The Who This Month! logo

Page updated April 1, 2026. This is a highly abridged version of all the things that happened to and around The Who in April. Click for access to the full history.


April 1963

New records: "Ring of Fire" - Johnny Cash; Days of Wine & Roses - Andy Williams; "From Me To You" - The Beatles; "Sukiyaki" - Kyu Sakamoto
Beachcombers ad

On the 25th, the Beachcombers place an ad for a "good, reliable rock drummer" in the Harrow Observer. Despite the apparent disqualification for the "reliable" part, Keith Moon applies and succeeds in landing the job.


April 1964

New music releases: The Beatles' Second Album - The Beatles; "Viva Las Vegas!" - Elvis Presley; The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones; Funny Girl - Barbra Streisand, Sydney Chaplin and Various Artists
Doug Sandom
Doug Sandom

On the 9th, The Who audition for Chris Parmeinter of Fontana Records in the Zanzibar Café on the Edgware Road. Parmeinter is impressed by Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey and John Entwistle, but does not care for drummer Doug Sandom. Pete explodes angrily at Doug so Doug quits the band although he agrees to stay on through the weekend. From there, The Who go to Studio S2 at Broadcasting House to audition for an appearance on the BBC Light Programme.

13 Apr 1964 Who ad

On the 10th, The Who return to the Glenlyn Ballroom opening for The Undertakers on the 10th and the Goldhawk Social Club in Shepherd's Bush opening for Wee Willie Harris on the 11th. The show of the 13th is at the 100 Club on Oxford Street in London supporting The Mike Cotton Sound. It is Doug's last date playing drums with The Who.

18 Apr 1964 Who ad

On the 16th, The Who return to the Oldfield Hotel with drummer Dave Gold from Marshall's Music Shop. Over the next couple of weeks, The Who will go through a succession of quickly hired replacement drummers including a young Mitch Mitchell, later of The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Known dates are the Goldhawk Social Club on the 17th, the Florida Rooms in Brighton on the 18th, the Glenlyn Ballroom on the 20th and 24th, the latter supporting The Merseybeats, the Oldfield Hotel on the 23rd, the White Hart Hotel on the 26th and the 100 Club, again supporting The Mike Cotton Sound, on the 27th.

Around this time, the last piece of The Who puzzle is added. Pete, Roger, John and promoter Bob Druce remember that, while The Who are performing, "an impudent geezer" with "his hair dyed ginger wearing a ginger suit and holding a glass of brown ale" loudly announces that he can play better than their drummer. The Who invite the upstart onstage where he plays wildly to "Roadrunner" and succeeds in breaking the drum pedal.

Keith Moon early 1964

That impudent geezer, of course, is Keith Moon. Unfortunately, when Moon biographer Tony Fletcher researched the story, he found that the Beachcombers, the group Keith was in at the time, have no memory of his ever having dyed his hair and none of the club's regulars ever remember seeing Keith's live audition. In addition, the manager of the Oldfield Hotel at the time clearly remembers Keith stopping by on a Tuesday to see if any groups were looking for a new drummer. Told The Who were indeed so bereft and were rehearsing that night at a drill hall in Acton, Keith hurried off to meet his destiny.


As with so much of The Who's history, one can get only so close to the truth and no closer. If you believe The Who's story, the date of the event was probably their performance at the Oldfield Hotel on the 30th. If you believe the Oldfield Hotel manager's story, it would be the 28th.


April 1965

New music releases: "I Can't Help Myself" - Four Tops; "Crying In the Chapel" - Elvis Presley; "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" - Herman's Hermits; "I've Been Loving You Too Long" - Otis Redding
The Who ad 1 April 1965

On the 1st The Who make yet another appearance on Top of the Pops, again playing "I Can't Explain," then race to Wembley to play a charity event at the Town Hall. They share the bill with Donovan and Rod Stewart and The Soul Agents. Rod the Mod makes moves on Keith's new girlfriend Kim Kerrigan. Fears that she might be stolen away lead Keith to propose in a letter. She accepts.


April 1966

New music releases: Aftermath - The Rolling Stones; Live! - Lou Rawls; The Shadow of Your Smile - Andy Williams; Soul & Inspiration - The Righteous Brothers
Pete Townshend breakfast 1966
Photo: Hugh Vanes

On the 9th, Hugh Vanes photographs Pete having an elegant breakfast while perusing the latest NME...

