better Who's Best video.
March 1966
New music releases: Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) - The Rolling Stones; "Monday, Monday" - The Mama's & The Papa's; "When a Man Loves a Woman" - Percy Sledge; Frankie and Johnny - Elvis Presley
On the 4th, the Reaction label finally gets its first Who single into stores, "Substitute" backed with "Circles." To provide some confusion over a planned injunction brought by their former producer Shel Talmy, Reaction also releases the single with a new label affixed to the b-side, retitling the song "Instant Party."
On the 9th, Polydor, owners of the Reaction label, go to the high court to have Talmy's injunction dismissed. Talmy's QC tells Mr. Justice Cross, "The group of young men who made the record is The Who." "The what?" replies the judge. "The Who m'lord, like the initials of the World Health Organization." Polydor makes the case that there is no copyright violation as Pete is the sole author of the song. Talmy's QC makes the case that, since Pete cannot read music and Talmy can, Talmy should be considered co-author. The judge extends the injunction against the Reaction release to the 18th but forces Talmy's company, Orbit Music, to put up $10,000 to pay to Polydor if Talmy's case is shown to have no merit.
On the 21st, Chris Stamp directs a video of The Who miming to the U.S. version of "Substitute" at a film studio in Neal's Yard, Covent Garden. Re-edited to the British version, it appears in The Kids Are Alright and Who's Better Who's Best.
March 1967
New music releases: Greatest Hits - Patsy Cline; Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits - Bob Dylan; Velvet Underground & Nico - Velvet Underground; "Somethin' Stupid" - Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra
On the 18th, "Happy Jack" backed with "Whiskey Man" is finally released in the U.S. It becomes The Who's first stateside hit, reaching #24 in the Billboard charts and #13 in Cash Box.
On the 25th, The Who make their U.S. debut as part of Murray The K's Easter Show at the R.K.O. 58th Street Theater in New York. Also performing are Wilson Pickett, the Blues Project, Jim & Jean, the Chicago Loop, Mandala and for this night, Phil Ochs. The Who have their "Happy Jack" promo film projected behind them as they play for at least the first night.
March 1968
New music releases: "A Beautiful Morning" - The Rascals; "Lady Madonna" - The Beatles; "Young Girl" - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap; "Cowboys to Girls" - The Intruders
On the 10th, The Who play the Opera House in Aurora, Illinois. The show is filmed by a BBC camera crew for Tony Palmer's music documentary All My Loving. They also film that night's performance at the Exposition Gardens in Peoria, Illinois. The promoter at this show withholds the balance of the band's fee claiming they "overplayed". On this day or the next The Who are filmed aboard their bus motoring through the Midwest.
March 1969
New music releases: "Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)" - The 5th Dimension; "My Way" - Frank Sinatra; "The Boxer" - Simon & Garfunkel; Galveston - Glen Campbell
On the 7th, "Pinball Wizard," the first new recording from The Who in seven months, is released in Britain. The b-side is the Keith Moon-credited instrumental "Dogs Part 2," although the single also lists Towser and Jason, Pete and John's dogs respectively, as authors. The single, The Who's first to be released in stereo, will ultimately reach #4, The Who's first big hit in two years.
The public may like it but the powers-that-be do not. BBC disc jockey Tony Blackburn attacks "Pinball Wizard" as "distasteful" and declares, "There is no excuse for the lyric." New Musical Express also attacks the song as "sick."
March 1970
New music releases: Déjà Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; "Let It Be" - The Beatles; Band of Gypsies - Jimi Hendrix; Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
On the 19th, The Who tape their mimed performance to a new recording of "The Seeker" for Top Of The Pops at BBC Television Centre, London. This version is later released on the Best Buy bonus disc of BBC Sessions. John said he forced a re-shoot after the director did not include a shot of him in the first take.
March 1971
New music releases: Aqualung - Jethro Tull; You'll Never Walk Alone - Elvis Presley; "Layla" - Derek and the Dominos; "Love Her Madly" - The Doors
On the 1st, The Who hold their third official session at the Young Vic Theatre in London as part of the Life House project. Afterwards, Who co-manager Chris Stamp takes The Who to a nearby pub to tell them that Universal Pictures has pulled out of the Life House project without forwarding any advance money. This leaves Pete, who had spent a good bit of his money on equipment and artwork to use for the film, out of pocket for a large sum. Stamp also reveals that Lambert has become addicted to heroin. This marks the end of the first attempt to film Life House.
