News 2012
Quadrophenia film gets the Criterion treatment
September 13, 2012
The 1979 Quadrophenia film has received a stunning restoration courtesy of The Criterion Collection, which has just been... Read more
Pete to appear in John Fahey documentary in Autumn 2012
September 13, 2012
Pete will be participating in the documentary 'In Search of Blind Joe Death - The Saga of John Fahey' - a film about the... Read more
Pete to receive the prestigious Les Paul award in January
September 13, 2012
Pete is scheduled to receive the Les Paul Award at the 28th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Awards.&n... Read more
Who I Am book signing and TV events scheduled for October
September 15, 2012
Pete will be attending a few book signing events on the East Coast to help promote the launch of his autobiography Who I... Read more
Pete's book hits the press
October 4, 2012
There have been a lot of articles and reviews leading up to the launch of 'Who I Am', which will be released on Monday O... Read more
WHO I AM media blitz!
October 15, 2012
There has been a whirlwind of press and media activity over the past week for the book launch of Pete's autobiography 'W... Read more
The Who's Quadrophenia tour kicks off!
November 5, 2012
The Who’s Quadrophenia tour got off to a great start with their opening shows in Florida last weekend. The new stage pro... Read more
NPC event for Teen Cancer America program
November 12, 2012
Pete and Roger appeared at a National Press Club event in Washington DC this afternoon, to discuss their charity "Who Ca... Read more
Live interview on NPR Talk of the Nation
November 13, 2012
Pete appeared in a live radio interview with Jacki Lyden on NPR's Talk of the Nation on November 12, where fans were abl... Read more
Book signing event in Toronto on Nov 22
November 15, 2012
Pete will be appearing at the Indigo Manulife Centre in Toronto on Thursday, November 22. The following details have b... Read more
The Who to play Concert For Sandy Relief
November 15, 2012
The Who are scheduled to play a Robin Hood Relief Fund benefit concert that will support the victims of Hurricane Sand... Read more
Late Show with David Letterman appearance
November 20, 2012
Pete made an appearance on “Late Show with David Letterman” last night to plug his book. Pete has appeared on Letterman’... Read more
Indigo book event in Toronto
November 23, 2012
Pete attended a book event to promote his autobiography ‘Who I Am’ yesterday at the Indigo bookstore in Toronto, where h... Read more
Sad week in Whoville
November 28, 2012
The Who family has lost three important friends this week, with the passing of Chris Stamp, Mike Shaw and Frank Barselon... Read more
The Who rock the 12-12-12 Sandy Relief concert!
December 13, 2012
The Who were in top form and gave a high energy performance at the Concert for Sandy Relief benefit show last night at... Read more
Pete donates sailing dinghies to Antigua’s NSAA
January 15, 2013
Pete made a very generous personal donation to the National Sailing Academy of Antigua last Friday, when he presented th... Read more
Pete receives top honors in Guitar World poll
January 18, 2013
Pete has been entered into the Guitar World Hall of Fame as the winner of the 2012 readers Poll. He is featured on the c... Read more
Grammy Museum book signing Jan 30
January 24, 2013
Members of the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles will have the opportunity to attend a book signing that is scheduled to take... Read more
Pete received Les Paul award at 2013 NAMM Show
January 27, 2013
Pete was presented with the Les Paul award at the TEC Foundation for Excellence in Audio that was held at the 2013 NAMM ... Read more
Pete and Roger on BBC Breakfast
January 30, 2013
Pete and Roger were featured on BBC1 Breakfast on January 29, following the announcement of the Who's upcoming European ... Read more
Philly book event serialized on Huff Post
February 4, 2013
The Huffington Post blog kicked off a 4 part feature that includes a serialized video of Pete's appearance at the Philad... Read more
Pete chats about Ireland tour
February 11, 2013
Pete discussed the upcoming Ireland concerts with the Irish promoters at MCD Productions while backstage at a recent con... Read more