John Entwistle Keith Moon breakfast
Photo: Hugh Vanes

...then shoots John and Keith sharing fags and brekkies at the diner The Boiling Kettle. That night The Who play the Pavilion Gardens Ballroom in Buxton.

In a telling remark in Melody Maker of the 9th, Who manager Kit Lambert admits that the recently circulating story of Keith Moon marrying a dancer on Ready Steady Go! was a planted story invented by The Who's management "which didn't pay off."

Crash escape for The Who

On the 24th, John and driver Richard Cole pick up Keith at his house to head to the Birmingham gig. As they pull away, the vehicle is struck causing serious damage but leaving John and Keith uninjured.

On the 28th, a curious article appears in the Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet. The Swedish group The Namelosers, through their manager Jörgen Wiking, are offering Keith Moon 6,000 kronor a month to leave The Who and join their group. Keith is reportedly interested but wants 10,000 kronor. The tabloid reports that the manager will be travelling to London on May 15th to finalize the contract.


April 1967

New music releases: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell; "Respect" - Aretha Franklin; "Light My Fire" - The Doors; "Groovin'" - The Young Rascals
Village Voice Apr 6 1967

On the 6th, Richard Goldstein writes a lengthy article in The Village Voice on The Who's March 28th Murray the K show. He concentrates on the group's interaction with backstage groupies and the "shtick" of their instrument smashing. Of The Who's sound he writes, "Theirs is a toy music, with massive drumming and a vocal that sounds as though somebody's batteries need changing."

Later that day, after Roger is interviewed for BBC's German service, The Who, minus a tardy Keith, fly to Essen, Germany with their Track Records' up-and-coming act John's Children (featuring Marc Bolan on guitar) to serve as opening act. Also accompanying them are Pete's friends Richard Stanley and Chris Morphet, hired to shoot promotional footage of the German tour.

The Who Jaguar Club 10 April 1967
Photo: Chris Morphet

Keith having finally caught up, the Who begin their German tour on the 8th at the Meistersingerhalle in Nurnberg. The tour continues to the Thalia Theater in Wuppertal (9th), the Jaguar Club in Herford (10th) and the Rheinhalle in Dusseldorf (11th).

Violence breaks out before the show on the 11th as Roger has to rescue Keith from some local toughs who want to slam his head through a car window. The toughs show up at the show that evening and Keith and Pete show them what for by chucking their instruments at them.


April 1968

New music releases: Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel; "Mrs. Robinson" - Simon & Garfunkel; The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees - The Monkees; "This Guy's in Love with You" - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

On the 4th, the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. Riots erupt in several American cities. On the same day, while visiting booker Frank Barselona's house in New York, Keith goes crazy after Australia is mentioned. He goes back to the Gorham hotel, gets drunk, blows up his toilet with a cherry bomb and then climbs out on a ledge and begins throwing cherry bombs into the street at the gathering police. Incredibly, Barselona manages to keep Keith from going to jail, but The Who do get thrown out of the hotel and have to move to the Waldorf.

The Who under flag
Photo: Art Kane

The next morning The Who are photographed for Life magazine by Art Kane at the Carl Schurz Memorial in Morningside Park asleep under two sewn-together Union Jack flags prepared by Kane. They are so tired from Keith's late-night antics that they actually go to sleep.

On the 6th, The Who's luggage is locked up at the Waldorf Astoria after they refuse to pay their bill up front. Keith retrieves his luggage by blowing the door off its hinges. They are promptly banned for life at the Waldorf. Pete and his fiancée Karen go to stay at Tom Wright's apartment while everybody else sleeps on the tour bus.

When he isn't busy blowing up hotels, Keith, accompanied by John, goes drinking at the Salvation Club in New York. There they run into The Who's ex-roadie Richard Cole and discuss leaving The Who to form a band to be called Lead Zeppelin, based on the after-gig post mortem that a show went over "like a lead zeppelin." Steve Marriott, Steve Winwood and Jimmy Page are mentioned as additional members. Cole at the time is working for Jimmy Page managing the New Yardbirds. He promptly nicks the name for Page's band along with John's idea of a crashing zeppelin for the cover of their first album which is released the next year.

On the 10th, Keith and Pete attend a celebrity party at The Marquee for the club's 10th anniversary. They are interviewed by Johnny Moran for BBC Radio 1's Scene and Heard.