March 1973
New records: The Dark Side of The Moon - Pink Floyd; Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin; The Best of Bread - Bread; The Captain and Me - The Doobie Brothers
On the 10th, The Who perform at the Popgala festival at Sporthal de Vliegermolen, Voorburg, The Netherlands. They are a last minute replacement for Roxy Music. As the first time they have played together live in 6 months, their performance is erratic. Naturally, this is the concert that gets recorded for Dutch television and becomes one of the few visual records of a Who concert during the 1971-1973 period.
March 1974
New music releases: Get Your Wings - Aerosmith; On the Border - The Eagles; Buddha and The Chocolate Box - Cat Stevens; "Waterloo" - ABBA
On the 31st, The King Biscuit Flower Hour broadcasts an edited version of The Who's Dec. 4th, 1973 Philadelphia concert in the U.S. and Canada. The broadcast is presented quadraphonically encoded for those with the appropriate equipment listening at home. After the show a sixty-second spot is aired announcing that The Who will perform for the first time at New York's Madison Square Garden that June playing four shows. The ad is the only promotion for these concerts. Tickets for all four shows sell out within fifteen hours.
March 1975
New music releases: That's The Way of the World - Earth, Wind & Fire; Pure Gold - Elvis Presley; Between the Lines - Janis Ian; Young Americans - David Bowie
On the 18th, Tommy: The Movie has its New York premiere at the Ziegfeld Theater. A morning press conference is attended by all the movie's stars except Oliver Reed, Jack Nicholson and Roger and Ken Russell who are in England working on Lisztomania. The film receives a standing ovation despite occasional sound problems. Afterwards The Who and celebrities attend a midnight party designed by new Hollywood hotshot Allan Carr in a sealed-off section of a New York subway station located under the IND Station at 57th Street and Sixth Avenue.
Against widespread industry expectations that a movie with a soundtrack of only rock music will fail to find a mass audience, Tommy: The Movie becomes a box-office "sensation" earning $16 million in the U.S. alone (and placing #10 for 1975 films). The mainstream press reviewers love the film, praising Russell's excessive vision and the film's sense of fun. However, long-time Who fans and rock reviewers generally dislike the movie. Ian MacDonald in New Musical Express calls it a failure on every conceivable level and Jon Landau in Rolling Stone headlines his review "Too big, too late." Andrew Sarris in The Village Voice says "It confirms our belief that Rock has entered its mindlessly decadent phase, all noise and glitter and self-congratulation. It no longer comments on Us. We comment on it."
March 1976
New music releases: Presence - Led Zeppelin; "T.N.T." - AC/DC; 2112 - Rush; ; Breezin' - George Benson
On the 9th, The Who begin the second leg of their U.S. tour at the Boston Garden Arena and, for the first time since the beginning of their 1973 U.S. tour, Keith passes out on stage. No one is called from the audience and the show is abandoned with another show for ticket holders to be scheduled later. The official word is that Keith has the "flu."
The next night Keith's "flu" nearly kills him as he slices his foot open while kicking the glass out of a hotel painting. By the time he is discovered he is in serious danger of bleeding to death. These two nights' events are the starting point of a supposed discussion somewhere within The Who and its management about possibly replacing Keith with a more reliable drummer.
March 1977
New music releases: "Dreams" - Fleetwood Mac; Foreigner - Foreigner; John Denver's Greatest Hits, Vol. II - John Denver; Let There Be Rock - AC/DC
On the 10th, Keith again checks himself into Cedars-Sinai Hospital to dry out, this time for over a month.
March 1978
New records: "Wheel in the Sky" - Journey; You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish - REO Speedwagon; ...And Then There Were Three... - Genesis; You Light Up My Life - Johnny Mathis
Trouser Press (April issue) prints part one of a lengthy interview with Pete in which he says he does not want to tour anymore with the Who because their live act has become stale and new music is not being embraced. "after a while it's automatic, it's like being the Queen. People wave and shout just because you're there, they don't really care what you're doing." He also notes how rock music has changed: "rock has now become society. It started off being an alternative, an expression of a new society, and now it is society, it is you and me. I'm in my 30s, I'm not only part of the establishment, I am the establishment."
