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“It brings you to tears”: Listen to Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, Pete Townshend, Brian May, Tony Iommi, Alex Lifeson plus Jeff Beck's last-ever recording on stunning new version of Mark Knopfler's Going Home, raising funds for US and UK cancer charities

By Paul Brannigan Published

Hear some of the world's most iconic guitarists play together on one of rock's great instrumentals, re-recorded for charity, and available to purchase now

Bands & Artists
Roger Daltrey studio portrait
"I don't think they'll ever find a cure for cancer. I don't think they want to find a cure": Roger Daltrey questions Big Pharma as he nears the end of his time at the Teenage Cancer Trust

By Fraser Lewry Published

The Who's Roger Daltrey is signing off his 24-year patronage of the Teenage Cancer Trust with a final run of charity shows

Bands & Artists
Roger Daltrey of The Who performs at The O2 Arena on July 12, 2023 in London, England.
“I’m some old fart of a rock singer and this has given me a purpose." The Who's Roger Daltrey looks back on his time working on Teenage Cancer Trust shows, says he had to "beg" bands to perform

By Liz Scarlett Published

The Who's Roger Daltrey reflects on 24 years of curating Teenage Cancer Trust shows, says his "knees are now so sore from begging” bands to perform at them

Concerts & Shows
Vedder, Daltrey, Plant, Gallagher
"It's been an incredible ride." The Who, Robert Plant, Eddie Vedder, Noel Gallagher to play final Roger Daltrey-curated season of Teenage Cancer Trust shows

By Paul Brannigan Published

The Who's Roger Daltrey signs off his 24-year stewardship of hugely successful Teenage Cancer Trust charity gigs with heavyweight 2024 line-up

Concerts & Shows
Keith Moon in the studio and (inset) Kenney Jones at home
The 10 best Keith Moon performances, by Kenney Jones

By Henry Yates Published

Kenney Jones replaced the irrepressible Keith Moon in The Who in 1978 – and these are performances by his predecessor he loves the most

Concerts & Shows
John Entwistle and Roger Daltrey looking bored
"Have I got time to go to the bathroom?" 12 minutes with Roger Daltrey and John Entwistle will tell you everything you need to know about the tedium of touring

By Fraser Lewry Published

In 1994, Roger Daltrey and John Entwistle were interviewed at Red Rocks in Colorado: it did not go according to plan

Interviews
Keith Moon in Atlanta, November 27 1973 - exactly seven days after collapsing onstage in San Francisco
"He's out cold. I think he's gone and eaten something he shouldn't have eaten": What happened the night a Who fan was pulled from the crowd to fill in for Keith Moon

By Mark Blake Published

In November 1973, 19-year-old Who fan Scott Halpin travelled to see the band play at San Francisco's Cow Palace. He ended up on stage

Bands & Artists
The Who - Quadrophenia
“A standard teen rebellion story - on paper, at least… But this is a musical concept, where pieces join to form a narrative in which things get weird”: Why The Who’s Quadrophenia is a prog epic

By Ben Myers Published

Triumphant sixth album may be nostalgia for a previous decade, but it stands with the work of other bands who helped make 1973 the genre’s most vintage year

Albums
Motley Crue’s Vince Neil, Sex Pistols Johnny Rotten, Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst and The Who’s Pete Townshend
10 cover versions absolutely hated by the people who originally wrote them

By Dave Everley Published

Good or bad, it didn’t matter – these cover versions attracted the ire of their original authors

Albums
The Who on Top Of The Pops
In 1973 The Who appeared on Top Of The Pops: their performance ended with carnage and a lifetime ban

By Fraser Lewry Published

Pete Townshend was furious when The Who played 5:15 on Top Of The Pops in 1973, and he showed it with a display of aggression that saw them banned from the BBC for life

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