April 1969

New music releases: "Bad Moon Rising" - Creedence Clearwater Revival; "Get Back" - The Beatles with Billy Preston; "In the Ghetto" - Elvis Presley; The Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago

On the 1st, The Who continue rehearsing their new Tommy-centered act at the Community Centre, Westcott Crescent in Hanwell. Other rehearsal dates are the 3rd, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 21st and 23rd. Pete recalls in his autobiography that, after the last rehearsal, Keith took him for a drink, looked him in the eye and said, "Pete, you've done it. This is gonna work."

On the 10th, The Who perform "Pinball Wizard" on Top Of The Pops. Keith upsets the show's director with his antics.

The Who on Tom Jones show

On the 12th, Keith gets his chance to rate records without knowing who recorded them in the Melody Maker article: "Blind Date: Keith Moon". The only single of note he rates is The Kinks' "Plastic Man" which he dubs "not a lot of bottle. That means not a lot of good."

The Who on Tom Jones show

On the 16th, The Who record their appearance on ITV's This Is...Tom Jones at Elstree Studio Centre, Borehamwood. They mime to a newly recorded instrumental track of "Pinball Wizard" with live vocals by Roger. It is first broadcast in the U.S. on the 18th and in Britain on the 20th.

On the 19th, New Musical Express contains the article: "Moon: drummer extraordinaire".

Also on the 19th, Disc and Music Echo talks to Who manager Kit Lambert who sizes up his four charges. Roger: "he could still tell you to get knotted seconds after the butler has announced tea!" John: "John only loses his [temper] once every five years, and when he does, his rages really frighten me." Keith: "still plays every concert and show as if it were his last — and I don't know where his energy comes from either!" Pete: "As a musician, Pete is only now beginning to explore his true talent... there is no precedent for him."

Also on the 24th, The Who tape another appearance on Top Of The Pops. Any hopes that Keith will be under control this time are dashed when Tony Blackburn, the BBC DJ who had branded "Pinball Wizard" as "sick", appears as host. Keith answers his criticism by hurling drumsticks at his head.


April 1970

New music releases: "Up Around the Bend" - Creedence Clearwater Revival; McCartney - Paul McCartney; "Cecilia" - Simon & Garfunkel; Ladies of the Canyon - Joni Mitchell
Sutch Moon

On the 12th, Keith drums as a special guest for a Screaming Lord Sutch gig at the Country Club in Hampstead. Keith is accompanied by the screaming Lord's longtime drummer, Carlo Little, who was also the mentor who first schooled Keith on drums. Teacher and student pound along to "Jenny Jenny" and "Good Golly Miss Molly." The event is recorded and released in 1972.


April 1971

New music releases: "Take Me Home, Country Roads" - John Denver; Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones; 4 Way Street - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; L.A. Woman - The Doors

On the 5th, Keith performs again as part of an All-Star Jam Session at the Bumpers Club in London.


April 1972

New music releases: "Rocket Man" - Elton John; "Starman" - David Bowie; "Lean on Me" - Bill Withers; "Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) - The Hollies
Keith Moon vacation Apr 1972
Photo: David Butler

During this month, Keith vacations on Gibraltar and in Tangiers.

Melody Maker 22 Apr 1972

On the 22nd, Melody Maker prints an interview with a surprisingly sober Keith. Chris Charlesworth conducts the interview.

On the 28th, Keith is on the Thames Television show Today debating the merits of open-air festivals with Tory politicians.


April 1973

New records: 1967-1970 - The Beatles; 1962-1966 - The Beatles; Behind Closed Doors - Charlie Rich; Desperado - The Eagles

On the 1st, the Australian production of the orchestral Tommy plays at the Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia. For this show, Keith is replaced in his role as Uncle Ernie by Ian "Molly" Meldrum.

Keith Moon 8 Apr 1973
Photo: “Dougal” Butler

On the 8th, Keith returns from Australia via Singapore. When he gets home, his wife Kim breaks the news to him that she has miscarried the couple's second child.

Keith and Kim Moon at premiere

On the 12th, Keith and his wife Kim attend the premiere of the movie That'll Be The Day at the ABC-2 cinema in Shaftesbury Avenue in London. Keith has a small role in the film as a drummer named J.D. Clover and Billy Fury, as singer Stormy Tempest, sings a fifties-style version of "Long Live Rock." Pete also attends the premiere and afterwards berates Keith for not telling him that the plot resembles his recently scripted Quadrophenia.