The Who end North American tour with benefit show
March 1, 2013
After wrapping up their North American Quadrophenia tour in Providence, The Who gave one last performance at the Theater... Read more
New interview with Pete on Spinner
March 11, 2013
During the US tour, Pete was interviewed by Karen Bliss for Spinner. There are some good quotes as he talks about his au... Read more
Behind the scene details of the Quad Tour
March 21, 2013
If you have ever wondered about what goes on with the technical wizardry that is required to put on a big rock concert, ... Read more
Pete in May issue of Uncut magazine
March 28, 2013
Pete is featured on the cover of the May issue of Uncut. There is a six page article where Pete chats about the wild ear... Read more
New interviews with MSN and LeParisien
April 4, 2013
Promotion for Pete’s book continues with a couple of new articles. There is a great interview with Pete up on entertainm... Read more
Tommy musical comes to Stratford Festival in Ontario
April 5, 2013
Des McAnuff, the Artistic Director of the Stratford Festival, will be reuniting with his original 1993 Tony award winnin... Read more
Samaritan Mag covers Pete’s charity history
April 16, 2013
There is an excellent new article in Samaritan Mag that outlines Pete's philanthropy work, including details of the Doub... Read more
Previews of Tommy musical kick off at Stratford Festival
May 5, 2013
The revived musical stage production of Tommy began previews at the Stratford Festival yesterday, and is scheduled to ru... Read more
New Quadrophenia stage productions page is up!
May 8, 2013
Today marks the fourth anniversary of the UK stage production of Quadrophenia, which opened on May 9, 2009 at the Theatr... Read more
Pete joins Tommy cast for the curtain call last night!
May 15, 2013
The previews of Tommy at the Stratford Festival in Ontario have been a huge success so far, and the audience was treated... Read more
New interviews in Toronto Star and CBC
May 16, 2013
Pete has been busy this past week on his visit to Ontario to help promote the Stratford Festival production of Tommy.&nb... Read more
Pete's interview with Giant FM on video
May 23, 2013
Pete Townshend recently sat down backstage at the Stratford Festival with Mike Tyler, the afternoon drive guy on Giant F... Read more
Opening night of Tommy at the Stratford Festival
May 30, 2013
After weeks of preview performances, the Des McAnuff production of Tommy officially opens tonight at the Avon Theatre in... Read more
Twentieth anniversary of Psychoderelict!
June 4, 2013
Psychoderelict was released in the UK twenty years ago on June 4, 1993, with a US release date of June 15. To celebrate... Read more
Interview on BBC World News
June 7, 2013
To help promote the Quadrophenia European tour that kicks off on June 8, there will be a 30 minute program on the BBC Wo... Read more
The Who Quadrophenia European tour kicks off!
June 11, 2013
The European leg of the Quadrophenia tour got off to a great start this week with a couple of shows in Ireland before th... Read more
New Irish Jack story about Dublin!
June 19, 2013
Irish Jack has very kindly contributed a fabulous story to petetownshend.net to help celebrate the recent Who performanc... Read more
Happy birthday to The Iron Man!
June 27, 2013
The studio album of The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend was released 24 years ago on June 27, 1989. The musical ... Read more
Pete chats about TubeTraps
June 30, 2013
For those of you who have gone to a recent Who show, you may have wondered about the big black tubes that are arranged a... Read more
Quadrophenia tour ends with Double O benefit show
July 9, 2013
The Who wrapped up their European tour last night at Wembley Arena with a show to benefit Pete’s Double O charity, in su... Read more
Kids from Livewire Youth Music visit Pete in Liverpool
July 16, 2013
A group of members from the Livewire Youth Music charity in Saltash, Cornwall had the opportunity of a lifetime a couple... Read more
Pete guests on new Roy Harper album
July 28, 2013
Pete is one of the featured guest artists on legendary folk artist Roy Harper’s upcoming album entitled Man & Myth, ... Read more