As we celebrate his 80th birthday, the key moments from one of our greatest rock writers and performers. Still playing live, he tells his story in BBC radio and TV interviews.
As we celebrate his 80th birthday, the key moments from one of our greatest rock writers and performers. Still playing live, he tells his story in BBC radio and television appearances and interviews.
Pete Townshend talks about his mission to write for working class people in west London, meeting Roger Daltrey at school, writing hit singles and influential albums like the rock opera Tommy, Quadrophenia and Who’s Next, playing live in Leeds and at Woodstock, the loss of John Entwistle and Keith Moon, smashing guitars and TV sets and jumping into hotel swimming pools from five floors up and closing the London 2012 Olympics, as well as his joy at still performing.
Interviewers include Johnnie Walker, Steve Wright, Stuart Maconie, Shaun Keaveny, Matt Everitt, John Wilson, Eleri Sion, Trevor Dann and Billy Sloan.