Keith Moon on Europa

On the 19th, Keith appears in a filmed segment on the BBC-2 TV programme Europa, discussing pinball with Derek Hart.

On Easter Sunday, the 23rd, Keith plays in a charity football match as a member of "The Ducks" against Monty Python's Flying Football Circus at Payne & Co. Sports Ground, Croyden, Surrey. In the second half, Keith drives a Rolls Royce into the opposition's net and sets up a portable bar at the goalmouth. The final score is 4-1 Pythons and £1,300 is raised for a local homeless shelter.


April 1974

New music releases: Second Helping - Lynyrd Skynyrd; "Band On The Run" - Paul McCartney & Wings; On Stage - Loggins & Messina; "Sideshow" - Blue Magic

On the 1st, Keith Moon and his chauffeur and minder Dougal Butler leave life in England behind and move to the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles. It is Keith's intent to become a tax exile, as so many of the successful British rockers have done, but he never manages to stay out of England long enough to escape the long arm of Inland Revenue.

Keith Moon Record Plant LA 1974

Meanwhile, Keith records the first version of his cover of The Beach Boys' "Don't Worry Baby" at the Record Plant in Los Angeles with John Sebastian, Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan, Jesse Ed Davis and session drummer Miguel Ferrer. Former Beatles road manager Mal Evans is the producer.

McCartney Moon Lennon Apr 1974
Photo: Peter Butler

On the 9th, Keith joins Ringo Starr and Jim Keltner, all playing drums during the recording of "Rock Around The Clock" and "Loop De Loop" for the John Lennon-produced Harry Nilsson album Pussycats. Keith also plays congas on "Mucho Mungo"/"Mt. Elga" and Chinese wood blocks on "All My Life." Paul McCartney drops by for the session and he and Lennon are photographed together for the last time by Dougal.

Moon Lennon Santa Monica house
Photo: Peter Butler

On the 10th Keith and Dougal move out of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel into a $5000 a month rented beachfront house on the Pacific Coast highway in Santa Monica, sharing it for a time with John Lennon and May Pang.

On the 14th, Keith and Ringo appear on The Flo And Eddie Show live on KROQ-FM in Pasadena. Keith plays Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and surf music records.

Son of Dracula poster

On the 19th, Keith leaves his residence at the Santa Monica beachhouse to return to London for the filming of Tommy. On the same day, Ringo's film Count Downe, now retitled Son Of Dracula and featuring a cameo by Keith, premiers in Atlanta.



New Musical Express 27 Apr 1974

On the 27th, Pete reviews over a dozen current singles in New Musical Express including a new single from The Beach Boys, which he calls "mediocre." On the same day, filming of the "Fiddle About" sequence begins.


April 1975

New music releases: Toys In The Attic - Aerosmith; Straight Shooter - Bad Company; Al Green's Greatest Hits - Al Green; Beautiful Loser - Bob Seger
Solid Gold Promo

On the 9th, a single is released from Keith Moon's solo album. "Solid Gold" backed with the John Lennon-penned "Move Over Ms. L," hits the racks in North America. It fails to chart.

On the 11th, Keith's marriage to Kim Moon officially comes to an end at the London Divorce Court in The Strand. She is granted a decree nisi based on Keith's unreasonable behavior. Keith offers no defense. Kim by this time is living with Faces pianist Ian McLagen. Keith's payoff for the divorce: £40,000.

Recording for The Who's next studio album was to have begun on the 18th at Shepperton Sound Studios in London but they are held up as Keith has yet to arrive from Los Angeles and Roger is still working on the movie Lisztomania. To get things started, John borrows his solo band's drummer Graham Deakin and he and Pete begin rehearsing on the 21st.

75-04-29 Keith Anette Airport

On the 29th, Keith and his steady girlfriend Anette fly in from Los Angeles. The next day he joins Pete and John only to discover that, with almost two years off since he was last behind the drums in a studio, he has forgotten how to play! Nevertheless, Pete, John, Keith and guest pianist Nicky Hopkins manage to lay down the track "She Loves Everyone" that will later be retitled "They Are All in Love." Roger will supply his vocals later as he is still on the set of Lisztomania.


