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From Coldplay's Chris Martin to Will.I.Am and Pete Townshend, music stars open up about their hearing loss as a cautionary tale for other musicians.
The Homewood Arts Council (HAC), a nonprofit organization that promotes local art and music, is hosting a Pete Townshend tribute concert with four acts, Dolph Chaney, Phil Angotti, Rick Rizzo and Sam ...
The Who created multiple seminal records over the course of their existence, but one effort from 1982 never really endeared itself to guitarist Pete Townshend.
With riffs that defined an era and lyrics that spoke to the soul, The Who's music remains as powerful as ever. But which ...
If the daily headline cycle isn’t quite dramatic enough for you, fantastic news: On Thursday, the 2025 Tony Awards ...
Eddie Van Halen was famed for his endlessly complex guitar stylings, but he owed a lot of his inspiration to the apparently "simple" sounds of Pete Townshend.
A rock legend is opening up about how he loves creating music, but is not so much a fan of performing it on stage. The Who ...
“One is they love performing. I don’t love performing. I don’t like being on a stage,” he said. “I don’t hate it, but it ...
Pete Townshend suffered from an intense childhood insecurity that eventually led to him laying the groundwork for his future ...
Following a short hiatus, Zak Starkey—son of Ringo Starr and godson of Keith Moon—has made a triumphant return to The Who’s ...
Also included in the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class is Joe Cocker, Bad Company, the White Stripes and Soundgarden.
It was the reason I did everything.It’s the reason I played the guitar.” Pete Townshend on the awful gift that made the Who ...