The Who - Join Together

Back in January, The Who performed at the "Concert for Killing Cancer" charity show. The "Join Together" finale included The Who with Debbie Harry, Bryan Adams and Jeff Beck and features a classic "Pete Townshend" moment at around the 5:08 mark. I'm not sure if he is referring to the crowd singing "Join Together" or to something else that he is not pleased with.

I've watched this video several times now and mostly focus on the exchanges between Pete and Jeff Beck. But there is another notable exchange which occurs around the 1:50 mark, Bryan Adams comes over to ask Roger Daltrey for help because he has forgotten the words. Daltrey, who appears to be a pretty good-natured person in general, helps Adams out with some cheat sheets that are on the stage.

Oh well, it's for charity so what can you do.

New Pete Townshend Interview

A new interview was posted over the weekend with Pete Townshend in the blog section of The Economist. Click here if you want to read it. It's a very good and worthwhile read which touches on many subjects, including Pete's book which is due out in 2012.

Roger Daltrey Tour Announcement Video

The above video is to promote Roger Daltrey's upcoming Tommy tour which begins in the U.K. in July and will make its way to the U.S. in September.

Pete Townshend on The Beatles

There's nobody in rock that gives better answers than Pete Townshend. Let's go back to 1967 where Pete (in the above video) discusses the British music scene and the impact of The Beatles.

In another interview - which is from 1995 and one that I cannot find on YouTube but was an extra on the 2008 DVD, TCT at the Royal Albert Hall - Pete talks about how he and Eric Clapton were invited over to listen to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band with The Beatles and their manager Brian Epstein. Pete claimed that he and Clapton were the first ones outside of The Beatles to hear the album from start to finish.

Pete Townshend on Led Zeppelin

It wasn't too long ago that I posted this on TheWho.com's message board and what a response it got. The thing is that with Pete Townshend and his thoughts on Led Zeppelin (or anything for that matter), he changes his mind quite often. That's what you get with Pete. I've read comments from him where he does nothing but praise Zeppelin. By the way, his expression at the end of the video is great because he realizes that what he just said is going to get plenty of attention. Townshend, though, has always saved his greatest criticism for himself and has always been The Who's harshest critic, which is something that I'm sure has and still can drive Roger Daltrey a little nuts at times.

Remembering Led Zeppelin's Only Australian Tour

In 1972, Led Zeppelin would tour Australia for the only time. The video I came across above looks back on that tour, which includes a gallery that contains some of the photos taken of the band.

Roger Daltrey Bringing Tommy to North America

Just announced over on TheWho.com, Roger Daltrey will be touring Tommy throughout North America beginning in September with his solo band. Click here for the official announcement. The dates are below:

DATE CITY VENUE
9/13 Hollywood, FL Seminole Hard Rock

9/15 Alpharetta, GA Verizon Wireless Pavilion

9/17 Boston, MA Agganis Arena

9/18 Newark, NJ Prudential Center

9/21 Philadelphia, PA MANN Center

9/23 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum

9/24 Hartford, CT XL Center

**9/27 Montreal, QC Place Des Arts

**9/28 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place

**9/30 Toronto, ON Sony Centre For The Performing Arts

10/1 Windsor, ON The Coliseum at Caesars Windsor

10/5 Minneapolis, MN U.S. Bank Theater at Target Center

10/7 Hammond, IN Venue at Horseshoe Casino

10/8 St. Louis, MO Peabody Opera House

10/11 Cedar Park, TX Cedar Park Center

10/12 Grand Prairie, TX Verizon Theatre

10/14 Kansas City, MO The Midland by AMC

10/16 Broomfield, CO 1STBANK Center

10/19 Los Angeles, CA NOKIA Theatre

10/21 San Jose, CA San Jose Civic

10/22 Las Vegas, NV The Joint

10/24 Portland, OR Rose Quarter-Theatre of the Clouds

10/25 Seattle, WA KeyArena at Seattle Center

**10/27 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena

**10/29 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place

**10/30 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome

**11/1 Saskatoon, SK Credit Union Centre

**11/2 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre

**Shows on sale Thursday, May 19. All other shows go on sale Friday, May 20. Tickets for the U.S. shows are available at www.aeglive.com.