April 1976

New music releases: Live Bullet - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band; "Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry; "Young Hearts Run Free" - Candi Staton; "Take the Money and Run" - The Steve Miller Band
The Who Boston makeup concert 1976

On the 1st, The Who return to Boston Garden to make up for the show of March 9th they didn't finish because of Keith's collapse. Keith runs around the stage to show he's in fine shape and Roger adds "thanks for waiting for the encore!" This show is later bootlegged as Behind Blind Eyes. It ends the second leg of The Who's 1975-76 North American tours.

Keith Moon Trouser Press

Keith gives a lengthy and rather sober interview on his history and The Who's to Larry Creeden in Trouser Press.

Patti Smith Saturday Night 1976

On the 17th, The Patti Smith Group perform their punk version of "My Generation" on Saturday Night Live At the end the drummer tries to kick his kit over but it is nailed down and he falls off his drum stool.


April 1977

New music releases: Go For Your Guns - The Isley Brothers; Rattus Norvegicus - The Stranglers; Celebrate Me Home - Kenny Loggins; Ol' Waylon - Waylon Jennings
Pub Bans Moon for Sex Frolic

Around the 19th, the day after Keith leaves Cedars-Sinai Hospital where he had been undergoing treatment for his alcoholism and drug abuse, he is kicked out of Ye Olde King's Head pub in Santa Monica after "simulating the act of intercourse" with a girl on the barroom floor. Prior to this he had ripped the sink out of the wall in the men's bathroom. On the 22nd, Keith checks back into Cedars-Sinai.


April 1978

New records: Grease - Original Soundtrack; Stardust - Willie Nelson; "She's Always a Woman" - Billy Joel; "Roxanne" - The Police

During the month and into the next, The Who continue recording overdubs and preparing mixes for the Who Are You LP. "Love Is Coming Down" and drumming overdubs for "Who Are You" are put to tape. Most of the rest of the work by The Who does not see the final LP. Alternate versions of "Guitar And Pen," "Choirboy," later to be re-titled "Empty Glass" when it appears on Pete's solo LP of the same name, and a band version of "Music Must Change" are recorded. The final track has to be abandoned when Keith Moon fails to maintain the 6/8-time necessary. According to Pete, Keith defends his inability by announcing that he is "the best Keith Moon-style drummer in the world." Everything but Roger's vocal is left behind and the rest of the track is created by Pete and producer Jon Astley. Additionally, Pete records another demo for the album, "No Road Romance." The demo is released, along with the alternate "Guitar And Pen" and "Choirboy," on the 1996 Who Are You CD re-issue while a full band recording of "No Road Romance" is released in Japan on the 2011 mini-album release.

On the 21st, Pete is interviewed by Scott Muni at New York's WNEW-FM. Despite published remarks to the contrary, he says The Who will tour with the new material "if they're in shape to tour." Although he doesn't single out Keith specifically, he does refer to problems he caused the band during the 1976 tour.


April 1979

New music releases: Greatest Hits - Waylon Jennings; "Family Tradition" - Hank Williams, Jr.; Million Mile Reflections - The Charlie Daniels Band; Bad Girls - Donna Summer

On the 9th, The Who, now with John "Rabbit" Bundrick on keyboards and Kenney Jones on drums, begin rehearsing their stage act. Over the next two-and-a-half weeks they rehearse for a total of six days. The rehearsals are filmed by the BBC as part of a feature on the programme Nationwide and footage of The Who rehearsing "Who Are You" and "Sister Disco" are later released on the 30 Years Of Maximum R&B video.

In the early part of the month Roger and Kenney are interviewed on the BBC children's programme Swap Shop.

Kenny shines with The Who

On the 21st, Kenney is interviewed in Melody Maker. He says being picked to fill Keith's chair has made him nervous.


April 1982

New music releases: Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton; American Fool - John Cougar; Toto IV - Toto; Diver Down - Van Halen

On the 3rd, John and Kenney are both contestants on BBC1's Pop Quiz but on opposite teams. Kenney's is captained by David Essex with co-contestant Charlene Carter. John's is captained by Jake Burns with co-contestant Terry Hall.