March 1980
New music releases: Glass Houses - Billy Joel; Departure - Journey; Women and Children First - Van Halen; Duke - Genesis
The Who begin their 1980 European tour with a two-night stay at the Grugahalle in Essen, Germany on the 26th and 27th. On the 28th, they play the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland. That night Pete, having been accused by those around him of behaving in a "schizophrenic" manner, decides to quit the rock 'n' roll business and become a tramp. With just his wallet, his passport and the ever-present bottle of brandy, Pete sets off on foot to the town of Berne, Switzerland. He spends 16 hours either walking or sleeping under a tree before he finally reaches his destination, the Berne Zoo, famous for its huge brown bears kept in bearpits. However, when Pete gets there it is the off-season and the bears are not there. He is discovered passed out in the empty bearpit and is flown to Vienna where The Who perform at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria on the night of the 30th. The events of the past two days are quickly transformed by Pete into the song "Cache Cache" for the next Who album.
March 1981
New music releases: Secret Combination - Randy Crawford; Fancy Free - The Oak Ridge Boys; "Bette Davis Eyes" - Kim Carnes; "Elvira" - The Oak Ridge Boys
On the 6th, The Who's first post-Keith Moon album of all-new material Face Dances is released in Europe. The U.S. release follows on the 20th. Gavin Martin in the NME blasts the album for its "vaguely depressing and directionless lyrics and stodgy, re-hashed music." The U.S. reviews are more reserved but certainly unenthusiastic with most critics noting the album's shortcomings. However, The Who's new label, Warner Brothers, puts all its muscle behind the album with copious publicity, driving it to #2 in the U.K. charts and #4 in the U.S. Billboard charts, #3 in the Cash Box charts.
March 1983
New records: Eliminator - ZZ Top; Metal Health - Quiet Riot; The Closer You Get - Alabama; The Final Cut - Pink Floyd
On the 12th, Pete is interviewed by Paul Morley in New Musical Express. He hints at what is to come: "I was double dealing with the band for a long time. I was in the band, I was making money with the band, I was still using the band as a vehicle for my songs, living off the band, and all the time I was telling the world how shitty they were, how frustrated I felt... I expressed all this frustration and I did nothing to back it up."
March 1985
New music releases: "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" - Tears for Fears; "We Are The World" - USA For Africa; Greatest Hits - George Strait; The Secret of Association - Paul Young
After the bitter breakup of The Who at the end of 1983, things seem to be thawing. Pete is interviewed in Jamming! magazine by Tony Fletcher and is very complimentary towards Roger.
March 1986
New music releases: Master of Puppets - Metallica; Rapture - Anita Baker; 5150 - Van Halen; "Greatest Love of All" - Whitney Houston
On the 26th, Roger appears on the British television show Driving Force. Contestants drive a selection of tanks and rally cars, race quarry trucks and fire engines, complete a car parking poser and then grand prix with forklift trucks. Roger and his partner, Barry Sheene, win.
March 1987
New music releases: The Joshua Tree - U2; Whitesnake - Whitesnake; "Wanted Dead or Alive" - Bon Jovi; "With or Without You" - U2
On the 1st, John joins Meat Loaf at the end of his concert at Wembley Stadium to play bass during Loaf's "Rock Medley".
March 1988
New music releases: More Dirty Dancing - Original Soundtrack; Push - Bros; He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince; Now That's What I Call Music! 11 (U.K.) - Various Artists
On the 2nd, The Who assemble at the Marquee Club in London for a photo session to promote the U.K. release of Who's Better, Who's Best. Footage of the event is shot and aired on Television South's programme Off the Wall on the 9th.
March 1989
New music releases: Like a Prayer - Madonna; Girl You Know It's True - Milli Vanilli; Nick of Time - Bonnie Raitt; "Like a Prayer" - Madonna
On the 17th, Pete attends the London premiere of Terry Gilliam's film The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. The press has a good time mocking his new ponytail. On the 30th, Pete turns one-time movie critic himself, going on ITV Anglia to review the film.
