The Latest Breaking News from Pete Townshend

The rock critic who preferred pop

Nik Cohn’s new book "Corner Boy" reveals the godfather of rock criticism as music’s contrarian

Salon · Oct 8

Pete Townshend is 'working on getting well' so he can play with The Who 'in the future'

Pete Townshend has withdrawn from Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival due to ongoing health issues, but says he’s focused on recovering so he can perform with The Who again in the future.

BANG Premier · Sep 2

Pete Townshend pulls out of Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival due to injury: “One day I hope I can accept Eric's invitation to appear with him”

Townshend has also quietly confirmed a reunion with The Who is in the works

Guitar World · Sep 1

'A prisoner can oppose incarceration while remaining confined': The paradox of Gen Z, capitalism, and consumption

Every generation flirts with anti-capitalism when it’s young, but has something broken down along the way?

Fortune · Aug 10

How Pete Townshend turned youthful disgust into The Who's biggest hit. "I didn't like being confronted with money and the class system and power"

Inspired by his wealthy neighbours and reinforced by a run-in with the Queen Mother, My Generation is a mod anthem turned rock legend

Louder · Aug 10

"John Belushi always used to try to get off with my ex-wife. I'd say: 'John, I can hear you, you fat git'": Ronnie Wood's wild tales of Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, Bob Dylan and Axl Rose

Living with Hendrix? Jamming with Dylan? Giving Axl relationship advice? Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood has done it all

Louder · Jul 31

“He started to saw through his strings and we all stood up and cheered! It made a fantastic noise… And he just carried on sawing”: Pete Townshend on how Stevie Wonder's producer inspired him to smash guitars

We revisit the pivotal moment when the young Who guitarist watched Malcolm Cecil take a saw to a bass guitar

MusicRadar · Jul 21

“The first time I walked in, I cried as I was so overwhelmed”: We speak to The Anchoress about the creation of her new album and harnessing Pete Townshend’s synth collection

Catherine Anne Davies, aka The Anchoress, shares how she immersed herself in Pete Townshend’s vintage synth collection to make her latest album, As We Once Were

MusicRadar · Jul 21

"Let My Love Open The Door is one of the most perfect pop songs ever written." Pete Townshend finds stable ground away from The Who on Empty Glass

Empty Glass was Pete Townshend’s response to the death of Keith Moon and the arrival of punk

Louder · Jul 20

"I'm not too struck on Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton, I never saw what was in Clapton at all". In 1975, Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore was asked for his thoughts on his peers: he did not hold back

Blackmore on Hendrix, Beck, Page, Clapton, Townshend and more

Louder · Jun 30