April 1987

New music releases: Tango in the Night - Fleetwood Mac; Raindancing - Allison Moyet; Solitude Standing - Suzanne Vega; Electric - The Cult

On the 25th, New Musical Express prints a letter sent to Roger that reads: "Dear Mr. Daltrey, seeing as Keith Moon is dead, could you possibly give me his old drum kit? Also, if any of your smashed-up guitars are still intact, could I have them please? We are trying to set up a band but don't have any money. Yours sincerely, Mark, Leeds."


April 2000

New music releases: "The Real Slim Shady" - Eminem; "Oops!... I Did It Again" - Britney Spears; Infest - Papa Roach; "Big Pimpin'" - Jay-Z featuring UGK

On the 10th, Variety reports that the Keith Moon bio-pic, now provisionally known as "Who's Next", will be directed by Brad Siberling. The next day Nicholas Cage tells imdb.com that he is "insisting" that he be allowed to play Pete. On the 20th, imdb.com also reports that executive producer Bill Gerber wants either Dougray Scott or Jared Leto to play Moon.


April 2006

New music releases: "Promiscuous" - Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland; "Animal I Have Become" - Three Days Gone; "Dani California" - Red Hot Chili Peppers; "Buttons" - The Pussycat Dolls featuring Snoop Dogg

On the 11th, Pete premieres a new song "Uncertain Girl" on In The Attic. He says Zak Starkey just finished recording the drum track. The song does not make it onto Endless Wire.


April 2010

New music releases: "Not Afraid" - Eminem; "Airplanes" - B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams; "Cooler Than Me" - Mike Posner; "Like a G" - Far East Movement featuring The Cataracs and Dev

On the 12th, the CBS-TV series Two and a Half Man airs an episode entitled "Keith Moon is Vomiting in His Grave".

Keith Moon Final 24 DVD

On the 20th, the TV episode Keith Moon: Final 24 is released on DVD.


April 2012

New music releases: "Payphone" - Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa; "Whistle" - Flo Rida; "Mercy" - Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz; "Where Have You Been" - Rihanna

On the 8th, Who manager Bill Curbishley tells the Sunday Times that he had been approached by organizers of the 2012 London Olympics to see if The Who would play at the end of the Games. They also specifically asked if Keith Moon could appear with them. Curbishley's response: "'If they have a round table, some glasses and candles, we might contact him."




April 2021

New music releases: "Rapstar" - Polo G; "Kiss Me More" - Doja Cat featuring SZA; "Deja Vu" - Olivia Rodrigo; "2055" - Sleepy Hallow

On the 5th, Roger writes an editorial in The Sun pleading for donations for the Teenage Cancer Trust. "I am really proud of what The Who have achieved. From playing the biggest festivals, such as Monterey, Woodstock, Live Aid and Live 8, to selling over 100million records, we’ve had an amazing career. But my work with Teenage Cancer Trust feels more like my purpose in life. It is my passion and drive."

On the 11th, Roger tells The Spectator that the Teenage Cancer Trust is running a £3million deficit due to the abscence of the annual charity concerts that have been canceled for a second year because of Covid-19. The newly formed Teen Cancer America is also short $4 million that would have come from a North American Who tour.

Roger Daltrey Beanz Meanz The Who

On the 12th, to celebrate the upcoming The Who Sell Out Super Deluxe boxset, The Who join with Heinz to release special "Beanz Means The Who" baked bean cans in the U.K. 1,967 cans are made and Pete and Roger sign 50 of them. Proceeds go to the Magic Breakfast and Teenage Cancer Trust charities.

On the 16th, Rolling Stone prints a recent interview with Pete about The Who Sell Out. They are told the interview is limited to 15 minutes, but Pete's answer to the first question clocks in at 7 minutes, 8 seconds. Pete confirms he has had the Covid vaccine with no ill effects and discusses the influence of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's on The Who Sell Out.

On the 18th, Pete is interviewed by Liz Kershaw on Radio 6. The broadcast had been delayed a week because of the BBC's coverage of the recent death of Prince Philip.

On the 22nd, the website Nugs.net premiers a new documentary, Classic Albums: The Who Sell Out.

The Who Sell Out Super Deluxe

On the 23rd, The Who Sell Out: Super Deluxe Edition is released. It contains 5 CDs, 2 7-inch vinyl singles, reproductions of the original Adrian George poster, show programs, club cards, and a large hardback book on the album. On the 30th, the album hits #15 on the Official U.K. album charts.

On the 26th, Uncut magazine posts Pete's Top Ten deep cuts from The Who Sell Out: Super Deluxe Edition.

