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How The Who overcame internal strife to make their most poignant album

By Rob Hughes Published

By 1973 The Who were bored and angry – and Pete Townshend knew he had one last chance to hold the band together and unify them in the eyes of their fans

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Albums
Pete Townshend headshot, 1980
Pete Townshend finds stable ground away from The Who on Empty Glass

By Classic Rock Magazine Published

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

Albums
The Who in 1971, sitting on grass
How Pete Townshend's disgust with the hippies inspired The Who's most epic song

By Classic Rock Magazine Published

Warning: Contain's rock's most epic scream

Tracks & Singles
The Who posing for a photograph in the early 1970s
The story of one of rock’s mythical lost albums – and the two classics it eventually produced

By Mark Blake Published

The Who’s Lifehouse album could have been Pete Townshend’s masterpiece – but no one understood it

Bands & Artists
Pete Townshend in October 2025
Pete Townshend names his five favourite Pete Townshend songs

By Fraser Lewry Published

Pete Townshend revealed the best songs he's written on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Bands & Artists
The Who in 1978
The Who's Roger Daltrey on drugs, fights, death and the music that defined a generation

By Ian Fortnam Published

The Who: From pill-popping mod figureheads to Woodstock-generation rockers and beyond

Bands & Artists
Pete Townshend attends the announcement of The Who's 'The Song is Over - North American Farewell Tour' at the Iconic Gallery on May 08, 2025 in London, England
"This is the way rock stars die." The Who's Pete Townshend reveals recent addiction to painkillers

By Stef Lach Published

Pete Townshend of The Who became dependent on painkillers after recent surgery but recovery is going well

Bands & Artists
Pete Townshend scratching his forehead
Pete Townshend and the lifelong search for answers

By Ian Fortnam Published

The Who's Pete Townshend on parents, partnerships, punk, songwriting, the aristocracy, addiction, the internet and the ongoing search for extraordinary music

Interviews
Scott Devours onstage
The Who's new drummer is determined to live up to the billing

By Fraser Lewry Published

Following Zak Starkey's off-on-off departure from The Who, a new man is behind the kit

Bands & Artists
The Who onstage
The Who announce North American farewell tour

By Fraser Lewry Published

The Who have also announced a new live album, recorded on the Who's Next tour in 1971

Concerts & Shows
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