March 1990
New music releases: Only Yesterday - The Carpenters; Pretty Woman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Various Artists; Poison - Bell Biv Devoe; I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got - Sinéad O'Connor
On the 10th, The Who appear together on ITV television's Aspel & Co. miming to newly recorded studio versions of "Join Together" and "I Can See For Miles." When asked what he has been doing with himself, Pete answers that he still works at Faber & Faber. Pete, Roger and John will not perform together live as The Who for over six years.
March 1991
New music releases: Out Of Time - R.E.M.; Greatest Hits - Eurythmics; Heart In Motion - Amy Grant; Joyride - Roxette
Pete writes the short story "The Glass Household" that becomes the basis of the story behind Psychoderelict.
March 1992
New music releases: "Under the Bridge" - Red Hot Chili Peppers; "Come As You Are" - Nirvana; 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... - Arrested Development; Wynonna - Wynonna Judd
On the 25th, John performs on the 40th Anniversary of American Bandstand TV special.
March 1993
New music releases: Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can't We? - The Cranberries; Ten Summoner's Tales - Sting; Are You Gonna Go My Way? - Lenny Kravits; This Time - Dwight Yoakam
On the 29th, Pete attends the first dress rehearsal for The Who's Tommy on Broadway. He has his first alcoholic drink in eight years and, coincidentally, begins an affair with the New York journalist Lisa Marsh around this time.
March 1994
New music releases: The Division Bell - Pink Floyd; Superunknown - Soundgarden; Not a Moment Too Soon - Tim McGraw; Live at the Acropolis - Yanni
On the 1st, The Who's Tommy wins the 1993 Grammy for Best Musical Show Album.
On the same day, Roger's 50th birthday, he receives a letter informing him that he has a daughter named Kim Binks that he has never met and she has given birth to his grandchild, Liam. Kim's mother is Lydia, a woman Roger lived with for a short time in the 1960's and now only vaguely remembers.
Also early in the month, Pete and his wife Karen enter couples therapy in a last-ditch effort to save their marriage.
March 1995
New music releases: Did I Shave My Legs for This? - Deana Carter; The Cream of Clapton - Eric Clapton; Medusa - Annie Lennox; John Michael Montgomery - John Michael Montgomery
On the 21st, a 10-part syndicated program called The History of Rock n' Roll goes on sale as 10 VHS cassettes. It contains a number of Pete interviews including one heartbreaking moment where Pete comments, "Jimi Hendrix. Brian Jones. Janis Joplin. Keith Moon. The list is f***ing endless. They're dead people. My life is full of dead people. My friends are dead. My friends. They might be your f***ing icons. They're my f***ing friends. They're dead."
March 1996
New music releases: Falling Into You - Celine Dion; "Return of the Mack" - Mark Morrison; Anthology 2 - The Beatles; Greatest Hits - Take That
On the 8th, Pete appears on the U.K. TV programme TFI Friday. The host says that before filming the episode, Pete remarked that he "hated every second of being in The Who." Pete confirms the statement.
March 1999
New music releases: Performance and Cocktails - Stereophonics; "Man! I Feel Like a Woman" - Shania Twain; "Livin' la Vida Loca" - Ricky Martin; Now That's What I Call Music! 42 (U.K.) - Various Artists
In Guitar World, Pete says that he is working on Life House for the BBC and is "engaged in talks" with Roger and John about performing.
On the 27th, Dell Computers premiers a TV ad in the U.S. featuring "Magic Bus."
March 2000
New music releases: No Strings Attached - NSYNC; "Last Resort" - Papa Roach; The Sickness - Disturbed; Classic Sinatra: His Great Performances 1953–1960 - Frank Sinatra
On the 23rd, Pete Townshend records an episode of VH1 Storytellers in London before an intimate audience of 215. He concentrates almost entirely on songs from Life House.
March 2002
New music releases: "Complicated" - Avril Lavigne; A New Day Has Come - Celine Dion; Now That's What I Call Music! 51 (UK) - Various Artists; "Unchained Melody" - Gareth Gates
On the 15th, The Halifax Daily News reports that artist Greg Forrest has installed a seven-piece bronze recreation of Keith Moon's drum kit after destruction, entitled "Heavy Metal," at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia's education gallery.