On the 28th, Pete and Roger are interviewed from their homes about The Who Sell Out: Super Deluxe Edition on the The Zane Lowe Interviews podcast.

Peter Green Concert CD

On the 30th, the album Mick Fleetwood & Friends Celebrate the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac is released. It includes Pete's cover of "Station Man" recorded at the 25 February 2020 concert at the London Palladium.


Got anything wrong?

E-mail me by clicking HERE

Click on the Index button to go to the full history from the beginning through 2019.

I'm available on Blue Sky, Mastodon and Reddit.

Live At The Eden Project

Live at the Eden Project
The Who recorded live at Cornwall's Eden Project 25 July 2023. Available streaming or as 2 CDs or 3 LPs.


A Quick One double LP

A Quick One double-LP expansion
Arriving for Record Store Day 2026 (April 18) a 2-LP expansion of The Who's second album on green and orange vinyl.


Who Are You Super Deluxe

Who Are You Super Deluxe
7CD/1BLU-RAY Set Featuring 71 Unreleased Tracks, 100-Page Book And Steven Wilson Atmos & Stereo Mixes.


Live at the Oval CD

The Who Live at the Oval
Live CD from their 18 March 1971 performance at the Kennington Oval Cricket Ground in London. Now available on vinyl, CD, or by streaming.


Their Generation book

Their Generation: The Who in America 1967-69
Photographs by Tom Wright. Text by Andy Neill. Forward by Pete Townshend. Now available.


The Who Album by Album book

The Who: Album by Album: Listening to You
Written by Dante DiCarlo An analysis of the songs on each Who album My Generation through WHO. Now available.


The Seeker musical

The Seeker by Rachel Fuller
A musical version of "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse. Includes several tracks by Pete Townshend plus his own performance as The Ferryman.


Lifehouse Who's Next

Who's Next / Life House Super Deluxe
10 CD's, Blu-ray with 5.1 mix, 89 unreleased tracks, 2 live concerts, a 100-page book and a graphic novel. Expensive but the final word on The Who's Lifehouse work.


A People's History of The Who

Richard Houghton's The Guitar Has Seconds to Live: A People's History of The Who
Hardback, published by Spenwood Books Limited.


The Who & Quadrophenia

Martin Popoff's The Who & Quadrophenia
Hardback, in folio jacket, published by Motorbooks


The Who Live at Wembley

The Who: with Orchestra Live from Wembley
#1 on the Classical Music Charts! Available now!


The Who Concert Memories Book

The Who: Concert Memories from the Classic Years, 1964 to 1976
Fans ecall the glory days of the greatest live act in rock music. By Edoardo Genzolini. Check out my entry on Page 260!


PeteTownshend.net

PeteTownshend.net
THE home for all things Townshend!


Who Cares logo

THEWHO.COM and
Teenage Cancer Trust have
launched a new fund-raising
initiative.
For more information,
click the logo.


The Who's Official Website
Go here for exclusive tour
Pre-show sales and VIP
Packages



As always, thanks to
John Atkins,
Richard Barnes,
Kevin Berger,
Chris Charlesworth,
Alan Clayson,
Tony Fletcher,
Ed Hanel,
Gary Herman,
Joe Giorgianni,
Bruce Kawakami,
Matt Kent,
Max Ker-Seymer,
Karen Kimber,
Olle Lundin,
"Irish Jack" Lyons,
Dave Marsh,
Alan McKendree,
Joe McMichael,
Andrew Motion,
Andy Neill,
Paul Rees
Scott Smith,
Christian Suchatzki,
John Swenson,
George Tremlett,
Richie Unterberger,
Dave van Staveren,
Mark Ian Wilkerson,
Stephen Wolter and all
the others who did
the original research
and provided the aid
that led to this page.


A note about photographs:
None of the photographs used
on this site are by
purchase agreement with
the original photographer.
I try to credit when I can
discover the name of the
original photographer but, in
most cases, sources in
newspapers, old copies of
Creem Magazine, and even some
Who books, do not credit
photographers. If you are the
photographer or represent the
photographer and you do not
want your photograph posted,
please get in touch
and I will remove it immediately.
This is a wholly non-profit site
(if you could see my bank account,
you'd know it's quite the opposite!)
established to provide an historical
overview of The Who.