The Who got their first lead guitarist because Pete Townshend wanted the schoolyard protection only a school bully could offer.

Besides being the last studio album issued prior to drummer Keith Moon's passing in 1978, Who Are You holds the distinction of being the most enervating release in the British quartet's discography, ...

Decades before he was an Oscar-winning filmmaker, Cameron Crowe was a plucky teen journalist chasing David Bowie and Alice Cooper. In his new memoir “The Uncool” (out now), the “Say Anything …” ...

Actor Ansel Elgort (Baby Driver, West Side Story) will make his professional dance debut in Pete Townshend’s Quadrophenia, A Rock Ballet at New York City Center next month. Directed by Rob Ashford ...

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The song may finally be over. But are The Who? The pioneering English rock band’s frequently stirring Wednesday night concert at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert was billed as the concluding performance ...

I broke my bed to The Who back in the ’80s. Wait. I can explain. I was listening to “Who Are You” at full volume and bouncing up and down on the bed. After one particularly impressive bound — compete ...

The Who's Pete Townsend released the twitchy, hooky synth-rock solo single "Let My Love Open The Door" in 1980. In America, that song became a top-10 hit -- a feat that Towsend almost never ...

Outside of The Who, Pete Townshend’s biggest musical success is the 1980 single “Let My Love Open The Door,” which was his sole top-10 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. (That actually matches The ...

Milan Records has released the soundtrack for A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, a new film starring Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell. The soundtrack includes famed Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi’s score ...

Let’s start at the end, as the Who wrapped up its main set with “The Song Is Over,” a classic song by this British rock band, and the name of its farewell tour, too. “I’ll sing my song to the wide ...