March 2003
New music releases: Fallen - Evanescence; Meteora - Linkin Park; "21 Questions" - 50 Cent featuring Nate Dogg; "Fighter" - Christina Aguilera
On the 22nd, Roger is interviewed in The Mirror. He speaks about John's death saying, "He should have been a Hard Rock exhibit. In Vegas, mummified in bed. That would have been the ultimate Entwistle ending. Oh God, he'd have loved that!"
March 2004
New music releases: Confessions - Usher; Greatest Hits - Guns n' Roses; "Somebody Told Me" - The Killers; "Burn" - Usher
On the 12th, The Who's two new recordings, their first studio recordings of new Pete Townshend songs since 1989, become available as downloads on iTunes. "Real Good Looking Boy" is about a childhood incident of Pete's where his mother told him he would never be handsome. "Old Red Wine" is a tribute to the late John Entwistle and his love of collecting antique wines.
March 2005
New music releases: The Massacre - 50 Cent; "We Belong Together" - Mariah Carey; "Hollaback Girl" - Gwen Stefani; Employment - Kaiser Chiefs
On the 1st, Roger, having received a CBE from Queen Elizabeth II the previous month, meets her again at a party to honor the British music industry at Buckingham Palace. Other attendees are Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Brian May, Charlotte Church, Cilla Black, Shirley Bassey, Phil Collins and Geri Halliwell.
March 2006
New music releases: "How to Save a Life" - The Fray; "Crazy" - Gnarls Barkley; "Naïve" - The Kooks; "It's Goin' Down" - Yung Joc
On the 22nd, Pete premieres two more songs destined for Endless Wire on his girlfriend Rachel Fuller's webshow In The Attic, "A Man In A Purple Dress" and "2000 Years".
March 2007
New music releases: "Umbrella" - Rihanna; "Thnks fr th Mmrs" - Fall Out Boy; Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits - Elton John; "Makes Me Wonder" - Maroon 5
On the 13th, Roger has trouble at the Ford Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida, walking offstage unable to sing 13 seconds into the opening song. Pete apologizes saying Roger has a viral infection complicated by severe dehydration. Who shows over the next nine days are cancelled including what was to have been The Who's first live performance in Mexico. The Tampa show later enters the Guinness Book of World Records as the Shortest Ever Concert.
March 2008
New music releases: "Lollipop" - Lil Wayne featuring Static Major; "American Boy" - Estelle featuring Kanye West; Rockferry - Duffy; "In Color" - Jamey Johnson
On the 1st, his 64th birthday, Roger gives in to TheWho.com and sends a message to fans: "I hope you enjoy it. But do me a favour; leave the screen turned off sometimes. Go out. Get a life."
March 2009
New music releases: "The Climb" - Miley Cyrus; "People Are Crazy" - Billy Currington; "LoveGame" - Lady Gaga; "In for the Kill" - La Roux
On the 8th, Keith Moon is honored with an historical blue plaque at the site of the Marquee Club in Soho. The Heritage Foundation stepped in to post the plaque after English Heritage, the traditional award of blue plaques, refused saying Keith did not meet their criteria. The unveiling is attended by Roger and Keith's mother,Kit.
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has a Pete Townshend-smashed guitar on display as part of their Theatre and Performance Galleries.
March 2010
New music releases: "Billionaire" - Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars; "The House That Built Me" - Miranda Lambert; My World 2.0 - Justin Bieber; Raymond v. Raymond - Usher
On the 30th, The Who revive Quadrophenia for the first time in thirteen years at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the Teenage Cancer Trust concerts. Joining the band as special guests are Eddie Vedder and Kasabian's Tom Meighan.
March 2011
New music releases: "Give Me Everything" - Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer; "Country Girl (Shake It For Me)" - Luke Bryan; "Till the World Ends" - Britney Spears; "Crazy Girl" - Eli Young Band
On the 24th, Roger performs Tommy as part of his week of Teenage Cancer Trust concerts. Pete comes out to perform "The Acid Queen" on solo acoustic guitar, then rejoins the band at the end for "Baba O'Riley".
March 2012
New music releases: "Sweater Weather" - The Neighbourhood; "Boyfriend" - Justin Bieber; "Wanted" - Hunter Hayes; "No Church in the Wild" - Jay-Z and Kanye West featuring Frank Ocean and The-Dream
On the 25th, Roger provides the voice for a hookah-smoking caterpillar on ABC-TV's Once Upon a Time. His sole line is to say "Who Are You? Who? Who?". It is his last acting job to date.
