Few songs by The Who are as legendary as “Pinball Wizard”. This hard rock power pop tune was a standout track on the band’s 1969 rock opera concept record, Tommy. The whole of the album is quite ...

The Who, like Pink Floyd, were masters of the concept album. They released a few through the years, but one that stands out is the 1969 concept album Tommy. It was later made into a rock opera musical ...

While the Who has been performing for an astounding 60-plus years and has provided us with quite a few great moments, they've not been terribly prolific, releasing just a dozen studio albums in all ...

The only thing less likely than Thunderclap Newman, the strange band masterminded by Pete Townshend in 1969, having a No. 1 single is the notion that a 400-plus page history of them would be published ...

A new version of The Who’s Tommy, featuring the London Symphony Orchestra, debuts on two U.K. charts after its Record Store Day 2025 reissue. MARCH 19: Pete Townshend, Keith Moon and John Entwistle of ...