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"I was bullied in 72 by a bunch of hippies": Pete Townshend names his five favourite Pete Townshend songs

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

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“Jeff Beck would pick up my fretless and play the craziest licks. I was in awe”: Pino Palladino’s adventures with The Who, John Mayer, Eric Clapton and his Music Man fretless bass

One of the most identifiable bass players on the planet on why he shifted back to fretted, embracing flatwounds even though they were unfashionable, and how he’s still topping the charts with the likes of Miley Cyrus, Beyoncé and Ed Sheeran

Guitar World

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson took up fencing to give up groupies

Bruce Dickinson has admitted he slept around a lot and could have ended up on a "slippery slope" of sex addiction before finding fencing.

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“People would ask me, ‘What's it like to replace Keith Moon?’ I said, ‘I didn't replace Keith Moon – I replaced Kenney Jones!’”: How a legendary drummer followed in the footsteps of two other legendary drummers in The Who

“I saw The Who live with Kenney – and he was absolutely fantastic"

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“She had scratches on the side of her face. I said, ‘What happened?’She said, ‘Oh nothing, Keith threw the cat at me’”: Bill Wyman on Jimi Hendrix’s brilliance, Keith Moon’s madness and Mick Jagger’s brutal reaction to him leaving the Rolling Stones

The Beatles, The Who, Jimi Hendrix – ex-Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman has known them all

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“I toured with Stevie Ray Vaughan when he was sober and he was a freak of nature. I couldn’t relate to his playing”: The Outlaws' Henry Paul on opening for The Rolling Stones, finding fame thanks to Lynyrd Skynyrd, and his one-of-one red Gretsch Falcon

The Gibson loyalist who’s served three stints with the Outlaws has been there, done that – he's played to stadium crowds, seen rock's greatest guitar heroes up close, and witnessed prime-era Keith Moon debauchery

Guitar World

“Everybody knew Jeff was a great drummer. It was the same when I joined The Who to replace Kenney Jones – and when I was with Mick Jagger, playing the Stones tunes that Charlie played”: How Simon Phillips succeeded in replacing Jeff Porcaro in Toto

"They didn't want somebody to come in and try to imitate Jeff"

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"He was like a blubbering baby. He was crying. He was devastated": The Who's Roger Daltrey on drugs, fights, death and the music that defined a generation

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

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Watch Eddie Vedder join Tedeschi Trucks Band for blistering cover of The Seeker by The Who

The collaboration took place at Vedder's annual Ohana Festival in California

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“He smashes the guitar to smithereens and says, ‘It’s my band. I can do whatever I like!’” Pete Townshend’s substitute guitarist on his heated rehearsal row with the Who legend

Steve Bolton was hired to handle Townshend’s electric leads in the lead up to the band’s 1989 tour, but some confusion over who’d play what during one rehearsal tipped things over the edge

Guitar World

Watch Slash and Steven Tyler guest with the Joe Perry Project in Hollywood

For a man who's retired from touring, Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler is sure doing a lot of live work

Louder

“When we went to record it, the record company said, ‘Man, they won’t play that, it’s too long.’ But we said, ‘We don’t care!’”: How the young Lynyrd Skynyrd turned a simple love song into a southern rock epic

"Ronnie said, 'Just go till I tell you to quit!'"

MusicRadar

Jack White leads tributes to ‘eccentric’ drummer Viv Prince

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Viv Prince death: Celebrated Pretty Things drummer dies, aged 84

Jack White was among those to pay tribute to the colourful music veteran, who also performed with The Who

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The Who add one 'final' date to their North American farewell tour

The Who will say goodbye to North America with a show in Greater Palm Springs, California, on Wednesday, October 1

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"It's so broad a concept that it's impossible to answer objectively": We asked who the 'big four' of classic rock were and you did not hold back

The results are in, and a Mount Rushmore of classic rock is ready to be carved

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"He created rolling barrages of tribal intensity": When British rock drumming ruled the world

Half a century ago, a select handful of British drummers became the most talked about and influential players in the world

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"This is the way rock stars die." The Who's Pete Townshend reveals recent addiction to painkillers

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

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'Illness' forces The Who to postpone Philly date on final US tour

Though it’s not known who exactly is ill

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“I think I probably have another five years in show business”: Pete Townshend looks to the future as The Who’s farewell tour gets underway

The guitar hero says he and Daltrey may work together in the future, but he’s also got his eye on some solo shows

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Pete Townshend quips The Who are open to private gig offers as legendary band kicks off final tour

Pete Townshend jokingly admitted he would be open to offers for private gigs after The Who go their separate ways.

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“Character assassination”: The Who’s Roger Daltrey hits back at ex-drummer Zak Starkey

The public spat between The Who singer and his band’s old drummer keeps on running

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Sir Roger Daltrey fears he won't make it to the end of The Who tour

Sir Roger Daltrey fears he won't make it to the end of The Who tour because he fears he has "the potential to get really ill".

The Independent UK

Roger Daltrey accuses Zak Starkey of ‘character assassination’

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Roger Daltrey hits out at axed The Who drummer Zak Starkey for ‘incredibly upsetting’ remarks after fallout

‘Pete and I retain the right to be The Who. Everyone else is a session player,’ said the musician

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