March 2014
New music releases: "Chandelier" - Sia; "Summer" - Calvin Harris; "Play It Again" - Luke Bryan; "Car Radio" - Twenty One Pilots
On the 24th is the release of the album Going Back Home credited to Wilko Johnson / Roger Daltrey. On the same day Roger appears on BBC One's The One Show and later Roger signs copies of the album at the HMV store in London.
On the 30th, Going Back Home premiers at #3 on the U.K. charts and #1 on the download charts.
March 2015
New music releases: "See You Again" - Wiz Khalifa fteaturing Charlie Puth; "Lean On" - Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ; "Want to Want Me" - Jason Derulo; "Hey Mama" - David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha and Afrojack
On the 22nd, The Who begin their The Who Hits 50! Tour at O2 Arena in London. They are back in the same venue the next night playing another two-hour concert. "Can you imagine a football team playing two games in a row?" exclaims Roger.
The next night it's The Who at the Royal Albert performing for the Teenage Cancer Trust. Before the show Pete and Roger receive an "official" apology for being banned from the venue 9 Dec. 1972.
March 2016
New Music Releases: "Needed Me" - Rihanna; "Low Life" - Future featuring The Weeknd; "Exchange" - Bryson Tiller; "Caroline" - Aminé
On the 18th, Roger and Pete attend a ceremony to mark the opening of The Lounge, a teenage cancer facility at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for which The Who had donated $1 million. It is stocked with board games, books, video games and a state-of-the-art television and sound system.
On the 23rd, Roger attends a discussion on "Coversations on Child Cures" at the U.S. Capitol. Afterwards he is asked about the recent IS attack in Belgium and whether musical acts should cancel European tours. His response: "Keep calm and carry on. It's the British way."
March 2017
New Music Releases: ÷ - Ed Sheeran; "XO Tour Llif3" - Lil Uzi Vert; "Feel It Still" - Portugal. The Man; "Drowning" - A Boogie wit da Hoodie featuring Kodak Black
On the 30th, for the 100th concert held for the Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall, The Who perform Tommy. It was originally announced as an acoustic performance but Pete told The Independent: "I couldn't get the acoustic to sound big enough." John Button plays bass for a touring Pino Palladino.
March 2019
New Music Releases: "bad guy" - Billie Eilish; "Sucker" - Jonas Brothers; When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? - Billie Eilish; "Location" - Dave featuring Burna Boy
On the 13th, Pete and Roger hold a half-day press conference at an empty Wembley Stadium. It is meant to promote The Who's forthcoming "Movin' On" tour but the publicity derails after a reporter begins questioning Roger about his support for Brexit and the effect it might have on British artists' ability to perform in Europe. Roger answers back strongly as Pete, who is on the opposite side of the Brexit issue, steps away. The video becomes one of the most reposted items on social media for the next few years as Britain's battle over Brexit continues.
March 2020
New Music Releases: "Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)" - Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo; "Suicidal" - YNW Melly featuring Juice Wrld; "Falling" - Harry Styles; "Walk Em Down" - NLE Choppa featuring Roddy Ricch
On the 1st, Roger concludes his performances on the Rock Legends Cruise. When Sebastian Bach attempts to present Roger with a cake in honor of Roger's 76th birthday, Roger smashes him in the face with the cake. Roger will not perform publicly again until May 2022.
On the 12th, The Who announce they are postponing their planned U.K./Ireland tour scheduled for April because of Covid-19.
Also on the 12th, Paul Rees' authorized biography of John Entwistle The Ox: The Last of the Great Rock Stars is published in the U.K. The book contains several excerpts from John's diary covering his years with The Who.
On the 14th, Billboard carries a full-page ad for planned cinema showings in the U.S. of the February Peter Green tribute concert including Pete.
On the 17th, The Who give up and announce that their upcoming tour and the yearly Teenage Cancer Trust concerts are cancelled due to the Covid-19 lockdown.
On the 25th, Pete calls in to Shaun Keaveny's show on BBC Radio 6 Music to tell him what he is up to during lockdown: working on songs for a new Who album, finishing The Age of Anxiety musical, listening to the new Childish Gambino album, and tinkering with his home studio.
